Canace

Trudy Ann Cameron reports that "Canace was built by William S. Cameron, over the course of about 1964 to 1971, in the back yard of his house near Abbotsford, BC Canada. This vessel is an Atkin design (an Ingrid, to be specific). This vessel is a double-ended yellow-cedar strip-planked ketch with a full keel and an external rudder and a diesel engine. This vessel was originally moored in the south arm of the Fraser River, but was then moved to Clay's Wharf, where her builder lived aboard for a couple of years.

He then sold her to Dr. Richard (Rick) Sweeting, then of Maple Ridge BC (later of Abbotsford, and then of Bamfield, BC). After this vessel was sold to Dr. Sweeting, this vessel was moved to the "squatter's marina" at the east end of Granville Island for a while. This vessel was last known to have been eventually sold to someone who purportedly took her to Olympia, Washington. A search of marinas in Olympia in 2014 produced no clues as to her location at that time. Canace's whereabouts are now unknown. After this vessel was sold to Rick Sweeting, Bill Cameron built a larger boat that was more suitable as a live-aboard vessel (a Samson C-Baron called Camira), but he continued to help Dr. Sweeting with occasional repairs and maintenance for Canace. Cameron passed on September 11, 2006, in Mission, BC Canada."