Next May will mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Empress of Ireland.
It's happened in the St. Lawrence River and more than a 1000 passengers on the ship died.
The New Brunswick Museum hosting a traveling showcase on the ship which includes video of the underwater wreck.
Pascale St. Amand tells Tide News the exhibit is moving on to Halifax at 5 today.
She
says she has had many visitors from cruise ships and they are a bit
scared by the tragedy but most people are surprised they have not heard
of the Empress before.
St. Amand says the exhibit includes a
video that depicts how the Storstad hit the Empress sinking her. She
add the sinking is significant as World War 1 broke out a short time
later.