Diane Gail

Rosalind Hildred (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 07/10/2018) states that "Bruce Hildred, his brother Rolf Hildred, father Phil Hildredand some friends drove an old bus to Carbonear, Newfoundland to retrieve 62' x 9' Grand Banks Four Dory Schooner "Diane Gail" (registered as "Anna V Fagan") which Bruce had bought from Max Powell of Carbonear. This vessel was 52 tons, currently with two 6 cyl. Acadia engines. This vessel was built in the 1930s, reportedly one of the last of the fishing schooners built for sail.

In 1977 they brought her to B.C. via the Panama Canal (stopping in Bermuda to repair storm damage), and arrived in Ganges in Sept. with a load of soapstone and agates. Bruce fished prawns, long-lined for dogfish research for the Nanaimo Biological Station, and various other pursuits until this vessel sank at the Vesuvius dock in 1980, due to a big bolt sticking out of a piling, in a storm with super high tide. I remember that beautiful long sloping schooner bow was not built with B.C.'s floating log problem in mind! The slightest bit of debris would rumble all the way down her keel." Claudia Lake (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 12/12/2021) stated "Anna V. Fagan was tied up at the pier at Vesuvius Bay on Salt Spring Island on December 16, 1982. Bruce Hildred, her owner, (who, along with his father, brother and several other Salt Spring Islander crew, had brought her round from Newfoundland in about 1978 or so) lived just up the road at Vesuvius at the time. There was a terrible winter storm that bashed the Anna V. Fagan up against the pilings where a big old bolt, sticking out of the piling, punched a hole in the side of the boat; the seas were too big and rough to get her away from the pier, and by the next morning this vessel was sunk there, tied to the pier. This vessel was re-floated and taken to Maple Bay where Bruce worked on her for some time, trying to get her running, but was not able to get her going ever again. This vessel was towed back to Ganges Harbour where her wheelhouse was salvaged and taken ashore to become a little guest cottage on Bruce's brothers property. The Anna was tarped over and anchored out off the breakwater in Ganges Harbour. Eventually this vessel came to her final demise there, sunk to the bottom of Ganges Harbour where this vessel remains to this day." On December 16, 1982 this vessel was swamped while at the Vesuvius Bay Wharf on Salt Spring Island Bc Canada.