Victoria Rock

Victoria Rock (48˚55'00" 123˚31'00" W side of Trincomali Channel, E of Fernwood Point, off NE side of Saltspring I, Gulf Is), Victoria Shoal (Just NE of Victoria Rk). The 1,367-tonne British steamship Victoria, under Capt Laurence Casey, struck this uncharted hazard in 1902, en route from Ladysmith to Juan de Fuca Str with a cargo of coal. While relatively unharmed by the mishap, the Victoria met a worse fate the following year, when it was totally wrecked at sea, laden with timber, off the...

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