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History of Metro Vancouver: SS Beaver, 1836

img: City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives, Bo P354. Photo S.J. Thompson 1836 SS Beaver Don’t be too quick to judge this ship by its appearance.
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1836

SS Beaver

Don’t be too quick to judge this ship by its appearance. The intrepid SS Beaver, which reached the West Coast in the spring of 1836 after a six-month journey from England, gained the honour of becoming the first steamship to reach the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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