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Object Description

Object Name

Fonds

Object ID

MSS 054

Title

Beaver (ship) fonds.

Extent

0.1 cm of textual records.

Date

[1977].

Description

The fonds consists of a brief typewritten history of the ship Beaver (1835-1888), which served as a brig, a hydrographic survey vessel, a freighter, and a log-tow boat in B.C., and of George Marchant (1844-1925), who was the Beaver's last Captain.

People/Subject

Beaver (steamboat), 1835-1888

The Beaver", a paddle wheeler, operated on the Fraser from 1837 onward, connecting Pacific coast forts with Fort Langley. It was the first steam powered vessel on the Pacific Coast of North America.
See Also: boats

Boats

See also: paddle steamer, ships, steamboats, steamships, sternwheelers, canoes, models

Brockie, Archibald

Married to Polly Brockie (nee ?). Farmer on Balfour then Livingstone Road, Langley.
Term Source: HPC Records (BROCK-1/106)

Brockie, Polly

Married to Archibald Brockie.
Term Source: HPC Records (BROCK-1/106)

Marchant, George, 1844-1925

George Marchant was the last Captain of the ship Beaver (1835-1888).

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