The Islander's Cargo of Gold (1901)

The Victoria Daily Colonist on January 23rd, 1977 reported the following statement by a salvage operation from 1932: “On first descending to the Islander on November 1st. I found the ship easily and stood in bewilderment to see her decks caved in. Tons upon tons of sea growth, shells, and silt which had settled upon the decks had caved them in and carried them down into the holds in an awful mess of twisted beams and steal plates as sharp as knives, a terrific place to venture in a suit whose puncture at that depth meant instant death. The steel was encrusted with live barnacles to a depth of two feet.” Ship Name: Islander  Ship Type: Steel Hulled Twin Screw Steamer Year Built: 1888 Tonnage: 1495 Nationality: Canada  Year Wrecked: 1901 Location Wrecked: Lynn Canal Near Juneau  Reason for Wreck: Struck Iceberg  Lives Lost: 42 Sources:  https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-9th-circuit/1438712.html https://books.google.com/books?id=K1omAQAAIAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=islander+canadian+shipwreck+1901&source=gbs_navlinks_s https://casetext.com/case/in-re-of-the-ss-islander https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/sos/shipwrecks/002031-119.01-e.php?&document_code=002031-6&page=1&q=&page_id=176&&&&&&&&&&&&&&PHPSESSID=97pq669ckbhqot5pok74pkoq784bnn8no34es4orgikv0i21kha1 https://newspaperarchive.com/portland-morning-oregonian-aug-20-1901-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/washington-dc-washington-evening-star-aug-19-1901-p-1 https://newspaperarchive.com/fairbanks-daily-alaska-citizen-jul-25-1919-p-5/ https://newspaperarchive.com/uniontown-morning-herald-aug-06-1931-p-2/ https://newspaperarchive.com/oakland-tribune-aug-12-1934-p-25/ https://newspaperarchive.com/victoria-daily-colonist-jan-23-1977-p-71/ https://newspaperarchive.com/fort-benton-river-press-aug-28-1901-p-2/ https://newspaperarchive.com/lincoln-evening-news-aug-20-1901-p-2/ https://newspaperarchive.com/winnipeg-free-press-aug-24-1901-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/victoria-daily-colonist-aug-25-1901-p-4/