The Valencia Shipwreck on the West Coast TrailJohn Marks was a sailor on the Valencia survived on the McCarthy Boat. His name is misspelled in a variety of ways in newspaper reports, as Jack Marks and in the same paper as John Monk and John Mark.  Marks had been taking soundings up to fifteen minutes before the vessel struck. He last reported twenty-six fathoms of water.

The Valencia Disaster

 Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail1. The Valencia Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail2. The Voyage Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail3. The Boats Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail4. The McCarthy Boat Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail5. The Bunker Party Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail6. On the Valencia Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail7. The Rafts Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail8. The Turret Raft Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail9. The Rescue Ships Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail10. The Aftermath Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail11. The Survivors Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail12. The Lost 

The West Coast Trail

Shipwreck on the West Coast TrailPrologue Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail1: The West Coast Trail Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail2: When to Hike & Fees Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail3: Trailheads Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail4: Getting There Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail5: Considerations Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail6: Campsites Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail7: Shipwrecks Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail8: Routes Shipwreck on the West Coast Trail9: Sights & Highlights

When, with a terrible crash, the ship went on the rocks, Marks says he rushed to the bridge, where he found Captain Johnson giving orders to back the vessel off. All was excitement. Many of the passengers came on deck undressed. Life-preservers were obtained, and those on the ship assembled on the deck. It was first thought the Valencia had run too close into the Cape, and was on Umatilla Reef. It is doubtful if Captain Johnson knew until the following day that he was fully fifty miles out of his course. Sadly, a year after the Valencia wreck he died on another ship.  The Daily Colonist on June 11th, 1907 reported, "Jack Marks, survivor of the ill fated Valencia died on the steamship Minnesota when that vessel was en route from Yokohama to Seattle.  He was buried at sea."