Rippon Point

Rippon Point (53˚55'00" 130˚12'00" N end of Pitt I, S of Prince Rupert). Capt Thomas Rippon (1883–1939), a native of Nottingham, UK, joined the CPR’s BC Coast Steamship Service as a seaman in 1905 and was soon appointed an officer. His first command, in 1916, was the Princess Beatrice. After that date he served as a master, mostly on the CPR’s triangle run between Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle, and was appointed the service’s marine superintendent in 1934. Rippon married Norma Rose...

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