Listen to our Facility Coordinator, Jenn Preedy, do a Speech on the Swan steam ship for the at the Port Alberni Rotary meeting. #TheSwan #PortAlberni #discovery #Steamboat

During the 19th century, many communities would not have survived without the use of boats utilizing the systems of rivers and lakes. Port Alberni and the surrounding towns along the inlet is one of these sets of communities; the town has been home to many important sea vessels which has helped our survival until the arrival of modern transportation. One of these important vessels was the Swan, a steamboat that was used for almost sixty years. The Swan was brought up from th