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Ship rigged, three masted vessel, 1,447 tons gross. She was built as the sailing vessel Kinross in Liverpool, and owned by Gibson & Company, West Hartlepool, England between 1877 and 1907. She was then owned by Charles Oelckers, Chile from 1907 to 1915, and wrecked in heavy weather off Gowland Rock, (near Tofino) Vancouver Island on 25 November 1915, while on voyage from Valparaiso to Strait of Juan de Fuca. 20 lives were lost.

Double-ended steel rail car ferry, 2,382 gross tons. Built by Davie Shipbuilding & Repair Co. in Québec in 1918, for the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway. By the time she reached British Columbia, the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway had gone into bankruptcy and the vessel was purchased by the newly-established Canadian National Railway to provide rail freight car connection between Sidney and Port Mann (Vancouver). She was withdrawn from service in 1932 due to the depression, and resumed service in 1937 between Point Elice Dock, Victoria and Port Mann. She was retired in 1967, reported by nauticapedia.ca to be still afloat in 2014.

Steel freighter built in Montreal at the end of WWI for the Canadian government to standard design, 5,460 tons gross.

Steel freighter built in Vancouver at the end of WWI for the Canadian government to standard design, 5,460 ton gross.