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The most shameful incident in Canadian Maritime history, began in January 1906 when the steamer Valencia hit rocks off the treacherous West Coast of Vancouver Island 100 feet from shore. People on shore and rescue vessels made no rescue attempt. Over 100 men, women and children drowned, leading one survivor to charge 'Wholesale Murder'.

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Michael C. Neitzel rediscovered his love for writing and his interest in local history after returning home to Coquitlam, BC, from a two-and-a-half-year sailing voyage with his family to the South Pacific and Australia. He has written a book about that long sailing adventure, and has also published many articles on sailing and the sea in magazines in Canada and Australia. A free spirit and adventurer at heart, Michael is most comfortable on the family sailing ketch Southern Cross, planning his next ocean voyage. He lives in Pitt Meadows, BC.

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