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366 people die in the greatest maritime disaster in Alaska

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Post date 2013-10-09
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By Nautilus Staff on October 9th, 2013 in Archive

The tragedy of the wreck of the Princess Sophia was the worst maritime disaster in Alaska and British Columbia. Imagine a cold winter day in the fall of 1918 with blowing snow and driving winds. The CPR steamship Princess Sophia was pressed into service to make one last additional overflow run from Skagway to Vancouver. […]