Charmer Point

Charmer Point (48˚41'00" 123˚21'00" E side of Coal I, off NE Saanich Peninsula, N of Victoria). The passenger steamship Charmer had an eventful if accident-prone career on the PNW coast. It was originally built as the Premier in San Francisco in 1887 for Capt John Irving’s Canadian Pacific Navigation Co. The 980-tonne, 61-m vessel ran between Vancouver, Seattle and Tacoma until 1894, when it suffered a collision with the Willamette in which four people died. US salvage efforts failed, but...

If you are already registered on KnowBC, login now to get access to the full article.

You may already have access to KnowBC through your school, university or library.

• Schools that subscribe to KnowBC
• Colleges and universities that subscribe to KnowBC
• Public libraries that subscribe to KnowBC

If you do not already have access to KnowBC, you can subscribe.