'Old Salt' Capt. Bill Foulkes Does Some Reminiscing
- Publication
- Fort William Daily Times Journal, 29 Feb 1972
Description
- Media Type
- Newspaper
- Description
- William Foulkes of Port Arthur ; 93 years old ; native of Wales, born 1879 ; sailor for 70 years ; began on square-riggers and schooners ; went to sea as cabin boy at age 11; became a mate and sailed to India, Africa, China ; treacherous Cape Horn ; have to choose your latitudes carefully ; meager fare, pound of beef or pork per day ; limejuice to ward off scurvy ; in 1904 signed on Lusitania as quartermaster ; lured to Great Lakes in 1908 ; began as wheelsman on paddle steamer ; became a tug boat captain in the Lakehead
- Notes
- Full text available in Newspaper Clipping File
File subject: LF - Thunder Bay - Biography - Foulkes, William
Full text available on microfilm - Date of Publication
- 29 Feb 1972
- Subject(s)
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 48.3668 Longitude: -89.30012
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