Overview
Address
Stanley Park, Prospect Point
Neighbourhood
Stanley Park
type
Other
Description
The wooden paddleboard weighing 190 tons serviced fur trading posts throughout British Columbia, solidifying the HBC’s dominance of the fur trade. It also played a significant role in transporting gold rush prospectors between Victoria and the Lower Mainland and subsequently surveyed the B.C. coastline for the Royal Navy.
In 1874, the Beaver was sold and used as a tugboat for service in the lumber and coal industries.
Source
Vancouver History: S. S. Beaver by Rebecca Bollwitt, Historic Sites and Monuments Board, Waterfront: The Illustrated Maritime Story of Greater Vancouver by James P. Delgado, The Wreck of the Beaver by Lani Russwurm in Vancouver Was Awesome: A Curious Pictorial History
More information
http://www.miss604.com/2012/07/vancouver-history-s-s-beaver.html
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