Flower-class corvettes were one of the premier convoy escorts of WWII, boasting a wide range of useful weaponry for engaging enemy submarines and aircraft, d...

Tsunamis have been cursing our worlds waters for the past 8,000 years but no one ever worried that one of these alarming waves would reach the small town of ...

Between the sea and the shore, rum- running vessels scattered the west coast of Canada in the early 1900s. They left their mark on history through their invo...

Port Alberni is a small town with a rich history. Situated at the tip of the Alberni Inlet within the Alberni Valley, the city of Port Alberni has morphed o...

In the summer of 1999, four Chinese vessels crossed on to Canadian seas. These ships carried a combined total of approximately 600 illegal immigrants attempt...

On March 14th 1972, the 21 year-old M.V. Vanlene freighter vessel carrying 300 Dodge Colts from Japan blindly entered the Barkley Sound; believing they were ...

The Malahat was built in 1917 by Cameron Genoa Mills Ltd, in Victoria BC. It was a 1543 ton schooner made of wood, mainly fir, which was 245 feet long. It al...

During the 19th century, many communities would not have survived without the use of boats utilizing the systems of rivers and lakes. Port Alberni and the su...