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 through immigrants, traders, sailors, and fishermen, thousands of seafaring people and their ships have come and gone – many lost to the relentless sea. Julie Watson has dug through the archives and unearthed harrowing accounts, from the expulsion of the Acadians to the amazing 1836 adventure of Tommy Tuplin, age six, who was washed overboard in a storm then washed back into the ship's rigging. This book includes fascinating stories of buried treasure, legends of ghost ships, and tales of storms that have become part of the island's history and folklore. Add to these stories of seal hunts, waterspouts, U-boats, and ice boats, and you start to share in what it means to be an islander – and what the unforgiving sea can yield.
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Shipwrecks and Seafaring Tales of Prince Edward Island
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World HistoryTable of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- 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!! (1941)
- “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
- Index
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