DCHP-3

tunnel boat

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1942 quote.

Quotations

1921
An interesting addition to the H.B.C. fleet of northern river transport vessels is the new "tunnel" boat, launched at Vancouver, March 26th.
1942
On the Dease River, gasoline propelled "tunnel" boats (that is, boats fitted with a propeller that is retractable into a tunnel) replaced the scows. . . .
1958
On stern-wheel river steamboat, three shallow-draft power boats (Called 'tunnel-boats'), and twelve barges, were built.