Leviathan II
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B.C. man saves four in Tofino float plane crash, six years after Leviathan II rescueNearly six years to the day of Monday's rescue, Brown helped rescue passengers of a whale-watching boat that capsized near Tofino in 2015.CanadaOct 21, 2021
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B.C. Coroners Service provides recommendations following Leviathan II investigationThe Coroner concluded that the six passengers died from drowning as a consequence of saltwater immersion.Feb 6, 2018
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Transportation Safety Board releases report into Leviathan II sinkingThe report determined that a breaking wave struck the vessel and that the crew did not have time to transmit a distress call.InvestigationsJun 14, 2017
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Edmonton couple involved in growing number of lawsuits in Tofino whale-watching boat tragedyAn Edmonton couple among the survivors of the sinking of a whale-watching boat off British Columbia's coast last year are recounting their harrowing escape from death as they swam for the light above the ocean.InvestigationsNov 18, 2016
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Victims remembered one year after Leviathan II tragedy in TofinoExactly one year after a whale-watching vessel capsized near Tofino killing six people, the victims will be remembered in a special ceremony in which the District of Tofino will unveil a commemorative plaque.NewsOct 25, 2016
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A year later: pain from Tofino whale-boat tragedy remainsOne year after the sinking of a whale-watching vessel off British Columbia that tossed 27 people into the churning Pacific, the wounds have barely started to heal.CanadaOct 20, 2016
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Grounded B.C. tour boat now headed for dry dockA vessel belonging to a whale-watching company is no longer stranded on rocks off Vancouver Island.Oct 3, 2016
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Jamie’s Whaling Station vessel run aground near Tofino, all passengers safeThe Stellar Sea is owned and operated by Jamie's Whaling Station, whose whale-watching boat sank near Tofino last year, claiming six lives.Oct 2, 2016
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Tofino First Nations honored for whale-watching tragedy rescue effortBritish Columbia's Medal of Good Citizenship has been presented to residents of Ahousaht First Nation and the town of Tofino for an all-out effort helping dozens of people when a whale-watching ship overturned last October.NewsAug 12, 2016
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Whale-watching tour company calls fatal capsizing in Tofino an ‘act of God’The deadly capsizing of a whale-watching vessel off Vancouver Island last year was an "act of God" that could not have been reasonably predicted nor prevented, says the owner of a tour operator.May 9, 2016
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