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SS Minto Burning, 1968

Black-and-white photograph of a steamship burning in the middle of a lake. Huge smoke clouds and flames are coming off the boat. Mountains are in the background.

Stevens Studio Photo, Nelson Museum, Archives and Gallery. SS Minto Burning.

In the summer of 1968, the SS Minto was towed to the middle of the Upper Arrow Lake and set on fire. Efforts to restore the boat were not successful, and it finally met its end in what was described as a “Viking Funeral.”