These images come from the Vancouver Maritime Museum, dry-dock
home of the St. Roch RCMP Schooner. The St. Roch was the first ship to
successfully navegate the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic.
The St. Roch was also the first ship to circumnavegate the North American
continent through the Norhtwest Passage and the Panama Canal. The
Northwest Passage eluded explorers for hundreds of years and took
countless lives. Click on the picture to see a larger image.
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