Shipwreck!: A Chronicle of Marine Accidents & Disasters in British Columbia

by John M MacFarlane

Overview

This book is a carefully curated collection of 1,900 of the most significant shipwrecks and marine disasters that have occurred in British Columbia waters. Each wreck has been carefully researched and the story of each event is recounted as a short vignette. The assembled detailed accounts are an easy-to-read, easy-to-access book that will please the casual reader as well as the most dedicated nautical historian. The waters of British Columbia are dangerous - and have claimed thousands of vessels and thousands of lives over the last 250 years. In these carefully- researched accounts the author has separated fact from myth to tell the true stories of marine wrecks and disasters and the people involved.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780993695483
Publisher:	John MacFarlane
Publication date:	05/15/2021
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	428
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.87(d)

About the Author

John M. MacFarlane is the Curator of the Nauticapedia Project, an online database of 70,000 vessel histories. He is the Curator Emeritus of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia and the author of many books and publications of nautical heritage. Widely recognized for the breadth and depth of his interests he is highlighting an important aspect of the history and life of British Columbia through a nautical lens. He is retired and lives in central Vancouver Island where he has a constant online presence sharing his love of nautical history.