Fort Victoria Ships
The years between 1844, when Charles Ross died, and 1846, when the Fort Victoria journals begin, are a bit of a wasteland so far as information re: the workings of…
Read moreBeaver at the Equator
The Steamer Beaver, and its accompanying ship the Columbia, sailed over the Equator for the second time on this journey: this time from the south to the northern hemisphere. It…
Read moreRounding Cape Horn
In this series of blogposts, we are following the Steamship Beaver on her first and only sailing journey from London to the Pacific Northwest and Fort Vancouver! Rounding Cape Horn…
Read moreLog of the Steamer Beaver 2
This is the continuation of the Log of the Steamer Beaver, a steamship that came from the London Docks on the Thames River to Fort Vancouver, under sail, in 1835…
Read moreLog of the Steamship Beaver, 1835
The steamship Beaver left the London docks on August 27, 1835, and reached Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River, on April 10, 1836. The log itself has been lost in…
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