The Vancouver Maritime Museum has a collection of more than 170,000 objects including 35,000 artifacts, 20,000 books, 262 original paintings/artwork and 114,000 photographs This online collection gives you access to just a few of our hidden and not so hidden treasures.

 

Category Index > Category: Ships, BC Historic
Ships, BC Historic
Bearing from BEAVER's Engine
This bronze bearing from BEAVER's engines (manufactured by the British firm ...
Beaver's Port Paddlewheel Shaft
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Bell from the Union Steamship CARDENA
Built in 1923 by the firm of Napier & Miller at Old Kilpatrick, Scotland for...
Bell from the Union Steamship CATALA
The premiere steamship of the Union's northern run, CATALA, built in 1929, e...
Boiler of the Steamer Boiler
Displayed outside the Vancouver Maritime Museum, this is the last (of seven)...
Cabin Key for Cabin #51 from YUKON STAR
Tourism to Alaska began to boom after the Second World War, and by the early...
Copper Drift Bolt from Beaver
This thick copper "drift bolt" was used to fasten together the oak timbers o...
Key Tag for Engine Room Key to NORTH VANCOUVER FERRY NO. 3
The population of Vancouver and its immediate environs quadrupled between 19...
Original Photograph of BEAVER, 1877
This original image shows the steamer BEAVER on the ways at Cook's Yard, Vic...
Painting of Wreck of SS BEAVER
This image of the wreck is painted on a piece of wood salvaged from the wrec...
Plaque from Andy Linton-Built Boat
Vancouver's first boat builders were Andy Linton and William Watts, both of ...
Union Steamship COWICHAN
A rare view of the Union Steamship COWICHAN. Built in 1908 by the Ailsa Shi...