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A view of Dawson City, Yukon at the Princess Sophia memorial along the banks of the Yukon River. Forgotten today, the SS Princess Sophia was a steel-built passenger liner in the coastal service fleet of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). Along with SS Princess Adelaide, SS Princess Alice, and SS Princess Mary, Princess Sophia was one of four similar ships built for CPR during 1910-1911.
On 25 October 1918, Princess Sophia sank with the loss of all aboard after grounding on Vanderbilt Reef in Lynn Canal near Juneau, Territory of Alaska. All 364 persons on the ship died w/ a small dog who swam to a nearby island being the only survivor. Over 100 of the passengers were from Dawson City including professionals & business people. Walter Harper, the first person to reach the summit Mt. McKinley (Denali), was among the victims during a honeymoon trip. The incident is the worst maritime accident in the history of British Columbia and Alaska.
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Princess_Sophia
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