UASBC

September 13

 

WED. , SEPTEMBER 13 

ROSS BAY CEMETERY SHIPWRECK TALES

TOM POUND - VICTORIA HISTORIAN OLD CEMETERIES SOCIETY OF VICTORIA   Join us for a walking tour of Shipwreck Tales at the Ross Bay Cemetery.  Victoria is a maritime city and the memorials found at Ross Bay tell the stories of many shipwrecks and lives lost including the 1915 loss of the Lusitania (17 Victorians were lost including the heir to the Dunsmuir fortune), the disapearance of HMCS Galiano with all hands in 1917 and many more.   We will meet at the Stannard Street entrance to Ross Bay Cemetery (west of Fairfield Plaza - there is a crosswalk) at 6PM sharp.