Kirkland was a sidewheel steamboat that ran on Lake Washington from 1888 to 1898.
[1] Kirkland was considered the prestige vessel on Lake Washington at the time it was built.
Naval Commission on a tour of the lake when they were considering whether a shipping canal was possible.
1891 Kirkland conveyed President Benjamin Harrison around the lake when he came to Seattle.
[3][4] In 1898 Kirkland was dismantled, converted to a barge and sent north to Alaska.