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The replica of the SS Beaver which has been tied up in Cowichan bay since last June, rolled over and sank Wednesday (May 7th 2014) evening at around 8:30pm. It is currently estimated to be in 60 to 80 feet of water. Nothing much visible above the water, it is speculated that it’s laying on […]
Dominion replacement SS Beaver, lately put out in our Bay at anchor, appears to be developing a slight list to port. Photographs taken the day of it’s arrival show it leaned a touch to it’s port side, however today the list seems to have undergone a slight increase. Furthermore, As of Sunday June 30, the […]
The replica of the SS Beaver, lately tied alongside the now departed Dominion will not be going to Mexico for scrapping as was first thought. It will remain at anchor in Cowichan Bay for the foreseeable future, keeping station out in the Bay at roughly the same spot where the Dominion once floated. Legal issues […]
The Dominion has finally begun it’s last voyage. If we ever see it again, it’ll be in the form of a new steel coffee table, the springs in our new mattress or perhaps even a door panel in a new car. It’s going to the scrap yard, and that’s just fine with everyone in Cowichan […]
The Dominion I has been a political football in Cowichan Bay since it first arrived in 2007. The story has been a long one. Below is an incomplete chronicle of events, those stories I was able to save from the shambles of The Current after it suffered a database crash in December of 2012. Since […]
