 "Sicamous" was a steam-driven sternwheeler, consuming an average of fifteen to seventeen tons of coal each day, depending upon weather conditions and the number of stops made along the lake.Today "Sicamous" remains the largest steam-powered, steel-hulled sternwheeler in Canada.Twenty-three feet long and made of Carnegie flange steel, the boiler was designed to burn 1720 kilograms of coal each hour.