Incident Date:
July 17, 1962 04:00
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators: Sons of Freedom (SOF)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Time Fuse)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Maritime (includes ports and maritime facilities)(Commercial Maritime)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "07/17/1962: A bomb exploded just before 4:00 a.m. on board the provincial government ferry MV Chinook II, which was docked at Tsawwassen Beach. The bomb was wrapped in a lifejacket and placed in an open steel lifejacket bin. It had been constructed of three or four sticks of dynamite and a pocket watch timer; pieces of a watch, bits of a battery, tape, and wiring were found in the bin and scattered about the deck. A police spokesman said the bomb was of the type used by Sons of Freedom (SOF) bombers. The blast ripped the bin from the deck and blew out more than two dozen shatterproof windows in the observation lounge; no one was injured, but damage was estimated at $1,000. Investigators believed that the bomb had been planted aboard the ship on her midnight run from Swartz Bay, near Sidney, on Vancouver Island."
References: 1) "Kellett, A., Beanlands, B., Deacon, J., Jeffrey, H., & Lapalme, C. (1991). Terrorism in Canada 1960-1989, User Report no. 1990-16. Ottawa: Solicitor General Canada, National Security Coordination Centre, Police and Security Branch. p. 224."
2) "Ross, Jeffrey I. (1992). ATIC IV: Chronology of Domestic and International Terrorist Events in Canada, 1960-1990. Montreal, Qc: International Centre for Comparative Criminology. p. 18"
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