128-year-old shipwreck on Vancouver Island charred by fire

128-year-old shipwreck on Vancouver Island charred by fire

A shipwreck that has been part of Vancouver Island’s history for more than a century is a charred skeleton after a fire earlier this month.

128-year-old shipwreck in Ucluelet on Vancouver Island charred by fire

Ucluelet fire Chief Rick Geddes said crews attended the fire in the early morning of June 10 and the cause of the blaze is being investigated.

Ucluelet's historic 'Mystery Shipwreck charred in ‘suspicious’ fire

Wreck lost along the Graveyard of the Pacific thought to have dated back to the 1890s

‘Suspicious’ fire chars historic shipwreck in Ucluelet

Smoke bellowed out over Ucluelet’s Big Beach in the early morning hours of June 10 as flames engulfed a historic shipwreck site.

128-year-old mystery shipwreck scorched by fire on Vancouver Island

Ucluelet Fire Rescue is investigating the cause of fire at the shipwrecked vessel, which is part of the 'Graveyard of the Pacific.'

128-year-old shipwreck on Vancouver Island charred by fire - The Turtle Island News

By Nono Shen A shipwreck that has been part of Vancouver Island’s history for more than a century is a charred skeleton after a fire earlier this month. Photographer Geoff Johnson said he went to look after hearing of the fire at the wreck that has been sitting on Big Beach in Ucluelet for almost 130 years. “It was really dramatic,” recalled Johnson in an interview, adding that the wooden wreckage seemed to be “more corpse-like now than it was b…