Keeweenah Bay

Keeweenah Bay (52˚06'00" 130˚57'00" E side of Kunghit I, QCI). The freighter Keeweenah, under Capt William Jenkins, foundered off the entrance to Juan de Fuca Str during the great gale of Dec 1894. The 52-m, 2,332-tonne ship was en route from Comox to San Francisco with a full load of coal at the time, accompanied by the Montserrat, another coaler, under Capt David Blackburn. Many vessels were destroyed in this storm, and wreckage was spread up and down the BC coast. Pieces from the Keeweenah...

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