Take a journey back in time to learn the story of the most devastating maritime disaster in Canadian history and discover why those who venture to her watery grave brave the elements of the river and the dangers of herself.

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On her first trip of the summer of 1914 the Empress of Ireland sailed away from her berth in Quebec Harbour bound across the North Atlantic to Liverpool, England.  Fate, however, had disaster in store for the Empress of Ireland and in a veiling fog the collier, Storstad, was to pierce her hull and send the Empress to the bottom of the St. Lawrence River.  The Empress of Ireland took all but 462 of the 1477 souls on board with her.

Today, the Empress of Ireland still lies in her resting place occassionally visited by those divers who brave the cold dark depths, the racing currents, and the myriad of posssible entrapments that exist inside her forbidding hull.

A comprehensive yet flexible study guide by Deborah Brooks B.A., B. Ed., M. Ed., provides the teacher with learning objectives plus before and after viewing activities. Intermediate grade level suggested.

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