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Conserving, Preserving and Protecting the Maritime Heritage Lying beneath
British Columbia's Coastal and Inland Waters
TRIP REPORTS
A Report from the Field - The Hera: Lime and Beer do go Down Well Together
by Rob Field (May 8, 2007)The Hera, a three-masted schooner that sailed from Port Townsend bound for Hawaii and Australia, now rests cold and silent in 40 feet of water, charred remains and scattered cargo, settled in the shifting sands at the mouth of Tofino inlet.
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UASBC Kootenay Chapter Boat Trip, Feb. 17-18, 2007
by Mark MacKenzie (March 19, 2007)The objective of the trip was to do monitoring dives on the hulk of the 1895 lake sternwheeler SS Kokanee and on a collection of boxcars which were spilled into the water during a barge accident in a storm in 1901. We also did side-scan surveys of the sites and side-scanned the Mirror Lake Shipyard site just south of Kaslo where the sternwheelers, SS Kaslo, Argenta, the tug Hercules and numerous barges were built and later dismantled.
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Monitor Trip to Ucluelet Coast
by Alan Morgan (June 21, 2006)I have heard that the West Coast of Vancouver Island is a wild and formidable stretch of land for mariners. And for the crews of Nika and Pass of Melfort, it certainly was...
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Survey Trip to Gulf Islands
by Alan Morgan (October 22, 2005)UASBC was recently asked to provide more information regarding two wrecks in waters of the Gulf Islands - the Robert Kerr and the Panther.
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