1909 Coeur d'Alene Lake Idaho Steamboat

1909 vintage postcard. Union Jack Flag ; Steamboat Steamer Idaho On Coeur d'Alene Lake Idaho.

Postcard shows one of the two fastest steamboats on the lake, Steamer Idaho, flying the Union Jack of the United States maritime flag. Steam navigation on Lake Coeur d'Alene lasted from the 1880s to the 1930s. More steamboats operated on Lake Coeur d’Alene than on any other lake west of the Great Lakes.

In 1903, the Red Collar Line built the 147-foot long side-wheeler Idaho, which was described as "luxurious". There were frequent races, overcrowding of vessels, instances of drunken crew members, including captains and pursers, and other hazardous actions. Another dangerous practice was to haul dynamite at the same time as a vessel carried passengers.

In 1905, while operating on the St. Joe River the Steamer "Boneta" was rammed and sunk by a rival steamer, the side-wheeler "Idaho" (pictured here). This occurred just upriver from the O-W R & N bridge over the St. Joe River.

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