Bateau on the Columbia River above Golden, BC 1887.  Bateaux were used even during the steamboat era when  the water in the rivers ran too low for steamboats.
Unknown author<span style="display: none;">Unknown author</span>
1887
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bc1887rambleinbr00leesuoft">Lees, J.A., and Clutterbuck, W.J., <i>B.C. 1887 -- A Ramble In British Columbia</i>, Longman, Greens &amp; Co., London 1888, page 149</a>