Grand Manan: Jewel of the Sea

Contents

Some Early History
More Than a Few Acres of Rock (Machias Seal Island)
They Called It Menaskook (Gannet Rock)
A Place of Legend, Beauty & Dulse (Dark Harbour)
The Herring Are Running
More Than a Doctor
In Memory of the Fallen
Early Freight & Passenger Service
The First Day of Drama (Lobster Fishing)
Moving Into History (South West Head)
Wood Island - Keeper of History
Strange Weather
Early History of the McLaughlin Family
The Cliffs of Grand Manan
The Loss of the Brig "Sarah"
"Royal Tar" and the Travelling Circus
Tis' an Ill Wind
"Mary Jane"
The Brig "Gloria"
The Wreck of the "Lord Ashburton"
A Tale of the Sea & Mun-a-nook
"Sarah Sloan"
Loss of S.S. "New England"
Fourteen Days in teh life of the "Humber"
A Signal Called "Old Proprietor"
Loss of the "Sea Breeze"
The Tale of the "Turkish Empire"
The "Sea Goose" Goes Down
The "Humacao" Disaster
"Nelson Y. McFarlane"
Shipwreck Brings a Celebration
By Such Men - "Velma"
The "Minnie C"
Heaviest Toll Lost on Old Proprietor "Hestia"
Trying His Luck
History Written In Fire - "Dornfontein"
Derelict Ships & the "Nettie C"
Enemy Fish
Death in the Line of Duty
Willa Cather & Her Special Place
End of an Era
Award for Heroism
Changing Times
Over Five Million Dollars Spent 1963 to 1965
Interesting Facts

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