Shipwrecks of the British Columbia Coast - Mv Queen of the North, Sechelt, Clallam, SS Valencia, USS Tattnall, Tonquin, SS Pacific (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mv Queen of the North, Sechelt, Clallam, Ss Valencia, Uss Tattnall, Tonquin, Ss Pacific, Uss South Dakota, Hmcs Huron, Dominion Lifesaving Trail, Beaver, Hmcs Mackenzie, Hmcs Charlottetown, Ss Eaglescliffe Hall, Hmcs Columbia, Hmcs Saskatchewan. Excerpt: The Beaver about 1870 item Sail plan: Brigantine item Armament: 4 brass cannons Beaver was the first steamship to operate in the Pacific Northwest of North America . She made remote parts of the west coast of Canada accessible for maritime fur trading and was chartered by the Royal Navy for surveying the coastline of British Columbia. Construction and Delivery Beaver was built in London of British oak, elm, greenheart and teak, and was copper fastened and sheathed. Her length was 101 feet (31 m), and the beam over her paddle boxes was 33 feet (10 m). She was launched at Blackwall Yard on 9 May 1835 and left London on 29 August under the command of Captain David Home, and with the company's barque, Columbia, built at the same time and commanded by Captain Darby. Beaver was outfitted as a brig for the passage out, paddles unshipped, and came out via Cape Horn under sail alone. After calling at Juan Fernandez and Honolulu, she arrived off the Columbia River on 18 March 1836 and anchored off Fort Vancouver on 10 April. Here the paddles were shipped and boilers and engines connected. Service in Canada Beaver was used to service trading posts maintained by the Hudson's Bay Company between the Columbia River and Russian America (Alaska) and played an important role in helping maintain British control in British Columbia during the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush of 1858-59. In 1862 she was chartered by the Royal Navy to survey and chart the coast of the Colony of British Columbia . She was finally sold by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1874. Lo...