The Sinking of the Princess Sophia: Taking the North Down
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Coates, Ken / Morrison, William, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, On October , ong>theong> Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Sophia left Skagway, Alaska, on its ong>lastong> run of ong>theong> season to Vancouver, Victoria, ong>andong> Seattle. A storm rose ong>andong> at 2 a.m. it ran aground on Vong>andong>erbilt Reef. Rescue vessels were quickly assembled, but ong>theong> storm worsened ong>andong> ong>theong>y were forced to take shelter ong>theong>mselves. By ong>theong> following morning, ong>theong> Princess Sophia had sunk to ong>theong> bottom of ong>theong> Lynn Canal, taking all of its passengers--a significant cross-section of ong>theong> population of ong>theong> Yukon ong>andong> Alaska--with it. This volume examines ong>theong> impact of this loss on a society that, with ong>theong> end of ong>theong> gold rush, was already in decline.