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>ong>theong>ong> Canadian Pacific steamer Prong>inong>cess Sophia left Skagway, Alaska, on its last run of ong>ong>theong>ong> 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 ong>ong>theong>ong> storm worsened and ong>ong>theong>ong>y were forced to take shelter ong>ong>theong>ong>mselves. By ong>ong>theong>ong> followong>inong>g mornong>inong>g, ong>ong>theong>ong> Prong>inong>cess Sophia had sunk to ong>ong>theong>ong> bottom of ong>ong>theong>ong> Lynn Canal, takong>inong>g ong>allong> of its passengers--a significant cross-section of ong>ong>theong>ong> population of ong>ong>theong>ong> Yukon and Alaska--with it. This volume examong>inong>es ong>ong>theong>ong> impact of this loss on a society that, with ong>ong>theong>ong> end of ong>ong>theong>ong> gold rush, was already ong>inong> declong>inong>e.