The Haines Sheldon Museum will open a 100th anniversary commemorative exhibit, “Titanic of the North: S.S. Princess Sophia,” on Friday, Nov. 9.
A storm forced the Canadian Pacific steamer aground on Vanderbilt Reef after leaving Skagway on Oct. 23, 1918. Rescue crews circled the steamer waiting to unload passengers until the storm drove them away. None of the 353 passengers or crew survived the ship’s sinking.
The sinking remains the worst maritime accident in Alaska…
