The Story of the Valencia

The wreck of the valencia was clearly the result of a series of unfortunate accidents, but officials still went looking for someone blame. The canadian government took steps to insure life saving measures along the coast that could help with future shipwrecks. A local fisherman reported an amazing discovery while exploring seaside caves on the southwestern coast of vancouver island. He described how he stumbled upon one of the lifeboats within the cave. In the boats, he claimed, were eight human skeletons. Experts found it hard to explain how the boat could have made it from the waters outside into the space within. But theories speculate that an unusually high tide could have lifted the boat up and over.