e/Islander (steamboat)

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has gloss	eng: The steamboat Islander (1) operated in the early 1900s as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. Islander (1) a steamboat built in 1904, should not be confused with Islander (2), an 89 long motor passenger/freight boat built in 1921 for service on the same route.. Construction Islander was built in 1904 by J.A. Scribner at Newhall, Washington for Capt. Andrew Newhall. Islander was intended to replace the Buckeye on the Bellingham Bay-San Juan Islands route. Islander was propeller-driven, 72 long and rated at 163 tons. Operations Capt. Newhall ran Islander on the San Juan Islands mail route until about 1909 when John S. McMillan, of Roche Harbor formed the San Juan Navigation Co., which placed the steamer Vashonian on the run from Seattle to Roche Harbor, where travelers could transship to Burton to proceed further to Bellingham.
lexicalization	eng: Islander
instance of	c/Steamboats of Washington (U.S. state)