10,000 feet of boom has been deployed to protect seven such sites. The ICP is under the direction of a Unified Command shared between the Canadian Coast Guard and the provincial environment ministry and is monitoring developments virtually, according to a statement released by the Unified Command.Īn environmental unit consisting of local First Nations will be established as they continue to provide valuable local knowledge about the area, and identifying sensitive ecological and archaeological sites. (Canadian Coast Guard/SpillResponsebc)Īn Incident Command Post (ICP) has been set up and the Canadian Coast Guard and the BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation, Hesquiaht First Nation, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Western Canada Marine Response and other partners are working together to respond to the situation. The 483ft cargo ship MV Schiedyk had departed for Portland, Oregon from Gold River, when it struck a ledge and sunk on Jan. Sonar indicates the shipwreck is in 360-400ft of water. Before the 34 crew members abandoned ship that, oil was reported on the water but investigators are still unsure of the amount that spilled that night. Near midnight the ship floated off the ledge and drifted down Zuciarte Channel before grounding again on the east side of Bligh.
The ship - carrying 2,130 tonnes of wood pulp - was on route to Portland, Oregon when it struck a submerged ledge on the south side of Bligh Island. RELATED: Alberni spill response base to conduct exercise at fuel dock RELATED: North Island identified as highly sensitive to oil spills, despite low probability 3, 1968 shortly after departing from Gold River.īligh Island – a popular recreational destination for anglers boaters and kayakers – is within the traditional territory of the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation and the Spanish Pilot Group of Islands.
What was initially thought to be created by bilge discharge from vessels transiting through the area later turned out to be originating from shipwrecked vessel MV Schiedyk – the 483 feet cargo ship that sank upside down in Zuciarte Channel near the east end of Bligh Island, on Jan. The Canadian Coast Guard began investigations mid-September after local residents began reporting about sheen on the water. An environmental response team has traced a marine oil spill in Nootka Sound to a freighter that sank off the West Coast of Vancouver Island in 1968.
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