{"product_id":"final-voyage-of-the-valencia","title":"Final Voyage of the Valencia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dynamic retelling of the deadly 1906 sinking of the SS \u003ci\u003eValencia\u003c\/i\u003e off the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, one of the worst maritime disasters in Canadian history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThere are few places on earth that have such a high record of marine casualties as the short yet treacherous stretch of coastline known as the Graveyard of the Pacific. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the fifty-six kilometres between Port Renfrew and Cape Beale off Vancouver Island saw dozens of shipwrecks and claimed hundreds of lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a blustery night in late January 1906, the steamship SS \u003ci\u003eValencia\u003c\/i\u003e, heading from San Francisco to Seattle and Victoria, met its tragic fate on the rocks near Pachena Point. With over one hundred passengers and sixty-five crew members on board, only thirty-seven people survived the wreck. All of the women and children perished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith journalistic precision, compassion for the victims, and condemnation for those who neglected to prevent the tragedy, author Michael C. Neitzel recounts the \u003ci\u003eValencia\u003c\/i\u003e’s ill-fated final voyage, drawing heavily on first-hand accounts of the survivors and witnesses. \u003ci\u003eThe Final Voyage of the Valencia\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for anyone interested in the maritime history of Canada’s west coast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Couverture souple","offer_id":47088290136274,"sku":"9781772033151","price":9.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/indigo-pre-prod.myshopify.com\/fr\/products\/final-voyage-of-the-valencia","provider":"Indigo Pre-Prod","version":"1.0","type":"link"}