Greenpeace
Greenpeace launched its first action
from False Creek on September 15, 1971
when activists set sail on board the
Phyllis Cormack for Amchitka, Alaska
to protest nuclear testing.
The crew: Dave Birmingham, Jim Bohlen,
Bob Cummings, Bill Darnell,
Richard Fineberg, Robert Hunter,
Bob Keziere, Ben Metcalfe, Patrick Moore,
Terry Simmons, Lyle Thurston.
Captain: John Cormack.
Greenpeace founders: Jim Bohlen,
Paul Cote, Irving Stowe.