|
Victoria Classic Boat Festival |
Friday, September 04, 2009 to Sunday, September 06
|
|
|
 |
3035 Nanaimo Street
|
|
Victoria |
|
British Columbia |
|
V8T 4W3 |
|
Canada |
 |
In the fall of 1977, a small group led by Bob Leach of the Sidney Gaffers and Keith Cameron of the Maritime Museum of BC got together at the museum to plan the building of a replica of John Mears? ship, the Northwest America, for the Captain Cook bicentenary. The provincial economy was struggling at the time and a request for a provincial grant had been turned down. It became apparent that sufficient corporate funding would not be available in time to get the ship under construction for 1978. |
|
|
|
|
|
