Ripple Rock

Ripple Rock (50˚08'00" 125˚21'00" In Seymour Narrows, Discovery Passage, between Vancouver I and Quadra I). This impediment to shipping was named by Capt George Richards in 1860. The rock’s twin peaks were a mere 2.7 m and 7 m, respectively, below the surface, and the strong tides that surged around them created the namesake “ripple.” Despite its 16-knot (30-km/h) currents, Seymour Narrows is a major navigation channel, and the rock soon became the site of numerous tragedies: over the...

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