Dora Shipwreck Northeastern Vancouver Island
Captain Matthew Turner built the Dora for Alaska Commercial Company in San Francisco. She was launched on the evening of March 11, 1880. The length of her wooden hull was 112′, with a [...]
Gerard C. Tobey Shipwreck
Gerard C. Tobey was 208.7′ long, 39.1′ wide by 23.6′ deep. Her gross tonnage was registered at 1,459.18 and her net tonnage at 1,389.77 tons. native woods like white oak, [...]
Spinster Shipwreck from Victoria
The screw steamer Spinster was built at Victoria in 1893 by Captains Foot and Scroggs. She was the first launching at the shipyard they managed together. Reputedly the person who had ordered [...]
Nidge Shipwreck
The Nidge was a steam tug built in Vancouver in 1906 or 07. Her wooden hull was 63.7 ft. deep. She displaced 57.91 tons gross, 39.38 tons registered. She was screw propelled. The tug was [...]
Wreck of the S.S. Enterprise
The Enterprise was a sidewheel paddle steamer. She was launched at San Francisco in 1861 by William Curry and Peter F. Doling. Her wooden hull as 142.5 feet in length, 27.7 feet in breadth, [...]
