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The Plaque Commemorating Captain Stanley Fraser Sr.
by John M. MacFarlane 2017
The plaque commemorating Captain Stanley Fraser Sr. (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection. )
On the causeway seawall at the Inner Harbour at Victoria BC there is a plaque commemorating Captain Stanley Fraser Sr.(1872-1951).
The Nidge (Photo from the collection. )
(He was qualified as a Master Mariner). In 1909 he served as Master of the tug Edna Grace for H.C. Brewster. He served as Master of the Nidge. He served as Master of the Protective. He served as Master of the Hercules. He served as the Master of the Squid.
In December 1912 he was the Master of the 75’ton steam tug Nidge when she went on the rocks at Macaulay Point near Victoria. She was broken up by heavy seas.
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MacFarlane, John M. (2017) The Plaque Commemorating Captain Stanley Fraser Sr. Nauticapedia.ca 2017. http://nauticapedia.ca/Gallery/Monument_Fraser_Stanley_Sr.php
Site News: February 12, 2025
ANOTHER MILESTONE REACHED
The vessel database has been updated and is now holding 95,146 vessel histories (with 16,409 images and 14,064 records of ship wrecks and marine disasters).
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My thanks to Ray Warren who is beginning a long process of filling gaps in the photo record of the vessel histories in the vessel database. Ray has been documenting the ships of Vancouver Harbour for more than 60 years.
Thanks to contributor Mike Rydqvist McCammon for the hundreds of photos he continues to contribute to illustrate British Columbia’s floating heritage.
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