The Empress of Ireland

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 19:00

28 Bastion Square
Victoria, BC V8W 1H9
Canada
48° 25' 33.0168" N, 123° 22' 9.1992" W

Rob Field, Archaeologist

In the early hours of May 29, 1914, the RMS Empress of Ireland collided with a Norwegian collier in the St. Lawrence River taking 1,012 passengers and crew to a 130 foot deep watery grave .  Rob will talk to us about this greatest of Canadian maritime tragedies.