George W. Allen (d. 1918) George Allen was born in Damascus, Palestine [Syria]. He was a resident of Dawson for several years and worked for Yukon Gold at several camps in the district. He had a ticket to Vancouver on the //Princess Sophia// and drowned when the ship sank in the Lynn Canal.((The Maritime Museum of British Columbia, //SS Princess Sophia: Those Who Perished.// 2018: 37.))