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Postcard illustrating the rear-wheel steamboat Birnnington, launched in 1911 by the CPR for postal service on the Kootenay, Arrow, and Okanagan lakes, then transferred to the government of British Columbia in 1931 and dismantled in 1946. Front: Canada 82 stamp, Ottawa cancellation of 10 March 1987, sender's address Rideau Park United Church in Ottawa and handwritten recipient address in Toronto. Back: bilingual text describing the ship's history.