Shipwrecks and Sailors of Prince Edward Island

Robert C Parsons

$21.95 $21.95

I will be in stock soon

ISBN: 9781897426456

Shipwrecks and Sailors of Prince Edward Island

  Author:   Robert C Parsons    
  Publisher:  Pottersfield Press

It has been estimated that between fifteen to twenty thousand ships have meet their end along Canada’s eastern seaboard. Many of these wrecks happened between the 1800s to the mid-1900s when the season of bark, brig, brigantine and schooner came and went. This era left behind literally a vast volume – both recorded in print and preserved in local tales – of heroism and tragedy of mariners young and old.Prince Edward Island’s legacy of tales from the era of all-sail is great: from the wreck of the immigrant-laden Elizabeth at Cascumpec where the castaways were saved by a native; to the unique tale of PEI’s Jessy thrown onto St. Paul’s Island; to the strange tale of Rival caught in the “Yankee Gale” and the SS Quebec’s demise in the death-dealing tides of East Point, Shipwrecks and Sailors of Prince Edward Island, Volume I will fascinate and educate.Then again, island ships were involved with mystery, mayhem and wreck in practically all parts of the North Atlantic: gripped in sandbars of Sable Island, plundered on the rugged coasts of Newfoundland, drifting with no crew off Ireland, wrecked on Nova Scotia’s shores, stranded on the Magdalenes, and “Lost with Crew” in the vast Atlantic.Anything that could happen to a ship has happened to a Prince Edward Island hull and scores of tales within Shipwrecks and Sailors of Prince Edward Island present those weird and wonderful epics. Arranged chronologically, the stories are full of names of our seafaring ancestors, plus descriptions of the local ports that sheltered the ships.For over a hundred years the wooden sailing ship was an important and vital transportation link along the shores of Prince Edward Island. Its maritime records are full of stories in which local ships and their crews played an essential role. Self-sacrifice, daring, skill, wreck and rescue are all part of a fabric which makes up the history of the ships and the heritage of the villages that knew them. Shipwrecks and Sailors of Prince Edward Island has all this and more!

Details and Specs
ISBN associated with this title: 9781897426456
Item PC0209
PublisherPottersfield Press
PublisherPottersfield Press
Published on September 15 2012
Language eng
Pages 160
Format Paperback
Dimensions9(in) x 6(in)
Shipping weight270(g)
Status ACTIVE TITLE
Robert Parsons has been reading, researching and publishing books about Atlantic Canada's ships and wrecks for over two decades. As well, his articles and stories have appeared locally and nationally in Legion Magazine, PEI's Eastern Graphic, Reader's Digest, The Evening Telegram and others. He has appeared on national TV in History Channel's Disasters of the Century and Global TV's Legends and Lore of the North Atlantic. His website features news of writing and a shipwreck column: www.atlanticwrecks.com