# Enterprise (1861)

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***Enterprise*** was a steamship operated on the [Fraser River](/source/Fraser_River) system, from 1861 until her loss in 1885.[1] She should not be confused with several similar vessels of the same name that also operated on the Fraser, around the same time, including the [*Enterprise* of 1855](/source/Enterprise_(1855)) and [*Enterprise* of 1863](/source/Enterprise_(1863)).

She was built in [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco) in 1861, and first operated from [Victoria, British Columbia](/source/Victoria,_British_Columbia) to the lower [Fraser River](/source/Fraser_River).[1] She made her first voyage after purchase by the [Hudson's Bay Company](/source/Hudson's_Bay_Company) in April 1862.

In 1883 she was sold to the [Canadian Pacific Navigation Company](/source/Canadian_Pacific_Navigation_Company), and, she was lost on July 28, 1885, after a collision with the [*R.P. Rithet*](/source/R.P._Rithet_(sternwheeler)).[1][2][3]

## References

1. ["ENTERPRISE AREA OF SERVICE: VICTORIA-NEW WESTMINSTER (1862-1883)"](https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/_docs/hbca/ships_histories/enterprise.pdf). *[Manitoba archives](/source/Manitoba_archives)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201121205215/https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/_docs/hbca/ships_histories/enterprise.pdf) 2020-11-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-11-21. Purchased for the Hudson's Bay Company to carry passengers along the Victora-New Westminster and up the Fraser River route, to supersede the *Otter*.

1. Norman R. Hacking & William Kaye Lamb (1974). *The Princess Story: A Century and a Half of West Coast Shipping*. [Mitchell Press](/source/Mitchell_Press)

1. ["1885 Enterprise: Princess Sophia's loss is the worst disaster in the Pacific Northwest"](https://www.victoriaharbourhistory.com/transportation/sea-transportation/wrecks/1918-princess-sophia/). *[Victoria Harbour History](/source/Victoria_Harbour_History)*. Retrieved 2020-11-21. At about 2:25 p.m. near Victoria, at Ten Mile Point (now known as Cadburo Point) at the entrance to Cadburo Bay, the two vessels collided.

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