{"id":1179,"date":"2011-03-19T18:43:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T01:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2011-04-15T12:01:08","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T19:01:08","slug":"pims%e2%80%99-wrecks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=1179","title":{"rendered":"PIMS\u2019 wrecks"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the low water of March, I like to visit some local relics of the steam age. Some shipwrecks that are usually underwater become visible. Today, however, instead of visiting them physically (it is raining), I explored them virtually. I used PIMS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PIMS stands for the P<\/span>roperty I<\/span>nformation and M<\/span>apping S<\/span>ystem of the RDCK (Regional District Central Kootenay). As the RDCK tells us: it offers \u201cparcel, zoning, ALR, floodplain, house numbering, and other data layers. Users can also access zoning bylaws and functions to measure distances, calculate areas and print custom pdf maps.\u201d Clearly, PIMS wasn’t created to explore local history. Yet, it offers a snapshot of the region, and some of that snapshot is distinctly historical. So, let\u2019s see what it presents in the way of ship wrecks on Kootenay Lake\u2014well, the high\u2013resolution LIDAR images are only available for the West Arm, so that is what I explored.<\/p>\n

A bit more information on the first two of these wrecks is found at\u00a0Low Water<\/a> on the Kootenay-Lake Website.<\/p>\n

PIMS gives two clear images of wrecks from the steam age: the S.S. Kuskanook (at Kokanee Landing) and the S.S. Hosmer (between Bealby and Horlick\u2019s Points). These are in shallow water and are easy to see. It also shows one other wreck in somewhat deeper water: the 15\u2013car Railway Transfer Barge (at the Nelson Bridge). There are other wrecks along the arm which are too deep to see with PIMS. And there are other wrecks on the Main Lake, which the LIDAR imaging does not cover.<\/p>\n

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The S.S. Kuskanook<\/strong> sits along the North Shore at Kokanee Landing just east of the Kokanee Park Marina (accessed by a path at about 5176 Kokanee Landing Road). During the low water of March it is almost all out of water.<\/p>\n

To travel to it with PIMS go to:
\nEasting:\t492142.934
\nNorthing:\t5495309.739<\/p>\n

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Here is a view of the Kuskanook as presented by PIMS.
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The S.S. Hosmer<\/strong> (the largest steam tug on the Lake) sits on the South Shore in the shallows between Bealby and Horlick\u2019s Points. The boiler always extends above the water, but during low water, more of the hull is visible.<\/p>\n

To travel to it with PIMS go to:
\nEasting:\t481439.981
\nNorthing:\t5485560.798<\/p>\n

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Here is a view of the Hosmer as presented by PIMS.\"\"<\/p>\n

Update:<\/span><\/strong> in the original posting, I picked the wrong feature for the barge near the bridge. Lou Coletti pointed out that the barge is actually slightly farther upstream than the location I picked. Lou should know: he is not only a very knowledgable local historian, but he lives beside the RCMP station and the barge is partly on his waterfront. It is now correct.<\/p>\n

The 15\u2013car Railway Transfer Barge<\/strong> sits on the South Shore just upstream of the Nelson Bridge and just north of the RCMP station. I don’t have a surface picture showing it. I have looked, but never seen it in the stygian depths. Yet, it does appear in the PIMS imagery<\/p>\n

To travel to it with PIMS go to:
\nEasting:\t479762.586
\nNorthing:\t5484198.744<\/p>\n

A word of caution: this is a modified version of the view presented by PIMS. It is a PIMS image that I have digitally enhanced to show the barge in the murk. At low water, a bit of the barge is exposed. \u00a0In this picture, it is the object which is circled in the upper right. The Nelson bridge is in the lower left, and the RCMP station is in the lower right.
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Note<\/strong>: There are other historical features that I have seen with PIMS; they might make another interesting posting or two.<\/p>\n

If you spot something historical with PIMS, tell me about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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