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“When the ship ran aground, there was nothing there and no one there to help them. They could not have picked a worse place to run aground.” – Rod Scher

**ABOUT OUR GUEST**
Rod Scher began his working life teaching English in high schools in California and Oregon; he continued teaching at the post-secondary level until 2016. In between, he worked as an editor for textbooks and magazines. Rod has built a "retirement" career as an experienced writer/editor who has annotated or edited many books and written countless magazine articles. His love of sailing attracted him to books of a nautical nature, resulting in the acclaimed Sailing by Starlight The Remarkable Voyage of Globe Star. His newest book “Ship of Lost Souls: The Tragic Wreck of the Steamship Valencia” can be found on Amazon.

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**RESOURCES**

Rod Scher’s website
https://www.rodscher.com/

SS Valencia
https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2017/06/the_sinking_of_thessvalencia.html

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**MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST**

Vancouver Island
https://vancouverisland.travel/

Wreck of the Peter Iredale
https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/the-wreck-of-the-peter-iredale/

Book Sailing by Starlight
https://www.amazon.ca/Sailing-Starlight-Remarkable-Story-Globe/dp/1493065696
Lyle gun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_gun

Captain Johnson
https://hikewct.com/index.php/valencia/valencia-fatalities/336-oscar-johnson-captain

Taffrail log
https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/object/1983.074.003

Strait of Juan de Fuca
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Juan_de_Fuca

Davidson Current
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidson_Current

Frank Bunker
https://hikewct.com/index.php/shipwrecks/valencia/11thesurvivors/valencia/254-frank-bunker-valencia-survivor

Clo-oose (on Vancouver Island)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clo-oose

Cemetery in Queen Anne’s location near Seattle
https://www.qahistory.org/articles/valencia-shipwreck-monument

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**PODCAST CREDITS**
Kathy A. Smith, Host & Founder
Earth Dreams (Victoria Denyx), Producer, Composer & Virtual Artist
https://www.youtube.com/@EarthDreams-tvart?sub_confirmation=1

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