The S.S. Keewatin, a Titanic-era steamliner built in 1907, has been acquired by the Marine…
Browsing: Empress of Ireland
Old Mill Heritage Centre is located in Kagawong, Manitoulin Island, Ontario. Kagawong has been dubbed…
The worst peacetime marine disaster in Canadian history was the Empress of Ireland with the…
The Empress of Ireland brought 117,000 immigrants to Canada in the early years of the 20th century before it was T-boned by a Norwegian vessel and sank in the St. Lawrence River. The ship was carrying 1,477 people and 1,012 of them died. There were no casualties on Norway’s Storstad, which transported coal.
The Empress of Ireland brought 117,000 immigrants to Canada in the early years of the…
Discover the story of one of Canada’s greatest maritime disasters Over one hundred years after…