SS Empress of Japan ship figurehead, Stanley Park, Vancouver
The Royal Mail Ship Empress of Japan was a trans-Pacific ocean liner, also known as the Queen of the Pacific, owned and operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). The figurehead was rescued after being discarded from during the salvage of the Empress I by the Vancouver Daily Province newspaper. It was restored and in 1927 was mounted for public display in Vancouver's Stanley Park. That figurehead was itself replaced in 1960 with a fibreglass replica, as the original was beginning to deteriorate. The original figurehead has been once again restored and is now housed at the Vancouver Maritime Museum as part of its permanent collection.
Size: 5348px × 3455px
Location: Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Photo credit: © Linda Richards / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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