Ship model of the SS Beaver by modelmaker Ralph Hitchcock

• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: Maritime; 19th century; Hitchcock; Hudson; Hudson Bay
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/16089

Built in 1835 London, the SS Beaver was the first steamship to reach the Northwest. She went up and down the coast, carrying goods from one Hudson Bay Company trading post to the next. This model was made by Ralph Hitchock (d. 2004), a maritime historian and noted Seattle modelmaker. 1 Model, Instru...