Edward J. Johnson (1878 – 1918)

Edward Johnson worked as an engineer at Crofton, British Columbia before he and his wife moved to Dawson in 1908. He worked for White Pass & Yukon Route as the port engineer. In 1918, they booked to travel south on the Prince Rupert but changed their reservations to the Princess Sophia. The Johnson were drowned when the Sophia sank in the Lynn Canal.¹⁾