The Sinking of the SS Princess Sophia
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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🗓️ 15 October 2018
⏱️ 34 minutes
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The sinking of the SS Princess Sophia was a massive tragedy for both Canada and the United States. But it was also really overshadowed by the end of World War I and the flu pandemic, so it’s been nicknamed the unknown Titanic of the West Coast.
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| 0:30.7 | Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from How Stuff Works.com. |
| 0:36.1 | Hello and welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:44.5 | I'm Tracy V. Wilson, and I'm Holly Frye. |
| 0:48.1 | We're coming up on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Princess Sophia, |
| 0:53.0 | which sank in the Lynn Canal in southeastern Alaska on October 25th of 1918. |
| 0:58.6 | This was a massive tragedy for both Canada and the United States. |
| 1:03.1 | It had a huge impact on Alaska, British Columbia, and Yukon. |
| 1:08.3 | But it was also really overshadowed by the end of World War I, |
| 1:11.5 | and the flu pandemic that was going on by that point. |
| 1:13.9 | So it has been nicknamed the Unknown Titanic of the West Coast. |
| 1:19.3 | In 1918, the primary way to get to many parts of Alaska and Yukon was by water. |
| 1:25.5 | Ships carried passengers, cargo, and mail to ports along the coast of Alaska, |
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