Case file · Haunting
SS Valencia and its phantom
The steamer Valencia struck rocks off Vancouver Island on 22 January 1906; over 130 people died within sight of shore, and sailors later reported a phantom ship with figures on its deck.
1906 CE · 48.72, -125.04 · status: legend
The account
In 1933 one of its lifeboats was found in Barkley Sound in remarkably good condition. The disaster led to the building of the West Coast Trail as a rescue path.