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|Ship image=[[image:Otter (steamship) at Bella Bella 1880s.jpg|300px|Steamship Otter]]
|Ship caption= ''Otter'' about 1852
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|Ship country=[[Colony of Vancouver Island]], [[Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866)|Colony of British Columbia]]
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|Ship name=''Otter''
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|Ship builder=[[Blackwall Yard]]<ref name=ManitobaArchivesOtter/>  
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|Ship status=burned for scrap in 1895<ref name=ManitobaArchivesOtter/>  
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'''''Otter''''' was the second [[steamship]] to operate in the [[Pacific Northwest]] of [[North America]], following her sister ship and twin, the much more famous ''[[Beaver (steamship)|Beaver]]''. ''Otter'', a sidewheeler, was used to service trading posts maintained by the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] between [[Puget Sound]] and [[Alaska]] and like her sister ''Beaver'' became pressed into service during the [[Fraser Gold Rush]] on the Lower [[Fraser River]] from 1858 onwards.<ref name=ManitobaArchivesOtter/>  From 16 April 1855 to 3 April 1862, ''Otter'' was captained by [[William Alexander Mouat]].

She was built in London, for the [[Hudson's Bay Company]].<ref name=ManitobaArchivesOtter/>

She sank on August 21, 1880, but was raised and put back into operation.<ref name=ManitobaArchivesOtter/>

She was sold to the [[Canadian Pacific Navigation Company]] in 1883.<ref name=ManitobaArchivesOtter/>  They converted her to a coal hulk in 1886.

Her hull was burned to recover the copper in 1895.<ref name=ManitobaArchivesOtter/>

== See also ==
* [[List of steamboats on the Columbia River]]
* [[List of ships in British Columbia]]

==References==
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<ref name=ManitobaArchivesOtter>
{{cite news     
| url         = https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/_docs/hbca/ships_histories/otter.pdf
| title       = OTTER AREA OF SERVICE: PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST (1853-1890)
| work        = [[Manitoba Archives]]
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20201204180348/https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/_docs/hbca/ships_histories/otter.pdf
| archive-date = 2020-12-04
| access-date  = 2020-12-02
| url-status  = live
| quote       = 1852 Built in London by Richard & Henry Green at Blackwall for the Hudson's Bay Company.
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{{Steamboats British Columbia}}
{{Lower Fraser River steamboats}}
{{Mosquito Fleet}}
{{Columbia River Steamboats}}
{{Hudson's Bay Company}}

[[Category:Victorian-era merchant ships of Canada]]
[[Category:Merchant ships of the United States]]
[[Category:Paddle steamers of British Columbia]]<!--is a screw steamer a paddlesteamer?-->
[[Category:Steamboats of the Columbia River]]
[[Category:Pre-Confederation British Columbia]]
[[Category:Hudson's Bay Company ships]]


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