Histoire
This schooner, two-masted was built in 1868 by Captain Charles Spring in Sooke.
Notes historiques
In 1888 this vessel was chartered by the government to carry lumber and building materials to First Nation settlements on the west coast of Vancouver Island and lumber and bricks for the church at Friendly Cove. This vessel was one of the first vessels to employ First Nation hunters and boat steerers. In May 1893 this vessel was a sealing schooner that carried the survivors of the wrecked whaling schooner Jane Gray from Cape Cook to Victoria.
In 1919-1920 this vessel was damaged by fire and sank in Sydney Inlet BC Canada.
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 1869 she was owned by Captain Charles Spring for cod fishing and trading.
She carried cargoes of lumber between Victoria and California ports as well as some voyages to Hawaii.
In the 1890s-1920 she was owned by the Victoria Sealing Co. Ltd. (Captain George Heater), Victoria BC Canada.
Capitaines
Captain Charles Spring; Captain Laughlan McLean; Captain George Heater;
Références
Nicholson, George (1962)
