ROYAL BC MUSEUM
Salvaging the Canadian government’s hydro-graphic survey ship, CGS William J. Stewart, victim of Ripple Rock (1944).
February 18, 2018
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February 18, 2018 midnight
Vancouver Island's Ripple Rock explosion and other big blasts
Like a malevolent monster awaiting its next victim, Ripple Rock lay hidden just 9 feet below the surface of the Seymour Narrows between Vancouver Island and the Canadian mainland, the waters above swirling in dangerous eddies that over the years claimed 114 lives and sank or damaged more than 120 ships.