Steamboats of Willapa Bay

In 1882, the Shoalwater Bay Transportation Company launched Montesano at Astoria to run mail from Willapa[5] to Sealand, Washington, on the Long Beach Peninsula.

[6] In 1902, the steam propeller Reliable (99 tons, 73') was built at Astoria, Oregon for the Willapa Bay Transportation Company, operating under the command of Captain A.W.

She worked as a tow and log boat in Willapa Bay until she was sold to the Hubble concern in Grays Harbor, where she was abandoned in 1938.

Reed, doing business as the Willapa Bay Transportation Co. As with Reliable, Shamrock was later converted to a towboat under Knappton Towing Co. of Astoria.

[9] Another vessel in service on Willapa Bay was Flora Brown, used to tow logs to mills at South Bend.