For today’s special episode I tell you the story of Canada’s deadliest peacetime maritime disaster. Before you start asking questions, let me throw you a few knuckle balls: This shipwreck didn’t happen at sea, It was also not even on the sometimes deadly waters of Great Lakes...oh and it also didn't even happen in stormy weather…..all that you know going in is that it happened on this day in weather history.

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