North Star of Herschel Island

This vessel is the last of the sailing ships involved in the Canadian Arctic fur trade.

In 1951 this vessel was used by the Canadian Government to assert Canadian Arctic sovereignty over the western entrance to the NW Passage.

From 1969-1973 this vessel was used by the Canadian Government to conduct seismic surveying in the Beaufort Sea.

In 1977 this vessel was chartered by the International Boundary Commission to re-survey the controversial B.C./Alaska Boundary.

In 1981 this vessel was chartered by Cambridge University to search for mermaids off of the Aleutian Islands.

In 1990 this vessel was chartered by two environmental rights groups to an area that they named the Great Bear Rainforest.

From 1993 - to present this vessel has been used by school groups to learn about Canadian Arctic history as well as sea chanteys and traditional seamanship.