She was built in Vancouver BC in 1913 as a two-masted 86-foot halibut schooner with auxiliary gas, soon converted to diesel power.
"Fishing vessel Chief Skugaid on the Queen Charlotte Banks - 1915".
-- City of Richmond Archives.
In the photo below one of the two hatless young men facing the camera is likely MC Chetwynd, who according to newspaper accounts would be lost at sea on this voyage.
-- City of Richmond Archives.
In the photo below one of the two hatless young men facing the camera is likely MC Chetwynd, who according to newspaper accounts would be lost at sea on this voyage.
