By that spring the "Charlotte" was joined by two other river steamers, the "Quesnel", that Captain Foster had been planning, and the "Nechacco", owned by the Fort George Lumber and Navigation Company. All three steamers were able to navigate the full route from Soda Creek to South Fort George. By 1910, three others had joined the fleet, the "BX", "Chilcotin" and "Fort Fraser". The "Charlotte" met with several small accidents that summer and then one major one on the 15th of July, when she hit a reef in the Fort George Canyon and sank. The damage was so extensive that it was October before she was salvaged and taken to Quesnel. Upon assessing the cost of repairing her, and knowing that the little pioneer steamer couldn't compete against the bigger and more modern "BX", her owners decided that any further investment in her couldn't be justified and she was abandoned on the riverbank at Quesnel.