Traveller's Motor Hotel
Toll Free 1-800-661-3227
Ph 780-624-3621 - Fax 780-624-4855
email: travell@telusplanet.net
P.O. Box 7290 Peace River, AB T8S1S9

www.travellershotel.com

D. A. Thomas wheel shaft

138 Guest Rooms
Sports Bar
Meeting and Banquet Rooms
'Las Vegas' style Games Room
Noon Smorg Mon to Fri
Sunday Brunch
Evening Signature Specials
Liquor Store

The SS D.A.Thomas was named after Viscount Rhondda, a munitions and mining magnate. A large shallow draft steam powered sternwheeler, it measured 162 feet bow to stern and 37 feet across the beam. Originally built to transport oil and coal deposits out of the Peace country, it was an active freight and passenger steamer until 1930, when it was decomissioned. All that is left of this once proud river boat is the wheel shaft, which can be seen on the grounds of the local museum. The historic photo of the D.A. Thomas by E.Taylor on the Peace River cica 1930.