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.1)

1)
Ken Coates and Bill Morrison, The Sinking of the Princess Sophia: Taking the North Down with Her. Toronto: Oxford University Press. 1990: 10.