Vessel Profile

Agnes MacDonald

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Story

This schooner, two-masted was built in 1880c in Lunenburg, NS.

Historical Notes

In 1897 this vessel was lost off the coast of Japan.

Owners & Masters

In the 1880s she was owned by the Canadian Fisheries Protective Service.

In 1891 she was owned by Brown Brothers.

In 1893 she was owned by John Colister.

In 1894-1897 she was purchased by a syndicate of Victoria sealers headed by Captain M.B. Cutler.

Masters

Captain M.B. Cutler (1893)

Name Significance

Named for Lady Agnes MacDonald, wife of the ex-Prime Minister of Canada.

Named Features

Agnes Street (Esquimalt BC);

References

  • Robinson, Sherri K. (1995)
  • Goudie, Ed & R.E. Johns (1986)
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