Patrick "Paddy" Martin (1864 - 1940)
	
Patrick Martin was born in Grates Cove, Newfoundland. He sailed on fishing boats on the Atlantic Ocean from an early age. Martin travelled from Halifax to Vancouver in February 1891 via Cape Horn on the schooner//Arietes.// He arrived in Victoria on March 26th, 1892. He fished for a few years on the west coast and headed north for the gold rush in 1897. Martin hired on as a mate on the //S. S. Islander// at Skagway and held that job until 1898. His last venture on the open water was to bring the paddlewheeler //Canadian// from Esquimalt, British Columbia to the Whitehorse Rapids.((H. Dobrowolsky, editor, “Patrick Martin: Master Mariner.” December 2000; Heritage Branch 4057-16-23.)) He made one trip down to Dawson and back and then settled in Whitehorse with his family.((Delores Smith, “Martin captained the steamer Canadian.” //The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 11 January 1995.))
	
He was a fish inspector and a mink farmer.((Delores Smith, “Martin captained the steamer Canadian.” //The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 11 January 1995.)) He took over Hamacher's photo studio when the latter retired. He was a successful general merchant running the Arctic Trading Company on Front Street in Whitehorse and he had a store at Conrad in the southern lakes.((H. Dobrowolsky, editor, “Patrick Martin: Master Mariner.” December 2000; Heritage Branch 4057-16-23.)) The Whitehorse store burned in the 1905 fire but he quickly put up a tent and continued with business as usual.((Delores Smith, “Martin captained the steamer Canadian.” //The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 11 January 1995.))
	
In August 1927, Captain Martin surprised Whitehorse when he sold his Arctic Trading Company store, warehouse, and merchandise to the Northern Commercial Company.((Whitehorse Star (Whitehorse, 19 August 1927.)) In early 1929, Captain Martin bought the old Minto Hotel and tore it down. The newspaper reported that it had been unsightly for years.((//Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 9 March 1929.))

Captain Martin wrote his memoirs in 1933. After his death, he was buried in Victoria.((H. Dobrowolsky, editor, “Patrick Martin: Master Mariner.” December 2000; Heritage Branch 4057-16-23.)) Patrick and Winnifred (Annie)’s son Steve was a first mate on the steamer //Canadian.// Their daughter Anna married Robert Rose in 1914. The Captain Martain House was vacant for several years, moved to the government compound, and then relocated [by the Lake Laberge Lions Club] and restored as a heritage house in LePage Page.((Delores Smith, “Martin captained the steamer Canadian.” //The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 11 January 1995.))