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Guest Blog 29 June 2009

By Nautilus Staff on June 29th, 2009 in Archive

Looking back at my circumnavigation of Vancouver Island May 23 – June 1, 2009 So it was about 4:30 pm on Saturday when we arrived on the dock in Steveston for our dive trip that would take us around Vancouver Island. Our trip had been a long time coming as we had to book the […]

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Scuba Diving with Dodge Colts and Charlie’s Rock

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Post date 2008-06-13

By Nautilus Staff on June 13th, 2008 in Archive

Dive #2 was on the wreck of the freighter, Vanlene. This poor old ship was well off course when it crashed into Austin Island with a full load of Dodge Colts. A lot of the cars were salvaged by Okanagan Helicopters but you can still see lots of remains of the Colts that got left behind. Everything from tires and engine blocks lying in the sand to an intact red station wagon with a sticker on the windshield in the front of one of the holds (at least, it was intact last time I dove on the wreck).