Tag: Skeena River
Close call: Ship runs aground near Prince Rupert
Mike Ambach November 21, 2012
A rising tide lifts all boats, goes the saying. A good thing in the case of the Hanjin Geneva, a 278-m long container vessel that ran aground Tuesday night on the estuary of the Skeena River, some 10km from Prince Rupert. The tide at 10:30 pm last night was just reaching its ebb when the grounding occurred, before climbing again around midnight. Had it been a falling tide, the prospects of re-floating the vessel might have been considerably more difficult.
Rally for the rivers
James Casey September 28, 2012
A change in policy makes this World Rivers day much more than just a celebration. It makes this remarkable day the beginning of efforts to correct what may very well be one of the worst policy mistakes this country has seen in a very long while.
Meadows of the Sea
Mike Ambach December 12, 2011
I learned an interesting thing the other day – up to 20 million juvenile salmon swim out past my doorstep every year.