Willamette Steam Navigation Company

Founded| 1865
Defunct| 1867
Fate| sold to People's Transportation Company
Successor| People's Transportation Company
Headquarters| Portland, Oregon

The Willamette Steam Navigation Company (W.S.N.) was an American company incorporated in October 1865 to challenge the monopoly on Willamette River inland steam navigation that the People's Transportation Company was attempting to establish.[1]

## Overview

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Officers of W.S.N. were D. W. Burnside, president, Portland co-founder Asa L. Lovejoy (1808-1882), vice-president, and John T. Apperson, secretary. Apperson also served as captain on one of their boats.[1] The steamers Active and Alert were constructed, and they controlled the Echo and one or two others.[1] Alert was put on the Portland to Oregon City run, and Active and Echo worked above Willamette Falls from Canemah (now Oregon City) to Corvallis.

Nicholas Haun (also seen spelled Hann and Hahn), was also reported to have been a president of the company.[2]

Like previous challengers to the monopoly, the Willamette Steam Navigation Company soon sold out to the People's Transportation Company in March 1866.[1][3][4]

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c d Wright, E.W., ed. (1895). Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Portland, OR: Lewis and Dryden Printing Co. p. 135. LCCN 28001147.
2. ^ "Town and County … Navigation of the Umpqua", Weekly Enterprise, vol. 3, no. 47, p. 3 col. 1, Oct 2, 1869
3. ^ Affleck, Edward L. (2000). A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska. Vancouver, BC: Alexander Nicholls Press. p. 44\. ISBN 0-920034-08-X.
4. ^ Corning, Howard McKinley (1973). Willamette Landings -- Ghost Towns of the River (2nd ed.). Portland, OR: Oregon Historical Society. p. 122\. ISBN 0875950426.

## References

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* Affleck, Edward L. (2000). A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska. Vancouver, BC: Alexander Nicholls Press. ISBN 0-920034-08-X.
* Corning, Howard McKinley (1973). Willamette Landings -- Ghost Towns of the River (2nd ed.). Portland, OR: Oregon Historical Society. ISBN 0875950426.
* Wright, E.W., ed. (1895). Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Portland, OR: Lewis and Dryden Printing Co. LCCN 28001147.

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Steamboats of the Willamette River

Particular vessels|

* Columbia (1850)
* Lot Whitcomb (1850)
* Black Hawk (1851)
* Canemah (1851)
* Multnomah (1851)
* Washington (1851)
* Oregon (1852)
* Shoalwater (1852)
* Belle (1853)
* Fenix (1853)
* Portland (1853)
* Wallamet (1853)
* Gazelle (1854)
* Enterprise (1855)
* Jennie Clark (1855)
* Franklin (1855)
* Señorita (1855)
* James Clinton (1856)
* Elk (1857)
* Minnie Holmes (1857)
* Swan (1857)
* Surprise (1857)
* Cowlitz (1858)
* Onward (1858)
* Carrie Ladd (1858)
* Relief (1858)
* Moose (1859)
* Rival (1860)
* Unio /Union (1861)
* Enterprise (1863)
* Senator (1864)
* Alert (1865)
* Active (1865)
* Echo (1865)
* Fannie Patton (1865)
* Shoshone (1866)
* Minnehaha (186)
* Onward (1867)
* Albany (1868)
* Dayton (1868)
* Wenat (1868)
* Shoo Fly (1870)
* Alice (1871)
* Beaver (1873)
* Gov. Grover (1873)
* Willamette Chief (1874)
* Occident (1875)
* Orient (1875)
* O&CRR Ferry No. 2 (1879)
* Manzanillo (1881)
* Three Sisters (1886)
* N.S. Bentley (1886)
* Altona (1890)
* Elwood (1891)
* Northwest (1891)
* Ramona (1892)
* Grey Eagle ((1894)
* Ruth (1895)
* Pomona (1898)
* America (1899)
* Leona (1899)
* Bonita (1900)
* Oregona (1904)
* Gazelle (1905)
* Grahamona (1912)
* Nespelem (1918)
* Robert Young (1920)
* Portland (1947)

Portages, locks, and canals|

* Willamette Falls Locks
* Yamhill River lock and dam

Steamboat lines|

* Upper Willamette Transportation Line (1859)
* Oregon Steam Navigation Company (1860)
* People's Transportation Company (1861)
* Willamette Steam Navigation Company (1865)
* Oregon Pacific Railroad (1880)

Geographic features|

* Willamette River
* Willamette Falls
* Yamhill River
* Oswego Lake
* Tualatin River

Owners and personnel|

* George Abernethy
* John T. Apperson
* Charles H. Bennett
* John H. Couch
* John Gates
* Bernard Goldsmith
* Joseph Kellogg
* James D. Miller
* George A. Pease
* Riley E. Stratton

Builders and shipyards|

* Canemah
* Willamette Iron Works

Shipwrecks|

* Elk
* Gazelle
* Portland
* Senator

Other areas|

* Columbia River
* Oregon Coast
* Yaquina Bay and river
* Coquille River
* Cowlitz River
* Puget Sound
* Lake Washington
* Grays Harbor
* Chehalis River
* Hoquiam River
* Willapa Bay
* Columbia River (Wenatchee Reach)
* Lake Crescent
* Arrow Lakes
* Upper Fraser River
* Skeena River

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Willamette Steam Navigation Company

Steamboats|

* Alert (1865)
* Active (1865)
* Echo (1865)
* Unio /Union (1861;1865)
* Senator (1864:1865)

Owners and personnel|

* Asa Lovejoy
* Joseph Kellogg
* John T. Apperson

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