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 The Beaver - Vancouver, British Columbia Posted by:  Hikenutty
N 49° 18.798 W 123° 08.556
10U E 489635 N 5462294
The steamship Beaver, commissioned and owned by the Hudson Bay Company, sunk off of Prospect Point on the 26th of July, 1888. It is considered a National Historic Event in Canada, due to the importance the boat played in the coast's development.
Waymark Code: WM2R3W
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 12/11/2007
Views: 132
The plaque's text reads as follows:
PROSPECT POINT - Here on 26th July, 1888, the steamer, Beaver, was wrecked.
This historic vesssel was built for the Hudson's Bay Company in Blackwall, England in 1835, sailed for this coast immediately, and was the pioneer steamship of the Pacific Ocean.
The story of the Beaver is the story of the early development of the Western coast of Canada.
This information is from the ship's Wikipedia page:
The Beaver was the first steamship to operate in the Pacific Northwest of North America. Launched 16 May 1836, the Beaver was used to service trading posts maintained by the Hudson's Bay Company between Puget Sound and Alaska. In 1862 she was chartered by the Royal Navy to survey and chart the coast of what is now the province of British Columbia. She was finally sold by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1874, and served until 25 July 1888 when she went aground on rocks at Prospect Point in Vancouver's Stanley Park. The wreck finally sank in July 1892, but only after enterprising locals stripped much of the wreck for souvenirs. The Vancouver Maritime Museum houses a collection of Beaver remnants. The site of the sinking has been commemorated with a plaque.
You'll find this monument at the north tip of beautiful Stanley Park, an administered National Historic Site. From here you can view the area where the ship was wrecked. An exact location is unknown.
Date of Shipwreck: July 26th, 1888
Type of Boat: Steamboat
Military or Civilian: Civilian, then Military, then Civilian again
Cause of Shipwreck: Hit the rocks off of Prospect Point
Accessibility:
The area can be viewed from Prospect Point or from the Stanley Park Seawall.
Diving Permitted: Not Listed
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Visit Instructions:
Only log the site if you have visited it personally.
Floating over a site does not qualify as a find if it is a wreck that requires diving - you must have actually visited the site - therefore photos of the site are good.
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