Magneson Point

Magneson Point (52˚46'00" 132˚02'00" S side of Tasu Sd, W side of Moresby I, QCI). Louis Magneson (1862–95), from Norway, was master of the Victoria sealing schooner Walter A Earle (formerly called the Sylvia Handy), which was lost with all 32 hands during a severe gale on Apr 14, 1895, off Cape St Elias in the Gulf of Alaska. The vessel was hunting seals with two other schooners, the Libby and Favorite, at the time, and those vessels were barely able to ride out the storm. It was...

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