Boat owned by Jamie’s Whaling Station runs aground near Tofino, B.C.
TOFINO, B.C. — Another boat owned by a whale-watching company in Tofino, B.C., ran into trouble off the coast of Vancouver Island over the weekend.
The Canadian Coast Guard has issued a release saying the Stellar Sea hit the bottom and partially sank near Warn Bay, east of Tofino, late Saturday evening.
Jamie’s Whaling Station, the company that owns the vessel issued a statement that said the boat was unable to move, but was not in danger of sinking.
It says 26 people and two crew members were on board when the slow-moving vessel ran aground during the final bear-watching tour of the day.