Flying Dutchman (steamship)
- Flying Dutchman (steamship)
The "Flying Dutchman" was a 19th Century steamship in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. It was the first steamboat to enter the Stikine River, in 1862, [ [http://www.akhistorycourse.org/articles/article.php?artID=70 "Southeast Alaska":"Many Nations Challenge Tlingit Claims", Alaska History and Cultural Studies website] ] and the first vessel to take a cargo of lumber from Burrard Inlet (Vancouver harbour), in August 1863, under Captain William Moore. [ [http://www.nosracines.ca/e/page.aspx?id=271117 "Early Shipping in Burrarrd Inlet: 1863-1870", F.W. Howay, p.4] ]
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