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c1914 -- S. S. Santa Maria at Sechelt Wharf

Major Matthews' caption is erroneous; the Santa Maria, as a yacht, was owned by Lord Hartswell. However the Marquis of Anglesey did own the `Santa Cecelia,' later `Selma and later still `Chasina.' Cf. Gerald Rushton's `Whistle up the Inlet' p.74. Captain Sauter brought her around the Horn prior to the opening of the Panama Canal. She was built in 1883 by J. Elder & Sons, Glasgow and was 154 feet long, 22 feet beam, 12 feet draft and 235 tons gross. She came to Vancouver in June 1914 and her wheel house was altered before she was placed on scheduled run to Sechelt and Powell River. From 1914 to 1917 she served the All Red Line until it was bought over by the Union Steamship Company. She was renamed `Chilco' in 1917 until 1935 when she became `Lady Pam.' After WW11 she was sold for use as a breakwater after being hulked in Oyster Bay, Vancouver Island.

Photograph by Charles Bradbury, courtesy Vancouver City Archives.