Now featuring “The Titanic of the North”

Now featuring “The Titanic of the North,” visit an interactive exhibit about the 1918 wreck of the SS Princess Sophia, at Loussac Library. This traveling exhibit chronicles the worst shipwreck ever in the Pacific Northwest. Over 350 passengers lost their lives in the winter waters of the Alaskan coast when, during a terrible storm, the SS Princess Sophia hit Vanderbilt Reef near Juneau and sank with all aboard.

In recognition of the 100th year anniversary of the tragic event the Alaska State Museum partnered with the Maritime Museum of British Columbia, the Vancouver Maritime Museum, and the Pioneers of Alaska- Juneau chapter, on an exhibit that looks at this historical event and the lives of the individuals who made up the passengers and crew of the Princess Sophia.

Visit the third floor of Loussac Library, now through August 31, to view descriptive panels and use the interactive kiosks to learn more about this critical time in the history of the 20th century: the end of the First World War and the development of the west coast.

Photo Credit: The Princess Sophia underway with passengers on deck.
Alaska State Library, John Grainger Photo Collection, P255-79-79