SS Una, 1849-1851
Una was a 135-tonne brigantine bought in London by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1849,
for £950, roughly $90,000 CAD in current money.
In 1851, as recounted in this 1852 despatch, and another in 1853, Una traveled to Mitchell Inlet, Haida Gwaii where it discovered gold. On its return,
it was wrecked during a storm in Neah Bay, near Cape Flattery. The Indigenous people
in the area plundered the ship and then set fire to it. The US schooner Susan Sturges rescued Una’s crew as well as part of its cargo.