Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
The Foundation Company of British Columbia Limited
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Description area
Dates of existence
1873 -
History
A shipyard established in 1873 on Point Hope and owned, in 1917, by William Turpel and his sons Samuel and Emerson. In 1917, The company was leased to the Foundation Company, Victoria BC, an offshoot of the Foundation Group of Montreal to build five wooden cargo ships.