Passengers boarding rescue boats beside wreck of steamer MARIPOSA, Fitzhugh Sound, British Columbia, October 8, 1915

• Main Author: Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1915
• Subjects: Mariposa (Ship); Lifeboats > British Columbia; Ship accidents > British Columbia; Rescues > British Columbia; Fitz Hugh Sound (B.C.); Steamboats > British Columbia > Fitz Hugh Sound; Shipwreck victims > British Columbia > Fitz Hugh Sound; Canada; British Columbia; Ketchikan; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/153

Caption on image: S.S. Mariposa wrecked near Bella Bella, Oct. 8, 1915 PH Coll 247.499 Owned by the Alaska Steamship Company, the MARIPOSA sustained damage on a rock ledge at the upper end of Fitzhugh Sound. She was refloated by the Esquimalt salvage steamer SALVOR, towed south and drydocked at the...