In 2007, an article asked for information about the steamer Elsinore. Since then, the Eastside Heritage Center discovered some additional facts in a 1975 article by Robert Matson, a local expert on Lake Washington ferries.

Captain John Anderson, who owned many of the steamers on Lake Washington, purchased the Elsinore on Puget Sound in 1901. In the winter of 1901 – 1902, he brought her to Lake Washington via the Duwamish and Black Rivers. (In those days the rivers were much higher, and one could take a boat from the Duwamish all the way to Lake Washington.) Anderson used the Elsinore as an excursion steamer, a touring boat to show visitors the sights of Lake Washington.

To learn more about Bellevue and Eastside history, contact the Eastside Heritage Center at 425-450-1049 or visit www.EastsideHeritageCenter.org.

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