The Last Voyage of the HMCS Alberni
Flower-class corvettes were one of the premier convoy escorts of WWII, boasting a wide range of useful weaponry for engaging enemy...
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PAMHS
- Aug 15, 2018
- 4 min
A Toast to West Coast Rum Running
Between the sea and the shore, rum- running vessels scattered the west coast of Canada in the early 1900s. They left their mark on...
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PAMHS
- Aug 25, 2017
- 4 min
Chinese Immigrant Vessels: A New Home in China Creek
In the summer of 1999, four Chinese vessels crossed on to Canadian seas. These ships carried a combined total of approximately 600...
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PAMHS
- Aug 23, 2017
- 8 min
The Vanlene: Bamfield’s Vehicular Grave
On March 14th 1972, the 21 year-old M.V. Vanlene freighter vessel carrying 300 Dodge Colts from Japan blindly entered the Barkley Sound;...
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PAMHS
- Aug 27, 2016
- 4 min
The History of the Malahat and Captain Stone
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...
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