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Shipwreck or Site Name: Empress of Ireland
Located Near: Rimouski
GPS Coordinates / Location Deg
Latitude/Longitude (Degrees): 48.625000 / -68.408330
Latitude/Longitude (Deg Min Sec): 48 37 30.00 / -68 24 29.99
Latitude/Longitude (Deg Min): 48 37.50000 / -68 24.49980
Minimum Depth: 22.86 metres / 75 feet
Maximum Depth: 42.672 metres / 140 feet
Long Description: On her first trip of the summer of 1914 the Empress of Ireland sailed away from her berth in Quebec Harbour bound across the North Atlantic to Liverpool, England. Fate, however, had disaster in store for this majestic ship and in a veiling fog the collier, Storstad, was to pierce her hull and send the Empress to the bottom of the St. Lawrence River. The Empress of Ireland took all but 462 of the 1477 souls on board with her. The RMS Empress of Ireland measures about 172m (569.8ft) long by 20m (65.5ft) wide and can be found at a depth of 80`` to 140``m deep. The wreck is on its side. Additional Coordinates: 48.6208 / -68.40436