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| title | Lydia's Perilous Landing at St. George's Bay | |
| creator | Wright, Lydia Cambridge | |
| subject | Island Magazine | |
| subject | Prince Edward Island Museum | |
| description | During the second week of December 1816 Mrs. Charles Wright, nee Lydia Cambridge, embarked on the ship Mary at Three Rivers. They sailed under Captain William Henly with a cargo of deals (softwood planks) and pine timber for Bristol, England on Sunday evening December 15th. While it was certainly late in the season, the event itself would normally have created no more than a passing interest. However, the passage terminated abruptly, in foul weather, when they grounded on the shores of St. George's Bay, near Antigonish, Nova Scotia, during the early hours of the following Tuesday morning. Lydia Wright, in describing her ordeal to her close friend Miss Mary Stewart almost one month after the shipwreck, provides us with an articulate description of a frightening and tragic event. In addition, she also raises some tantalizing questions while offering an insight to certain of the tensions of Prince Edward Island society of the period. | |
| publisher | Prince Edward Island Museum | |
| date | 1982 | |
| type | Document | |
| format | application/pdf | |
| identifier | vre:islemag-batch2-149 | |
| source | 11 | |
| language | en_US | |
| rights | Please note that this material is being presented for the sole purpose of research and private study. Any other use requires the permission of the copyright holder(s), and questions regarding copyright are the responsibility of the user. | |
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| title | Lydia's Perilous Landing at St. George's Bay | |
| creator | Wright, Lydia Cambridge | |
| subject | Island Magazine | |
| subject | Prince Edward Island Museum | |
| description | During the second week of December 1816 Mrs. Charles Wright, nee Lydia Cambridge, embarked on the ship Mary at Three Rivers. They sailed under Captain William Henly with a cargo of deals (softwood planks) and pine timber for Bristol, England on Sunday evening December 15th. While it was certainly late in the season, the event itself would normally have created no more than a passing interest. However, the passage terminated abruptly, in foul weather, when they grounded on the shores of St. George's Bay, near Antigonish, Nova Scotia, during the early hours of the following Tuesday morning. Lydia Wright, in describing her ordeal to her close friend Miss Mary Stewart almost one month after the shipwreck, provides us with an articulate description of a frightening and tragic event. In addition, she also raises some tantalizing questions while offering an insight to certain of the tensions of Prince Edward Island society of the period. | |
| publisher | Prince Edward Island Museum | |
| date | 1982 | |
| type | Document | |
| format | application/pdf | |
| identifier | vre:islemag-batch2-149 | |
| source | 11 | |
| language | en_US | |
| rights | Please note that this material is being presented for the sole purpose of research and private study. Any other use requires the permission of the copyright holder(s), and questions regarding copyright are the responsibility of the user. | |