John M. MacFarlane

John M. MacFarlane is the Curator of the Nauticapedia Project, an online database of 70,000 vessel histories. He is the Curator Emeritus of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia and the author of many books and publications of nautical heritage. Widely recognized for the breadth and depth of his interests he is highlighting an important aspect of the history and life of British Columbia through a nautical lens. He is retired and lives in central Vancouver Island where he has a constant online...See more

John M. MacFarlane is the Curator of the Nauticapedia Project, an online database of 70,000 vessel histories. He is the Curator Emeritus of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia and the author of many books and publications of nautical heritage. Widely recognized for the breadth and depth of his interests he is highlighting an important aspect of the history and life of British Columbia through a nautical lens. He is retired and lives in central Vancouver Island where he has a constant online presence sharing his love of nautical history. See less