{"id":3513,"slug":"princess-sophia-juneau-alaska","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Princess Sophia is the '18 — the 'October 25' that's the sank, the '364' that's the all lost. The 'Vanderbilt Reef' is the struck — the 'snowstorm' that's the blind, the '11 knots' that's the speed. The 'no survivors' is the worst — the 'Pacific Coast' that's the marine, the 'Armistice' that's the buried news.","The '8 ships' is the arrived — the 'Locke' that's the refused, the 'gales' that's the waited. The 'winter' is the passengers — the 'Yukon' that's the outbound, the 'last steamer' that's the season. Princess Sophia is the forgotten — the 'Titanic of West' that's the called, the 'flu' that's the headlines.","The file keeps Princess Sophia: the 1918 wreck, the 364 dead, the Vanderbilt Reef, and the forgotten news.","Princess Sophia is the archive's Alaska file — the unknown Titanic."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Princess Sophia is the archive's Alaska file — the drowned season.","A reef keeps its ship — the file's suggestion being that Sophia's hold is the timing: the '364' that's the all, the 'Armistice' that's the buried, and the 'no survivors' that's the worst."]}],"name":"Princess Sophia","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","LEGEND_SITE","MARITIME_DISASTER"],"groups":["dark-history","legends"],"desc":"October 25, 1918—the Inside Passage’s worst wreck.","full_desc":"A site in Juneau, Alaska, Princess Sophia is filed here for what the record attaches to it. October 25, 1918—the Inside Passage’s worst wreck. The file’s recurring figure goes by a name, not a description: the 343. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Juneau","county":null,"state":"Alaska","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":58.37291,"lon":-134.178445,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"SHIP batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":3834,"type":"NAMED_GHOST_LEGEND","description":"The dead are reportedly seen. The 343 is the name the reports keep returning to. Princess Sophia's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. The report is preserved in sources like 'Princess Sophia'. The name gives the haunting a face, and the sightings give the name a job.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The 343","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Princess Sophia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Princess_Sophia","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":3835,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported a presence at the reef. Princess Sophia in Juneau, Alaska carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The reports are anecdotal — consistent enough to record, thin enough to stay unproven. 'Princess Sophia' carries the account. The apparition is the file's anchor — every other report orbits it.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Princess Sophia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Princess_Sophia","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The October 25, 1918 sinking is documented. Princess Sophia's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath whatever lore attaches. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The detail is preserved in 'Princess Sophia'. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":"1918-10-25","confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Princess Sophia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Princess_Sophia","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The dead are reportedly seen. Princess Sophia in Juneau, Alaska carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. 'Princess Sophia' carries the account. As folklore it's unkillable: the story is too good, and the place too fitting, to let go.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Princess Sophia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Princess_Sophia","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The 343","claimed_identity":"The 343","verified":null,"summary":"The dead are reportedly seen. The file calls it The 343. Princess Sophia in Juneau, Alaska carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. Sources including 'Princess Sophia' keep the claim in circulation. The file keeps The 343 on the roster; the sightings keep the name alive. The file stays open on it.","behavior":"The dead are reportedly seen.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Princess Sophia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Princess_Sophia","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Site access varies; verify before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Princess Sophia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Princess_Sophia","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}