What’s Happening in the Harbour?
Beginning in 2016, the Department of National Defence initiated a plan to remove 150 years of contaminated sediment on the ocean floor of the Esquimalt harbor. This ongoing dredging project has unveiled hundreds of artifacts, including 19th and early 20th-century naval paraphernalia, amazingly preserved indigenous fishing gear, basketry, and more.![What’s Happening in the Harbour?](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Screen-Shot-2017-11-23-at-3.58.51-PM-480x360.png)