The first Okanagan Lake ferry service was a rowboat - 'BC WAS AWESOME' FULL EPISODE 

In this episode of BC Was Awesome host Bob Kronbauer travels to Vernon and gets the story of Captain Shorts, a "scruffy" character who started the first ferry service up and down Okanagan Lake. He also claimed to find an Ogopogo bone, and left a trail of tall tales in his wake.
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BC Was Awesome is a multiple Leo Award-nominated series documenting the sometimes offbeat stories of the history of British Columbia. It's a co-production of Vancouver Is Awesome and Artaban Productions.