The construction of the railway from Prince Rupert to Hazelton was one of the most difficult sections of track that would ever be laid in North America.

The Skeena was unique in that she was used primarily for delivering food supplies to the work camps along the river.

In fact, she carried so much of meatpacker Pat Burns products that she was often mistakenly called his boat.

For eleven years the devotion of her skipper-owner kept her plying the river past Surrey, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, Langley and Mission.

But when Captain Seymour died in 1925 she lost her only advocate and was sold and converted to a floating barge for an oil company.