Canyon town of Lillooet, beyond which is its twin Anderson Lake. A few miles southwest from the head of Anderson Lake is Mount Birkenhead, named by Anderson, on the north side of the low pass connecting the valley of those lakes to that of the Birkenhead River. The river, the valley area near Mount Birkenhead known as Birken, and Birkenhead Lake at the summit of the pass were in turn named after the mountain, and not directly by Anderson. Other name legacies According to local tradition, Salmonsdam Nature Reserve in the Overberg—a region in South Africa—is named after Captain Robert Salmond. Locals to this day refer to Great White Sharks as "Tommy Sharks," after the Tommys that were taken by them in water. See also Arniston, a wreck in 1815 on the same coast that also involved the 73rd Regiment of Foot , a troopship which hit a mine in the same area in 1917; the orderly evacuation of troops was compared to Birkenhead, although there were no casualties and the ship was saved from sinking by skilled seamanship and damage control. Notes References Bibliography Bevan, David (1995). Daughters of the Regiment. London: Traditional Publishing. Bevan, David (1998). Stand Fast. London: Traditional Publishing. (2nd Ed. Originally entitled: Drums of the Birkenhead, Larsen: 1972). Carver, Stephen (2016). Shark Alley: The Memoirs of a Penny-a-Liner. Green Door Press. Doyle, Francis Hastings. "The Loss of the Birkenhead". Poems of South African History, A.D. 1497–1910. Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. Chatham Publishing. . External links Survivors of the wreck of HM Troopship Birkenhead 50 years later Shipwrecks and excavations-HM Troopship Birkenhead Scuba Diving: Birkenhead: South Africa: Submerged Productions A tribute to the soldiers aboard HM Transport Birkenhead Thomas M. M. Hemy (1852–1937) – The Wreck of the 'Birkenhead' The legend of the HMS Birkenhead Story of the Birkenhead Troop ships of the Royal Navy Troop ships of the United Kingdom Shipwrecks of the South African Atlantic coast Ships built on the River Mersey Maritime incidents in September 1847 Maritime incidents in February 1852 1852 in South Africa Steam frigates 1845 ships Maritime incidents in South Africa King's Royal Rifle Corps 19th-century history of the British Army Shark attacks