| Shipwrecks and Seafaring Tales of Prince Edward Island |
| Julie V. Watson |
In the 450 years since Jacques Cartier's arrival, Prince Edward
Island's history has been tied to the sea and to ships. From the
first explorers, to immigrants, traders, sailors, and fishermen,
thousands of seafaring people and their ships have come and
gone - many lost to the relentless sea. Their stories, though,
survive in legends and folklore, in archives and family histories.
Many of them are presented here.
Shipwrecks & Seafaring Tales of Prince Edward Island includes
fascinating stories of buried treasure, legends of ghost ships,
accounts of a visit by renegades from the American War of
Independence, and tales of storms which have become part of
the Island's history and folklore - the Yankee Gale of 1851,
which took 100 lives and a number of ships, and the August Gale
of 1873. Readers will marvel at the dedication of 1829 postal
workers who provided winter mail service by ice boat across the
Northhumberland Strait; the dramatic rescue of the Amitie by
the Jenny Lind in 1847; the sad fate of the Marco Polo: the
incredible story of Jack MacPhee and how he survived to
become a judge - in China; and the rum-running Nellie J. Banks,
which was finally captured by the RCMP in 1938. Add to this
stories of seal hunts, waterspouts, U-boats, airmen rescued from
an ice floe, storms, ice traps, sharks, and the rescue of sperm
whales, and you start to share in what it means to be an Islander
- and what the unforgiving sea can yield.
Island's history has been tied to the sea and to ships. From the
first explorers, to immigrants, traders, sailors, and fishermen,
thousands of seafaring people and their ships have come and
gone - many lost to the relentless sea. Their stories, though,
survive in legends and folklore, in archives and family histories.
Many of them are presented here.
Shipwrecks & Seafaring Tales of Prince Edward Island includes
fascinating stories of buried treasure, legends of ghost ships,
accounts of a visit by renegades from the American War of
Independence, and tales of storms which have become part of
the Island's history and folklore - the Yankee Gale of 1851,
which took 100 lives and a number of ships, and the August Gale
of 1873. Readers will marvel at the dedication of 1829 postal
workers who provided winter mail service by ice boat across the
Northhumberland Strait; the dramatic rescue of the Amitie by
the Jenny Lind in 1847; the sad fate of the Marco Polo: the
incredible story of Jack MacPhee and how he survived to
become a judge - in China; and the rum-running Nellie J. Banks,
which was finally captured by the RCMP in 1938. Add to this
stories of seal hunts, waterspouts, U-boats, airmen rescued from
an ice floe, storms, ice traps, sharks, and the rescue of sperm
whales, and you start to share in what it means to be an Islander
- and what the unforgiving sea can yield.
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_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| (Major Items) Introduction In the Beginning (1534) Brought Down by New England Raiders (1745) Cryptogram, Pirates and Buried Gold (1749) A Journey from Port La Joie to St. Peters (1751) The Acadian Expulsion - An Era of New Hopes; Tragedies (1755) Thomas Curtis' Sweetest Morsel (1775) An Era of Shipbuilding (1792) Cape Traverse - Push Off Point for Winter Mails (1827) Smoke-Boats (1830) Shipping Intelligence (1837-1839) Jenny Lind: Rescue at Sea (1847) The Yankee Gale (1851) The Icy Passage (1852) The Loss of the Fairy Queen (1853) The Robinson (1854) The August Gale of 1873 The Marco Polo (1883) The Storm of 1906 Running the Rum (1923) Seaplane Shatters Calm (1933) World War II - Germans Closer Than You Think!! (1943) "Capt. Carl Burke Makes Thrilling Rescue Feat" (1943) Dramatic Rescue of Gentle Giants of the Deep (1989) Shipbuilding Common Terminology In Souris Waters Anchors Reminders of the Past Acknowledgements Credits Sources Suggested Reading Suggested Places to Visit Index |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Julie Watson |
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