Northwest (sternwheeler)
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Northwest was a steamboat that operated on the Columbia, Cowlitz and lower Willamette rivers from 1889 to 1907. In 1907 Northwest was transferred to Alaska, where it sank on the Skeena River
Launch of Northwest at Kelso, Washington, 1889.
Northwest and officers, circa 1895.
Advertisement placed in the Oregon Mist (St. Helens), by Kellogg Trans. Co., August 21, 1891.
Chester (on left) and Northwest (on right), at Castle Rock, circa 1905.
Joseph Kellogg was a stern-wheel driven steamboat that operated on the Willamette, Columbia, and Cowlitz rivers for the Kellogg Transportation Company. It was named after the company's founder, Joseph
Northwest (sternwheeler)
…was specifically designed to run on the Cowlitz River. The Kellogg Transportation Company already had two sternwheelers running on the Cowlitz, the Joseph Kellogg and the Toledo. When the water was high on the Cowlitz, Joseph Kellogg could travel as far as Toledo, Washington, the conventional head of navigation…
Joseph Kellogg circa 1885
Advertisement for Cowlitz River service by steamers Joseph Kellogg and Toledo, circa 1885
1887 advertisement for steamer service on the Cowlitz River by Joseph Kellogg and Toledo
Joseph Kellogg apparently on an excursion, circa 1900