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Shipwrecks on St. Paul's were a real problem.
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List of Ships wrecked on St. Paul's from 1800's - 1950's
1990's
Cape North, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ship Wrecks on St. Paul's
Viceroy of India 1814
Royal Sovereign 1815
Jessie 1824
Great Britian 1832
Margaret 1835
Isabella 1835
Briton 1835
Glencoe 1835
Seaflour 1844
Ratchel 1847
England Queen 1847
Vanguard 1845
Enchantress Eaptian Findlater 1848
Rippler 1871
Wied Wave 1871
Miner 1863
Norweigian 1850
Mette Margrete 1881
Emperor 1863
Adalia 1872
Anna 1874
Barbara 1877
Olivette 1886
Anna B. 1889
Brodene 1896
Marie Casapone 1897
Thistle 1902
Ellitot 1904
Arcala 1908
Canadienne 1909
Harlow 1911
Chelston 1919
Mary Patricia 1930
Teaser 1948
Pollyanna 1951
Doris V. Douglas 1954
Moon
Annie F. Hartigon 1933
Turret Court
Palace
Harratio 1823
Conoda 1827
Duncan 1827
Venus 1828
Unknown ship 1829
Credits:
The North Highlands Community Museum
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Treacherous rocks cliffs make up almost the entire coastline of the island and because of it's location in the Cabot Strait at the entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence it is very difficult to navigate around and an almost impossibility to avoid in foul weather...
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Craggy coastline around St. Paul's Island
20th Century
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Rocks on St. Pauls After a Storm
Circa 1960's
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Credits:
The North Highlands Community Museum
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... So many otherwise seaworthy ships met their doom at St. Paul's Island.
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Another view of model
Circa 1835
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Another view of model
Circa 1835
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Model of shipwreck off St. Paul's Island
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
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In fact, St. Paul's is nicknamed "The Graveyard of the Gulf", because sometimes up to four shipwrecks can be found, one on top of the other, on the ocean floor surrounding St. Paul's.
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Newspaper article on St. Paul's Island "The Graveyard of the Gulf"
1955
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
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St. Paul's "The Graveyard of the Gulf" continued
1955
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
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One such ship to meet it's demise at St. Paul's Island is the Isabella. It sank off St. Paul's in 1835. The Isabella was not the only ship to go down that year. The Margaret, The Great Britian, The Briton, and The Glencoe also joined her that year. This was not an uncommon number of wrecks, prior to the introduction of the lighthouses, an average of five vessels were lost on this desolate island's shores every year.
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Ship's Wheel from the wreck of the Isabella
Circa 1835
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Credits:
The North Highlands Community Museum