(He was qualified as a a Master Mariner) He worked on the Skagit River (WA) and in Puget Sound.
In 1898 he joined the Bennett Lake and Klondyke Navigation Co. Ltd.
Motherwell, John L. (2012) Gold Rush Steamboats: Francis Rattenbury's Yukon Adventure
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