the Lure & Lore of the Local lecture series: The Canadian Pacific Railway’s Kootenay Landing Tug & Barge Service – 1898 to 1930

Michael Cone will tell a story of hard working tugs pushing railcar transfer barges between Kootenay Landing and Procter from 1898 until 1930. This daily service operated in all conditions, despite the perils of ice, driftwood, low water sandbars, blizzards and fog. In the wheelhouse, Captains steered their course with little more than a compass, a clock, a few familiar landmarks, and, most importantly, their knowledge of the local terrain, winds, and currents.