Thames Shoal

Thames Shoal (48˚25'00" 123˚17'00" NE of Gonzales Point, E of Mouat Channel and Victoria, SE of Oak Bay). The steamship Thames, purchased for Edward Stamp’s Alberni Saw Mill Co, arrived at Victoria, under Capt Echte, via Hawaii in 1862. The 40-m, 270-tonne vessel had been built in Holland and used in the cattle trade between Hamburg and London for a number of years. The Thames steamed mostly between Alberni and Victoria, under Capt John Henderson, carrying workers and lumber, and also towed...

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