The B.C Ferries report on the sinking of the Queen of the North Ferry last year will be released today.

 (photo at left shows Queen of the North on the Ocean floor)

B.C. Ferries President David Hahn says the report will examine the facts involved in the tragedy without pinpointing an exact cause. Hahn says the facts will be laid out for all to see, and people can draw their own conclusions.

Experts have speculated the ship hit Gil Island last March because of human error.

There were 99 people on board the Queen of the North, all but two have been accounted for. They are presumed to have gone down with the ship.

As the report is readied for release, B.C. Ferries is offering tours of its newly re-fitted ship which will replace the Queen of the North.

The MV Northern Adventure has already been open for an open house in Vancouver, and is set for a few more previews until it goes into service on the 31st of this month. All of the previews are set to take place from 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.:

• Skidegate Terminal, Queen Charlotte Islands     Tuesday       March 27th
• Prince Rupert Terminal, 2000 Park Avenue          Wednesday March 28th
• McLoughlin Bay Terminal, Bella Bella                    Thursday      March 29th
• Bear Cover Terminal, Port Hardy                             Friday            March 30th