Oddly enough, the Huron that was involved in a friendly fire event here too. I noticed in this article that they also referred to the US Navy incident as well, but I think they got the wrong park, unless this has happened more than once or it is thought that the Juan de Fuca Marine trail is "an area less frequented by the public" .

VICTORIA (CP) - Embarrassed Canadian Navy officials launched an investigation Wednesday to probe reports that live ammunition may have been fired from a Canadian warship docked near Victoria.

A sailor on board the HMCS Huron. reported hearing a bang and seeing a flash at the end of the ship's anti-missile machine gun while the weapon was undergoing routine maintenance Tuesday. It's the second military misfire by the Canadian Navy in the area in recent years.

Commodore Ken McMillan, commander of the Pacific Fleet, said military police and a board of inquiry from National Defence headquarters in Ottawa will attempt to determine what happened in the most recent incident,

Thousands of people live near CFB Esquimalt, home of the Pacific Fleet. In August 1996, the Navy accidentally launched a 20-kilogram, 1.5-metre long chaff missile from HMCS Regina into the neighbouring community of View Royal.

The missile travelled almost three kilometres before crashing through a garage roof behind Pete's Tent and Awning, located on the main street in View Royal. There were no injuries, but the missile, which was not loaded with explosives, embedded itself into the ground after hitting the garage.

Shortly after the missile accident, Pete Bishop painted a bull's-eye onto the side wall of his business and put up a poster declaring Pete's Tent and Awning a missile free zone. A Navy inquiry determined human error caused the accidental firing.

''There were a lot of lessons learned from that particular incident,'' McMillan said Wednesday. ''We have hoisted in those lessons and we have moved forward. There is the policy that no live rounds are in any of our weapons systems while we are in harbour.''

In another military misfiring incident two years ago, hikers on the world-renowned West Coast Trail in Pacific Rim National Park were forced to duck for cover as American naval vessels fired 50 calibre rounds into a wooded area near the popular hiking spot. Following that incident, measures were taken to ensure American and Canadian naval ships test their weapons far away from areas frequented by the public.