However, out at the site of the accident, it was discovered that the bags of cement had solidified and had to be separated before the "BX" could be raised and the salvage could not be completed before freeze-up. In the spring of 1920, the salvage work was completed and at a cost of $40,000 the "BX" was raised and patched sufficiently to get her back to Fort George. The newly overhauled "BC Express" pushed her back upstream through the Fort George Canyon and to the shipyard at Fort George. This would be the first time in the history of sternwheelers that one would push another upriver through a canyon. That it could be accomplished was a fitting testament to the craftsmanship of Alexander Watson Jr and the skill of Captain Browne and Captain Bucey.