| Ghost Stories and Legends of Prince Edward Island |
| Julie V. Watson Photographs by John C. Watson |
Swathed in mist, surrounded by the secretive sea, wind
wailing like the lost souls of sailors around its shores, Prince
Edward Island is the ideal setting for the strange and
incredible, even the supernatural. Islanders have handed
down, from one generation to the next, legends and ghosts
stories: tales of phantom ships, Indian curses, buried pirate
treasure, sea serpents, and ghostly apparitions.
In this book, Julie Watson has collected a wealth of "true
tales"; many were told to her by those who experienced them,
or knew someone who did. Others are culled from old
newspapers and books; to add to their charm, the author has
copied these exactly as written, including the sometimes
quaint spelling and punctuation. And, strange as most of
these stories are, who dares to doubt the veracity of the
sailors who met a phantom schooner, the fishermen who fled a
sea monster, or the countless Islanders who have dug for
pirate gold, only to be terrified by something uncanny, into
abandoning their search?
Perhaps you will visit West Point Lighthouse in the dark of
the moon, or watch the drowned spectre of Holland Cove,
trailing sea-water across the floor, or, like the doomed Peter
McIntyre, venture into the cemetery at Scotch Fort at night,
never to return.
On the other hand, you can curl up with this book on a dark
night and find yourself transported into the haunting legends,
delightful yarns, and spine-tingling ghost stories of the
magical and mysterious Prince Edward Island.
wailing like the lost souls of sailors around its shores, Prince
Edward Island is the ideal setting for the strange and
incredible, even the supernatural. Islanders have handed
down, from one generation to the next, legends and ghosts
stories: tales of phantom ships, Indian curses, buried pirate
treasure, sea serpents, and ghostly apparitions.
In this book, Julie Watson has collected a wealth of "true
tales"; many were told to her by those who experienced them,
or knew someone who did. Others are culled from old
newspapers and books; to add to their charm, the author has
copied these exactly as written, including the sometimes
quaint spelling and punctuation. And, strange as most of
these stories are, who dares to doubt the veracity of the
sailors who met a phantom schooner, the fishermen who fled a
sea monster, or the countless Islanders who have dug for
pirate gold, only to be terrified by something uncanny, into
abandoning their search?
Perhaps you will visit West Point Lighthouse in the dark of
the moon, or watch the drowned spectre of Holland Cove,
trailing sea-water across the floor, or, like the doomed Peter
McIntyre, venture into the cemetery at Scotch Fort at night,
never to return.
On the other hand, you can curl up with this book on a dark
night and find yourself transported into the haunting legends,
delightful yarns, and spine-tingling ghost stories of the
magical and mysterious Prince Edward Island.
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