Final Voyage of the Princess Sophia Did They All Have to Die?

October 25, 1918, is the day that goes down in history as the Inside Passage's worst maritime disaster. More than 350 people lost their lives and the CPR's British Columbia Coast Service was forever tarnished when the Princess Sophiawent down off Vanderbilt Reef in Lynn Canal between Skagway and Juneau, Alaska. In this book, the authors relive the tragedy of the Princess Sophiaand her last voyage and tackle questions that still linger. Was the sinking really just a "peril of the sea," as the inquiry concluded? This story explores the heroic efforts of those who answered the SOS and tried to save the passengers and crew but were later the ones to recover bodies instead.O'Keefe, Betty is the author of 'Final Voyage of the Princess Sophia Did They All Have to Die?' with ISBN 9781895811643 and ISBN 1895811643.