Biographie
He was the brother of Captain Daniel McLean.
He began his career in the Atlantic in 1873, He came to the Pacific in in the steamer Santa Clara as Second Officer in 1880.
He was first officer on the Sir James Douglas and later on the Beaver.
He served in various capacities in the BC steamers Gertrude, Western Slope, Pacific Slope.
He began sealing in 1883 from San Francisco on the schooner San Diego with his brother.
He commanded the Favorite in partnership with Captain William Spring.
He took the schooner Mary Ellen for two seasons, leaving her to go with the J. Hamilton Lewis which was seized by a Russian man-of-war. After his release he went north with the Rose Sparks and in 1894 he took out the Bonanza from San Francisco.
He is said to have been one of the models for Jack London's "Sea Wolf." He was found drowned in False Creek in Vancouver in 1914.
Références
- Newell, G. 1977
- Kluckner, M. (1993)
- E.W. Wright (ed.) 1967
