S.S. Nelson was built at Nelson by David Stephenson for the Columbia and Kootenay Lake and River Steam Navigation Co. J. Fred Hume, Sr. Managing Director. Launched June 11, 1891. Master, Daniel C McMorris. Mate, William Seaman. Sold in 1897 to the B.C. Lake and River Service of the C.P.R.. Laid up in 1913. Burned in a Pyrotechnic Display, July 16, 1914.