Klondike Gold Rush - The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Klondike, Yukon, Nome, Alaska, Skagway, Alaska, SS Princess Sophia (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Klondike, Yukon, Nome, Alaska, Skagway, Alaska, SS Princess Sophia, White Pass and Yukon Route, Chilkoot Trail, Robert W. Service, Dawson City, Alexander Pantages, Northern, Chilkoot Trail tramways, Boilerplate, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Back to the Klondike, Treadwell gold mine, Taiya River, Bonanza Creek, Keish, Forty Mile, Yukon, Taiya Inlet, Tr'ochek, Canyon City, Yukon, Bennett Lake, Dalton Trail, King Solomon's Dome, City of Gold, Dyea, Alaska, The Shooting of Dan McGrew, Fort Selkirk, Yukon, Lindeman Lake, Fraser, British Columbia, Bennett, British Columbia, Glacier Camp, Chilkat Pass, The Chechahcos, Paris, Yukon. Excerpt: The SS Princess Sophia was a steel-built coastal passenger liner in the coastal service fleet of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). Along with the SS Princess Adelaide the SS Princess Alice and the SS Princess Mary, the SS Princess Sophia was one of four sister ships built for CPR during 1910-1911. On 25 October 1918, the Sophia sank with the loss of all aboard after grounding on Vanderbilt Reef in Lynn Canal near Juneau, Alaska. With 343 or more people lost, the wreck of the Princess Sophia was the worst maritime accident in the history of British Columbia and Alaska. The circumstances of the wreck were controversial, as some felt that all aboard could have been saved. Beginning in 1901, Canadian Pacific Railway ran a line of steamships on the west coast of Canada and the southeast coast of Alaska. The route from Victoria, BC and Vancouver, BC ran through the winding channels and fjords along the coast, stopping at the principal towns for passengers, cargo, and mail. This route is still important today and is called the Inside Passage. Major ports of call along the Inside Passage include Prince Rupert, BC; Alert Bay, BC; Wrangell, ...