Mary Sachs
The schooner Mary Sachs, under the command of Wilkins,
with a crew that included Captain Peter Bernard, James Crawford, Levi Baur, Charles
Thomsen (with his wife Jennie and daughter Annie), and Natkusiak (also known as
"Billy Banksland"), reached Banksland in late August, was unloaded and
hauled onto the low sandy beach. The men began building a sod hut, which became
the winter base for the Northern Party for 1914-1915. The remnants of this hut
and others built by the men are still visible today on the beach near Mary Sachs
Creek.
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