page_title: North Pacific (sidewheeler)
section_title: Loss
hierarchical_section_title: North Pacific (sidewheeler) / Loss
caption_attribution_description: English: Sidewheeler North Pacific sinking in the Strait of Juan de Fuca after striking a rock. The insurance launch Rothschild No. 2 is alongside.
context_page_description: North Pacific was an early steamboat operating in Puget Sound, on the Columbia River, and in British Columbia and Alaska. The vessel's nickname was "the White Schooner" which was not based on the vessel's rig, but rather on speed, as "to schoon" in nautical parlance originally meant to go fast.
context_section_description: On July 18, 1903, running off Marrowstone Point in a fog, North Pacific went off course and struck a rock.  The tug C.B. Smith heard the distress call of the old steamer (traditionally five blasts from the steam whistle) and was able to rescue all her passengers and crew.  Later North Pacific drifted off the rock, sank in deep water (15 fathoms) and could not be raised.  Coincidentally the running mate of the  North Pacific, the steamboat Mainlander, was headed the opposite direction on the same route.  Mainlander also grounded about an hour later near the place, but suffered only minor damage.
caption: North Pacific sinking, with the Rothschild insurance launch alongside.
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