The objects were recovered from the Empress of Ireland, which sank near Rimouski, Que., about 330 kilometres northeast of Quebec City, in May 1914. More than 1,000 people died.

The Empress of Ireland is shown in an undated photo. The Canadian Pacific steamship collided with a Norwegian freighter near Quebec on May 29, 1914, sinking in 14 minutes and killing 1,012 people.

More than 1,000 people drowned when the "Empress of Ireland" sank in the St. Lawrence near Rimouski in 1914. Quebec diver Phillipe Beaudry spent more than 30 years exploring the wreck.

There are artifacts from the Empress, retrieved from the wreck by diver Phillippe Beaudry. The sound of water and seagulls fills the space. A shattered port hole sets a foreboding tone.

In May 29, 1914 The Canadian Pacific steamship, the Empress of Ireland, collided with a Norwegian freighter near Quebec, sinking in 14 minutes and killing 1,012 people. The Canadian Press ...

History museum staff silenced after raising ethical objections to buying Empress of Ireland artifacts Staff said paying for millions for the sunken ship's artifacts encourages looting. The museum ...

The museum featured the artifacts in special exhibition on the Empress of Ireland, seen by 265,000 people, that ran from May 30, 2014 to April 6, 2015.

There are artifacts from the Empress, retrieved from the wreck by diver Phillippe Beaudry. The sound of water and seagulls fills the space. A shattered port hole sets a foreboding tone.

A diver who spent more than 30 years promoting the wreck of the Empress of Ireland near Rimouski, Que., as a Canadian heritage site is attempting to sell most of the ship's artifacts to a dealer ...

While most Canadians were asleep, the 100th anniversary of Canada’s worst maritime disaster ticked by.At 2:10 a.m. on May 29, 1914, the Empress of Ireland was steaming through a thick fog when she was ...

David Saint-Pierre says he had little information to go on in his effort to hunt down the keeper of a 111-year-old artifact from the shipwrecked Empress of Ireland. He had a photo of a man in a diving ...