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Shipwrecks of New BrunswickRobert C. Parsons$19.95 Order this book from:
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Shipwrecks of New Brunswick is about a time when one of Canada's most thriving provinces staked out a claim on that great element of nature forever pounding its shores. But the 2,250 kilometres of coastline along these shores have always held many dangers to shipping. The captains and the mariners sailing here have been prey to shifting ocean currents, dramatic tidal changes, high winds and impenetrable fog. The coastline itself is broken by many deep bays, inlets and estuaries, each with its own dangers of rocks, cliffs or sandbars.
Many areas of coastline lie in wait for ships: the Richibucto islands and bars, the Caraquet and Shippagan coast, Cape Tormentine, Miramichi Bay, Chaleur Bay and the ever-changing Bay of Fundy. In the era of sail, the number of ships traversing Fundy was enormous. Dangers in the great bay lurked at points like Partridge Island, Yellow and Murr Ledges, Grand Manan Island, the myriad rock, crags, islets and islands that ring Passamaquoddy Bay and the tricky approaches to the busy port of Saint John.
Countless ships and sailors came to grief in these New Brunswick waters in the days before long-range weather forecasting and reliable navigational instruments. Adverse winds and rocks claimed many a ship. But human error also lay at the root of marine disasters. Shipwrecks of New Brunswick preserves these stories in word and image.
In the past 20 years, Robert Parsons has become one of Atlantic Canada's most popular and prolific writers, specializing in the stories of shipwreck, rescue and survival. He devotes much of his time to researching, writing and promoting the sea-going history of Canada's eastern provinces, their ships and the people who sailed them. His books include Wrecked and Ruined: True Sea Disasters from the Eastern Edge, Ocean of Storms, Sea of Disaster, In Peril on the Sea and The Edge of Yesterday: Sea Disasters of Nova Scotia.