Beaver

Built to service the trading forts of the Hudson's Bay Company, the BEAVER regularly steamed the H.B.C.s territory between Puget Sound and Russian Alaska for 24 years. In 1862, the BEAVER was chartered to the Royal Navy and, after a refit, began a seven year career surveying and charting over 900 miles of the colony's coast. Declared surplus by the H.B.C., the BEAVER was sold in 1874 and, following another refit, began a final career as a freighter and tug. On July 25, 1888 the BEAVER grounded on the rocks of Prospect Point and remained a popular landmark until sinking in July 1892.

British Columbia · Canada