She made two round trips per week, going northbound on Tuesdays and Fridays and southbound on Wednesdays and Saturdays between West Robson and Needles, British Columbia.

Residents complained about the poor mail service and unreliability, often comparing her to the earlier, more powerful SS Whatshan.

At Syringa Creek, eight men from Fairview Shipyards in Nelson, British Columbia brought two trucks and trailers to help her out of the ice.

During the trial run to Broadwater, she had a hard time keeping up steam and her smoke stack was too short meaning she couldn’t get enough draft and had to have a taller one installed.

She was temporarily replaced by SS Widget until MV Surfco, which had operated along Vancouver Island, could enter service.