The Schiedyk went aground in Zuciarte Channel in 1968 and slid off the beach into deep water, somewhere between 200 and 600 feet. It's about 30 miles SE of Tahsis. Been trying to access archived records in Ottawa but since I can't show up in person to examine them I need to hire some one to go look. Just need to find out if Transport Canada documented the final resting place. Fortunately no loss of life!Curt Bowen wrote:I bet we could find many new discoveries?LCF wrote:Oh, an exploration dive trip sounds like a blast!
Check the map out for high tidal flow zones that may contain gorgonians etc.....
There has to be a shipwreck in there someplace!
Tahsis BC - Gateway to Nootka Sound - By John Rawlings
Re: Tahsis BC - Gateway to Nootka Sound - By John Rawlings
Nootka Sound- probably the best kept secret on the west coast
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Re: Tahsis BC - Gateway to Nootka Sound - By John Rawlings
Hmmmm.....I see what you mean about there not being a lot of information out there about the wreck of the Schiedyk. I was able to find some information on the web, but not much:
Schiedyk (Cargo Vessel)
Another total loss in 1968 was the Dutch motorship Schiedyk of the Holland-American Line, a 150 foot 10,000-ton general cargo vessel built in 1949. The Schiedyk had loaded 1,800 tons of pulp at Gold River, B.C. and was traversing Nootka Sound outward bound on the evening of January 3 when she struck a reef off Bligh Island, the site of the first landing of white men on the British Columbia coast in 1778. The engine room was flooded and two holds opened to the sea. Capt. Arie Van Dijk ordered the crew into the lifeboats, but he later returned to the ship with five volunteers in an effort to save some of the gear and equipment. The other members of the 39-man crew were picked up by the lighthouse tender Camsell and later taken to Gold River by the Canadian Coast Guard cutter Ready. Several tugboats in the area, including the powerful Gibralter Straits, stood by the stricken cargo vessel, but on the rising tide she slid under water bow first. There were no serious injuries or fatalities as the result of the sinking.
However, this website gives some specific information about the ship itself: http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140636
If we can find information about her location and depth, I'd like to give it a try if she's within diveable limits.
- John
Schiedyk (Cargo Vessel)
Another total loss in 1968 was the Dutch motorship Schiedyk of the Holland-American Line, a 150 foot 10,000-ton general cargo vessel built in 1949. The Schiedyk had loaded 1,800 tons of pulp at Gold River, B.C. and was traversing Nootka Sound outward bound on the evening of January 3 when she struck a reef off Bligh Island, the site of the first landing of white men on the British Columbia coast in 1778. The engine room was flooded and two holds opened to the sea. Capt. Arie Van Dijk ordered the crew into the lifeboats, but he later returned to the ship with five volunteers in an effort to save some of the gear and equipment. The other members of the 39-man crew were picked up by the lighthouse tender Camsell and later taken to Gold River by the Canadian Coast Guard cutter Ready. Several tugboats in the area, including the powerful Gibralter Straits, stood by the stricken cargo vessel, but on the rising tide she slid under water bow first. There were no serious injuries or fatalities as the result of the sinking.
However, this website gives some specific information about the ship itself: http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140636
If we can find information about her location and depth, I'd like to give it a try if she's within diveable limits.
- John
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