On an early November morning in 1875, scores of miners, speculators, and societal elites packed a boat in Victoria that had already sunk once before.
The San Francisco–bound SS Pacific was one of many newly constructed and hastily rehabbed steamships filling the harbor after the discovery of gold in northern creeks of British Columbia. The vessel had foundered in the Columbia River after hitting a rock and been abandoned on the mudflats of San Francisco Bay only three years earlier. But the abundance of precious cargo in the Cassiar region demanded the reincarnation of this rickety ship.
Jeff Hummel (middle) with ROV pilot Sarah Haberstroh and ship captain Keith
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