North Star of Herschel Island

Almost every day we get a FaceBook post or an e-mail asking us when the book about North Star’s history will be out - North Star of Herschel Island: the last sailing Arctic fur trading ship. Well, soon we hope! I have sent off queries to some Canadian publishers and have received some very good […]

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The beautiful upper causeway around Victoria BC’s harbour is lined with bronze plaques honouring ships that have moored in the harbour or sailors who have earned distinctionmthrough their work at sea. I spoke with the general manager of the greater Victoria Harbour Authority who thought that honouring north Star in this way was a great […]

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Finally found the last chapter to the book about the history of North Star of Herschel Island and have sent off a query to a publisher. The editor at the last publishing house retired and apparently that means that my manuscript goes to the bottom of the slush pile. Oh well. I hope that another […]

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The book about the history of North Star of Herschel Island is nearing completion. I would still love to get copies of any newspaper or magazines that the ship has been in. I also would like to interview anyone who was aboard during the Sitka Island Voyage or the Voyage to study the Great Bear […]

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Today, Sheila and I toured the Russian sail training ship, Pallada,with her Sailing Master, Alexandre. He gave us a tour of all of the belodecks, crews quarters, Main Salon, Captains Cabin and his own cabin where he showed us some dramatic photos of Pallada losing her foremast last year between Japan and South Korea. At […]

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On July 31st, 2011 we took North Star back out to sea with Margaret Hawkins (nee Carpenter), her husband, Lyle Hawkins and their two sons Terry and John and their wives and children. We also had aboard Sven Johansson - North Star’s second owner. This was Sven’s first time back underway aboard in fifteen years! […]

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We have just traded links with the Nauticapedia site and it is well worth looking into. The url can be found in our Links page or just go straight to www.nauticapedia.ca

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After a winter spent in front of the Empress Hotel and the Legislature buildings in Victoria, we shifted berths to the new docks at Fishermans’ Wharf. The old wooden docks held in place with pilings have been replaced by a new system of plastic docks tethered to bungy cords anchored into the seabed. Interesting. We […]

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After 15 years, every line, copper nail, spar and plank is officially ours!

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Very happy to be interviewed by Phillippe Morin at CBC Northwind in Inuvik last week. Would love to hear from any listeners with their stories and photos of North Star.

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