Amazing new images of the shipwreck were revealed at the ceremonies to mark the 100th anniversary of Canada’s worst, and one of the world’s worst, civilian maritime disasters.
Some 2000 people, including about 60 relatives of the dead from outside the region, travelled to the area for the remembrance ceremonies.
Among them were several descendents who had travelled all the way from England specifically for the event held over the past few days to mark the centennial of the May 29th tragedy.
The ship was destined for Liverpool, where most of the crew were from.
Most of the crew perished in the sinking which occurred within mere minutes and took 1012 souls with it.
The new highly detailed images were captured and rendered by sophisticated sonar and computer technology by Parks Canada. They will use the images as a guide for their divers during an archeological expedition they plan this summer.
Charles Dagneau, director of the Parks Canada project said (in translation), “We’ve never seen such detail, the masts, the holes in the hull, the debris field, there’s a lot to study”.
The new display is in the Maritime museum located at Pointe au Pere (originally Father Point) near the site of the sinking.
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