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“The size, spread and ­direction of the spill has been very consistent to date at 30 to 50 litres,” Westnedge said. In early January 1968, the 483-foot cargo ship, MV Schiedyk, sank off Bligh Island in Nootka Sound after hitting an underwater shelf. All crew escaped and the captain stayed on board the Holland America Line ship until about 10 minutes before it sank, a Daily Colonist newspaper article from that time stated. Oil leaked during the sinking, and it has been coming to the surface again in recent days. A boom was put on the water to collect fuel as government officials try to understand what is happening.

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