'Fridges, rain boots, shoes, toys': B.C. coast littered with debris from stricken cargo ship

At least four shipping containers that were lost from a stricken cargo ship off the B.C. coast have come ashore on Vancouver Island, the Canadian Coast Guard confirmed Thursday.

The containers have spilled refrigerators, toys, yoga mats and clothing onto remote beaches near Cape Scott Provincial Park on the northernmost tip of the island.

Refrigerators believed to have washed ashore from the Zim Kingston cargo ship on northern Vancouver Island. (Jerika McArter)

A school group from Port Hardy, B.C., got a firsthand look at debris from some of the 109 lost containers Wednesday.

The students from the Eke Me-Xi Learning Centre were on a weekly field trip to Palmerston Beach, just south of Cape Scott, where they typically learn about protecting the natural environment. 

This week, what they saw was a beach littered with household appliances, toys and board games, all of it cargo from the Zim Kingston container ship currently anchored off Victoria.

Educator Jerika McArter posted photos to Facebook of some of the items the school group found.

Debris believed to have washed ashore from the Zim Kingston cargo ship on northern Vancouver Island. (Jerika McArter)

"There is stuff everywhere: fridges, rain boots, shoes, toys, Chinese checkers boards, baby oil, food packs, hair wax, Styrofoam, backpacks and more," McArter wrote.