Baker, Wentworth E.

He went sealing from Victoria BC in 1886 in the Viva with which he had sailed around the Horn from Halifax NS.

He then served in the C.H. Tupper when she was driven ashore and lost.

He was Master of the schooners Pioneer and the Allie I Alger.

In 1892 he was arrested by Russian authorities in the IRNS Zabiaka for sealing within Russian territorial waters while in command of the Allie I Alger.

In 1915 he took command of the Durley Chine when she loaded lumber in the Fraser River for Port Nelson in Hudson Bay.

He took command of the schooner Ysabel May.

In 1917 he was in command of the D.G.S. Durley Chine when she collided with the British steamer Harlem 65 miles east of Sandy Hook.

Viva (schooner) 1886.

Baker Rock (BC);