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