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MV Ithica

Posted by , Wednesday, 12th April 2006

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This wreck out in the Hudson Bay is the MV Ithica. She was in the process of hauling a cargo of nickel ore from Rankin Inlet to Montreal in 1961 when a storm grounded her on those tidal flats. Apparently she can be reached on foot during low tides and when the Hudson Bay is frozen over.

Mv Ithica

Thanks: Eric Veilleux

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