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Charles Vifquain (d. 1962)

Charles Vifquain was the Dawson agent for the White Pass & Yukon Route in 1918.1) After his wife died when the Princess Sophia sank in 1918, Charles married his sister-in-law Elizabeth Zaccarelli. Her husband had also died on the Sophia. Vifquain was an active member of the Yukon Order of Pioneers from 1913, when he was the grand president, to at least 1943.2)

1)
The Maritime Museum of British Columbia, SS Princess Sophia: Those Who Perished. 2018: 108.
2)
Michael Gates, “Every photo has a story to tell, sometimes more than one.” Yukon News (Whitehorse), 13 October 2023.
v/c_vifquain.txt · Last modified: 2024/10/19 20:46 by sallyr