Small steamer "Beaver" with shoreline and buildings in background

Caption: "The Claremont of the Pacific" and "The Steamer "Beaver" was the first steam vessel to plough through the water of the Pacific Ocean…The Beaver was the first vessel to run between Sitka, Alaska, and Puget Sound, and was in commission for a period of fifty-three years until finally wrecked near the entrance of the harbor at Vancouver, B.C."

Creators/Contributors

Biery, Galen - Creator

Collection

Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs

Date Created

Circa 1900 (date is approximate) to Circa 1920 (date is approximate)

Extent

  • 1 black and white print
  • 14 x 10.5

Publisher

Digital objects made available by the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.

Physical location

  • WaBeCP
  • Western Washington University

Repository

Center for Pacific Northwest Studies

Resource type

still image

Related to

Galen Biery papers and photographs

Access conditions

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Identifier

gb1238

Subject Geographic

Genre

Images

Rights and Permissions

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