William McWaters (d. 1918) William McWaters of New Westminister worked as a fireman on the White Pass & Yukon Route boats during the summers. He was a fireman on the //Dawson// in 1918 before he took the //Princess Sophia// out in the fall. He drowned when the //Sophia// sank in the Lynn Canal.((Ken Coates and Bill Morrison, //The Sinking of the Princess Sophia: Taking the North Down with Her.// Toronto: Oxford University Press. 1990: 10.))