Historian David Saint-Pierre spent months trying to track down an artifact that was once on board the Empress of Ireland ...

When fog blanketed the St. Lawrence River on May 29, 1914, a ship carrying hundreds of passengers and crew was rammed by a passing coal ship. The passenger vessel, known as the Empress of Ireland ...

I knew that that scene was related to salvage on the Empress of Ireland,” said Saint-Pierre, a maritime historian who has written a book about the shipwreck. The 170-metre-long ocean liner ...

The number of lives lost following the sinking of the Empress of Ireland in the Saint Lawrence River is now officially put at 1,021, with 446 passengers having been rescued from the ship.

a ship carrying hundreds of passengers and crew was rammed by a passing coal ship. The passenger vessel, known as the Empress of Ireland, sank in just 14 minutes, killing most of the people onboard.

Historian David Saint-Pierre shows photos of the salvage operation from the sinking of the Empress of Ireland in 1914 at his home, Thursday, January 12, 2023 in Montreal. Ryan Remiorz / THE ...

"As soon as I saw the two photos, I knew that that scene was related to salvage on the Empress of Ireland," said Saint-Pierre, a maritime historian who has written a book about the shipwreck. The ...

“As soon as I saw the two photos, I knew that that scene was related to salvage on the Empress of Ireland,” said Saint-Pierre, a maritime historian who has written a book about the shipwrec ...