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Name
  
Widget

Builder
  
Ivan Horie, Vancouver

Launched
  
1948

Route
  
Arrow Lakes

Maiden voyage
  
February 1, 1948

Length
  
11 m

Owner
  
Canadian Pacific Railway

In service
  
February 1 to late April 1948

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SS Widget was a diesel tugboat that operated on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia, Canada. She was built by Ivan Horie in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1948. She was chartered by the Canadian Pacific Railway company to fill in until a replacement for SS Columbia (1920-1947), which had a damaged hull, could be acquired. Widget was only used from February 1, 1948 to late April of that year.

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