Charles W. Barlow. (d. 1918)

Charles Barlow was a manager of the J.P. Whitney fox farm in Whitehorse.1) The J.P. Whitney Black Silver Fox Company farm was ten acres of land located on the east side of the Yukon River. Whitney constructed a two-storey log building in 1914 to house Charles Barlow, warden of Whitney’s fox farm. The farm bred foxes for a short period of time and was one of a number of fox farms established around Whitehorse. Taylor and Drury held shares in the company.2) Barlow was no longer managing the fox farm in 1918. He bought a ticket for Seattle on the Princess Sophia and drowned when the ship sank in the Lynn Canal.3)

1) , 3)
The Maritime Museum of British Columbia, SS Princess Sophia: Those Who Perished. 2018: 39.
2)
Antonio Zedda, Yukon Historical and Museums Association newsletter, 1996.