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Hearst Museum object titled Ship fragment, accession number 2-66923, described as Ship part from the Beaver. Oak slab with parallelogram shaped slot on flat side which has two Wells Fargo Express labels glued on it; opposite side is rounded; oak with traces of black paint; some nails in place. According to Mr. Kenwright, curator San Francisco Maritime Museum, The Beaver went down on rocks near the entrance to Vancouver Harbor in July 1888. She was built in Engand as a paddle wheel steamer. She was 101 feet and 9 inches long, Beam 33 feet, tonnage 109.12. She served as a support boat for Hudson Bay Company beginning in 1836. In 1862 she was chartered by the Royal Navy to survey and chart the coast of the Colony of British Columbia. Between 1860-1870 she was a passenger vessel. After 1870 she served the Hudson Bay Company again. In 1874 she was refitted as a tug boat and sold to a private operator. Piece misidentified as section of mast by collector.