remained as unsuitable for livestock passage. Built on the lake for Taylor & Co, the paddle steamer Champion entered service in June 1860. Assumedly, this was the vessel that qualified for the $150 government grant. However, John Colbraith and John Taylor focussed on their hotel at the end of lake, leaving the day-to-day operations of the ferry to Flynn and Kelly. In 1862, the Short Portage–Lillooet steamer fare was $1. The next year, Taylor & Co, introduced faster paddle steamers, which were the Seaton and the Prince Alfred. The fate of these vessels is unclear, but the remains of the Seaton were still visible on the lakeshore in 1901. Intermediate years First Nations provided an informal canoe service. c.1898–1934 An influx of gold prospectors, which overwhelmed the private boats and barges, highlighted the need for regular lake transportation. In February 1899, the steamboat Minnehaha entered service but was destroyed in a violent storm in 1902. A new steamer was completed in September 1900. The owners built wharves at the foot of the lake and Shalalth. The vessel was likely the Britannia, which dominated the lake service after 1902. Its final year on the run to Mission (Shalalth) and Short Portage (Seton Portage) was 1914. In May 1912, the gasoline engine Durban was launched for the same route. That year, the railway contractor made a daily round trip with its gasoline tug and scow. In total, one steamer and two or three gasoline launches carried freight and passengers on the lake that year. The Seton Lake Steamboat Co operated at least until November 1916, apparently with gasoline boats in later years. That summer, Capt. E.W. Cox, who operated a launch on the lake and was about to receive an operating subsidy, drowned while repairing a wharf. Ernie Marshall and his brother operated a Lillooet–Shalalth ferry until 1934. Railway By late 1912, seven construction camps had been established along Seton and Anderson Lakes. The next summer, a falling rock killed a worker. The northward advance of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) rail head reached the western end of Seton Lake in late January 1915 and the Lillooet vicinity in mid-February. In 1916, high water extensively damaged the track. The stations along the north side of the lake have been as follows: The shuttle along the lake, which commenced as Lillooet–Shalalth in 1934 and became Lillooet–Seton Portage in 1958, would stop most