Shipwrecks and Sailors of Prince Edward Island

A maritime historian explores more than a century of adventure and tragedy on the waters off Prince Edward Island, from 1775 to 1899.   Across the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the wooden sailing ship was a vital transportation link along Canada’s Atlantic coast. Self-sacrifice, daring, skill, wreck and rescue are all part of the history of these ships and the heritage of the villages that knew them. With extensive research and vivid prose, local maritime historian Robert C. Parsons