Ship Information

Vessel positions tracking based on AIS data. Real-time ship locations, port arrivals and departures.

The Maritime Museum of BC represents a rich and vast link to the province’s legal and nautical roots. It is also home to three significant sailboats − Dorothy, Trekka and Tilikum − each with their own incredible story of adventure and enchantment.

A searchable database of current registered BC vessels maintained by volunteers with strong professional backgrounds in maritime heritage.

Lists of vessels in and around the port and scheduled movements of these vessels

This database contains more than 78,000 entries of ships registered in ports of Canada between 1787 and 1966.

More than 13,000 individual index records (as of 2004) on ships built on the Pacific Coast and ships with a connection to the Pacific Northwest. It includes the names and former names of vessels, their builders, careers and dispositions and more.

This portal provides anyone wishing to conduct first-hand shipwreck research at Library and Archives Canada, with information to assist them with the investigations into the photographic, cartographic and documentary evidence available at this institution.

The Underwater Archaeological Society of British Columbia is a group dedicated to researching, locating, identifying, surveying, and protecting the maritime heritage of BC.

The Vancouver Maritime Museum celebrates the profound significance of the ocean and waterways of the Pacific and Arctic, through the preservation and growth of our extraordinary collection, and as a centre for dialogue, research and experience.