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Library Record
Metadata
Item ID# |
AX2004.0259 |
Title |
Shipwrecks of the Saugeen 1828 - 1938 : a history of marine disasters of Bruce County |
Object Name |
Book |
Author |
Folkes, Patrick |
Published Date |
1970 |
Description |
"Shipwrecks of the Saugeen" lists and details all the marine disasters that occurred during 1828 - 1938 around Bruce County and the Bruce Peninsula, providing details on the location and exploration of sunken vessels and the recording of the circumstances of their loss. (From the Prologue) Includes index. Table of contents includes: - The shipwrecks - Pioneer shipwrecks of the Saugeen - Wrecked at Kincardine - Southampton & the shoals of Chantry Island - Shoals & shipwrecks of the Fishing Islands - Lyal Island & the Stokes Bay shallows - The Mystery of the Explorer - The Bruce Mine founders - Tobermory & the islands - Beneath the Tubs - The Russel Island graveyard - The wreck of the Regina - Wrecked at Cove Island - A chronicle of sail, 1871-1901 - A chronicle of steam, 1875-1935 - The shoals of Devil Island - The lost cannon of the Alice Hackett - Flotsam and jetsam - The lost steamers of Cape Croker - The tragedy of the Jane Miller - The burning of the Josephine Kidd Anna Maria (schooner) was one such wreck. |
Physical Description |
85 p. ill., maps ; 28 x 21 cm (mustard colour soft cover with clear plastic) |
Places |
Cape Croker Clark Point Cove Island Devil Island Georgian Bay Kincardine Lake Huron Lyal Reef Manitoulin Island Owen Sound Russel Island Saugeen Peninsula Southampton Stokes Bay Tobermory |
People |
Brown, John Davis, Abraham Earl, Charles Ferguson, William Fraser, Frederick M., Capt. Gordon, Alex Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy, William King, John Lambert, Duncan McGregor Lambert, William McGregor McGaw, John Jr. McGaw, Thomas McGaw, Walter McLeod, Alexander Petrie, Captain Thomas Power, William Spence, John, Captain Tait, David |
Search Terms & Subjects |
Boats Disasters Marine Marine accidents Scuba diving Ships Shipwrecks Steamboats |