's Lake Service, the accomplished steamboat man James W. Troup, to be an express passenger and tourism boat, intended to make the 256-mile round trip from Arrowhead to Robson and back in one day.

Most inland steamers of the Pacific Northwest were built with a flat bottom with as shallow a draft as possible so that they could move as far up the many shallow rivers to reach gold fields, farms or other areas where transportation was needed and roads or railroads were absent or inadequate.

Iron Works, in Vancouver[2] Following her launch, Rossland was towed to a nearby wharf by the vessel Nakusp for completion.

Before passenger accommodations were installed, Rossland was worked towing barges while the Lytton was being overhauled.

At her maximum speed, 22 miles per hour, Rossland was easily the fastest vessel on the lakes.

[2] During the winter of 1908 to 1909, at a cost of $2,290, her texas deck (the highest cabin on the ship except for the pilot house) was extended all the way back to the stern to allow additional passenger accommodations.

She was brought into the shipyard at Nakusp, where builder James Bulger hauled her out of the water, unfastened her house and machinery, and jacked them up on timbers.

[2] When Canada entered the Great War in 1914, the young men of British Columbia were mobilized and many C.P.R.

Her long-time master, Captain Forslund, bought her hull and used it as a wharf boat for his place south of Needles.