John David Murray (d. 1933)

John Murray began piloting riverboats on the Stikine River when he was in his teens. Murray was the captain of the Bonanza King in 1906 when his son Phillip was killed in an explosion on the steamer Columbian.1) He was the master of the White Seal in 1907 and captain of the sternwheeler Keno in 1933 when he died on board at Stewart River.2)

1)
No blame was assigned over the deaths.((“Verdict Given.” Weekly Star (Whitehorse), 26 October 1906.
2)
Jerry E. Green, Yukon Riverboat Captains. 2019 website: http://www.users.muohio.edu/greenje/