[BCMA] Underwater archaeology at Fort Langley

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The Underwater Archaeological Society of BC

1905 Ogden Avenue

Vancouver, BC V6J 1A3

 

April 19, 2011

 

Media Advisory

 

Underwater archaeology featured at Fort Langley Conference

 

The Maritime fur Trade, a fascinating and relatively unknown part of our
history is the theme of this year's Shipwrecks conference at Fort Langley
National Historic Site on Satur-day, April 30. The fort is an ideal setting
for the conference as its success was directly linked to supporting Russian
America. The famous cry "54-40 or fight" came from the fur trade and
referred to the boundary between Russian America and British North America. 

 

"Conference speakers will provide a glimpse into this early history of BC"
said Lower Mainland director Nicole Ortmann.  This is also an opportunity to
learn about other misad-ventures such as the sinking of the Beaver, the
first steamship in the North Pacific and the tragic story of the American
ship Tonquin , lost 200 years ago. Keynote speaker Shelley Wachsmann will
discuss the impact that tools like sidescan sonar, remote-operated vehi-cles
(ROVs) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have had for underwater
archae-ology and the ability of archaeologists to study and record
shipwrecks on the previously inaccessible deep-sea floor.

 

The remarkable story of the finding and excavating a 2,000 year old Sea of
Galilee  Boat is the subject of the evening Woodward Lecture and dinner.
Dubbed "the Jesus Boat" ar-chaeologist Shelley Wachsmann of the Institute
for Nautical Archaeology, Texas A&M Uni-versity, will tell the tale of
finding and raising a fishing vessel that was commonly used during the
Roman-period.

 

The public are welcome to attend either event and the advance purchase of
tickets is rec-ommended.  For ticket purchase and program information,
please visit www.uasbc.com <http://www.uasbc.com/>  . 

 

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Media contact:

David Hill-Turner,

Communications Co-ordinator
Day #: 250-753-1821 

Evening: 250-722-2928
communications at uasbc.com

 

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