![]() "I like it because it is a fascinating period of cultures coming together and first meeting. If the wreck is there, it could be covered one day and uncovered two years later." In the Tofino area, the prime location is probably an area that has dynamic sand. "There is a lot more searching that needs to be done,” Beasley said. ![]() A survivor retreated to the ship's powder magazine and blew everything up to avoid capture.īeasley said this likely happened near present-day Tofino or in a bay northwest of Port Hardy, British Columbia. That set off a battle in which most of the crew was killed. The Tonquin then sailed on to Vancouver Island where the captain insulted a native chief. In 1811, the Tonquin carried the fur traders who set up Fort Astoria, the first permanent American settlement on the Pacific Coast. The merchant ship was owned by New York millionaire John Jacob Astor. “For me, the Tonquin is the top of that list." "The Tonquin is one of holy grails of undiscovered shipwrecks in the Pacific Northwest,” he said. ![]() A handful have become the long-running obsessions of a cadre of shipwreck buffs.Īrguably, the greatest mystery among many in the region to chew on is: where is the Tonquin? Scuba diver Tom Beasley of Vancouver, Canada, has been involved in the search for her since 1982. ![]() Shipwrecks along the Pacific Northwest coast number in the thousands. ![]()
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