Efforts begin to reposition, raise sunken tug near Bella Bella, B.C.,
BELLA BELLA, B.C. — Work is underway to reposition a submerged tug before lifting it from waters off British Columbia’s central coast.
Ayla Brown of the Heiltsuk First Nation says salvage experts used chains attached to anchors to drag the Nathan E. Stewart about 300 metres into deeper waters of Seaforth Channel, west of Bella Bella.
She says dragging began overnight and the tug had been pulled about 25 per cent of the way toward a salvage barge.
Once it is in deeper water, a crane will lift the 30-metre tug onto the salvage barge, but Brown says the operation was delayed due to tides and swells that made dragging unsafe.