MV Pendozi

MV Pendozi was a ferry that operated on Okanagan Lake in British Columbia, Canada. The provincial government commissioned her in 1939 and she was the first steel ferry built for the run connecting the communities of Kelowna and Westbank.[1] She was 147 feet (45 m) by 42 feet (13 m) and weighed 237.5 tons. She was powered by two 150 horsepower Vivian engines and had two life boats and two life rafts, as well as four propellers, two at each end of the ship. Pendozi could carry 30 cars.[2] Kelowna residents suggested her name after Rev. Father Charles Marie Pandosy, O.M.I., who established Okanagan Mission, British Columbia in 1859. A street in Kelowna was also named Pendozi after him and the misspelling was never changed and even applied to the new ship because it reflected the proper pronunciation of his name.[3] In the line of Kelowna-Westbank ferries, Pendozi came after MV Kelowna-Westbank and was later joined by MV Lloyd-Jones and MV Lequime.[4] When the Okanagan Lake Bridge opened in 1958, the three struggled to carry the load and were eventually retired.[5] Pendozi was returned to rest in Westbank in 1965, and is now the clubhouse for the Westbank Yacht Club.[6]

MV Pendozi
MV Pendozi docking at Kelowna on Okanagan Lake, 1946
History
Canada
Namesake: Charles Marie Pandosy
General characteristics
Type: Ferry
Length: 147 ft (45 m)
Beam: 42 ft (13 m)
Installed power: 2 × 150 hp (110 kW) Vivian engines
Propulsion: 4 × screws
Capacity: 30 cars

References
  1. Hayman, L. A. (1971) [1937]. "The Kelowna-Westbank Ferry". Reprint of report numbers 7, 8, 9, 10 of the Okanagan Historical Society. 10. pp. 39–44. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  2. Fortin, Ayla (1999). "Early Ferry Transportation and the Okanagan Lake Floating Bridge". Okanagan history: Sixty-third report of the Okanagan Historical Society. pp. 122–125. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. Hatfield, Harley R. (1992). "Commercial Boats of the Okanagan". Okanagan history. Fifty-sixth report of the Okanagan Historical Society. pp. 20–33. Retrieved 2 Aug 2015.
  4. Goett, R. Lakeboats of the Okanagan (PDF). Retrieved October 2, 2017 – via Lake Country Museum.
  5. Clement, J. Percy (1960). "Early Days in Kelowna". The twenty-fourth report of the Okanagan Historical Society. pp. 165–166. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  6. "History". Historic Westbank Association. Westbank. n.d. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
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