Nanette Wreck - Lime Barrel

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The Nanette was a massive 118-foot three-masted barque made entirely out of wood that was laid down and launched in Quebec City back in 1857. She met her demise when she ran aground and sank near the infamous Race Rocks, located just south of Victoria, British Columbia, in the year 1860. Her arrival on December 22, 1860, into the Strait of Juan de Fuca was marked by a thick layer of fog that shrouded everything. Unfortunately for the Nanette, the newly installed Fisgard Light marking Esquimalt Harbour hadn't been fully charted yet, and the Race Rocks light wouldn't be lit for the first time until just three days after her tragic sinking. What remains today is a solid chunk of lime that perfectly preserves the shape of its wooden staved barrel container. This impressive find is part of a massive 30 m-long debris field covering a gully at an incredible 12 m depth. Ewan Anderson captured this stunning image from 195 photographs in June 2019.