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The tail of a humpback whale comes out in the morning fog, on the Saint-Lawrence River in Tadoussac Que., Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Humpback whale dead after ferry crew reports collision off B.C. coast
Published 10:32 PDT, Fri September 19, 2025
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A humpback whale has been found dead off the British Columbia coast after a ferry crew reported a collision.
BC Ferries says in a statement that the crew of the Northern Expedition reported hitting a whale on Wednesday in Wright Sound near Prince Rupert, B.C.
The statement says BC Ferries immediately reported the collision to federal authorities, the local First Nations and researchers, who then found a dead whale in the vicinity around 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
BC Ferries says Fisheries and Oceans Canada is going to co-ordinate a necropsy to find out the whale died.
The 151-metre Northern Expedition was built in 2009 and has a capacity of 638 people and 115 cars.
The vessel is used to service BC Ferries' northern routes involving open seas, including the service between Prince Rupert and Port Hardy, B.C.
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