"R.C.M.P. SCHOONER ST ROCH". LITHOGRAPH c 1960. 17" x 12"
NOEL DAY
Sold by LA BookWorks, West Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Condition: Used - As new
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Add to basketSold by LA BookWorks, West Vancouver, BC, Canada
AbeBooks Seller since 23 June 2025
Condition: Used - As new
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketThis is a rare lithograph of the St Roch, which now sits in the Vancouver Maritime Museum. It is a black and white painting done by maritime artist Noel Day and published by Vancouver printer Frank Coan. It was produced between 1956 and 1961. It is framed, under glass, with a total size of 16 ¾? x 12 ½?.
If you like, I can remove the piece from the frame and mail it in a tube.
About the St. Roch:
The St. Roch was the first vessel to traverse the Northwest Passage from west to east (1940-1942), the first to complete the passage in one season (1944) and the first to circumnavigate North America. She was built in BC, named after a parish in Quebec, captained by a Norwegian immigrant, crewed by farm boys from across Canada and helped by the Inuit. She has an unusual design featuring thick Douglas Fir planks reinforced with heavy beams to withstand ice pressure, and an outer shell made of some of the hardest wood in the world, Australian Eucalyptus or ?iron bark?.
Between 1928 and 1954, she logged tens of thousands of miles in the Arctic, acting as a floating RCMP. As a supply ship, a patrol vessel and a transport, the St. Roch was the only link between the scattered northern communities.
For many years, it had been the dream of Captain Henry Larsen to cross the Northwest Passage, just as Roald Amundsen had for the first time in the Goja in 1903. Finally, with the outbreak of the WWII and the Nazi invasion of Denmark (Greenland), the opportunity presented itself. Launched on its famous voyage on a secret mission to cross the Arctic during the war, this amazing vessel traveled through treacherous and uncharted waters to cross the Northwest Passage and the high Arctic, with only a small crew of steadfast men who had to rely on their skill, talent and luck. Incredibly, they managed to make the crossing not once, but twice, and in only 86 days.
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