Straits Steamship Company

Straits Steamship Company
Industry Shipping
Founded (July 1, 1894 (1894-07-01))
Area served Strait of Juan de Fuca, San Juan Islands, Puget Sound
Key people James Morgan, L. B. Hastings, W.S. Mann, and A.L. Horn.

The Straits Steamship Company was a shipping firm that operated steamships on Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca

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Formation

The company was formed on July 1, 1894 by Capt. James Morgan, L. B. Hastings, W.S. Mann, and A.L. Horn.[1]

Operations

The company operated the steamships Willapa and Garland on the route from Seattle to Neah Bay, and the Evangel on the route Seattle – Port Townsend – Port Angeles – Dungeness – Victoria.[1] In the first decade of the 1900s the company provided service to Friday Harbor on San Juan Island.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Wright, E.W., Lewis & Dryden's Marine history of the Pacific Northwest, Lewis & Dryden Printing Co., Portland, OR (1995), at page 278.
  2. ^ Vouri, Friday Harbor, at page 61.

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