The Wexford The Wexford

The Wexford

Elusive Shipwreck of the Great Storm, 1913

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Publisher Description

The steamer Wexford, with her flared bow, tall masts, and her open, canvas-sided hurricane deck, charmed spectators as she carried cargo across the Great Lakes. The romance and adventure of her British and French history in the South American trade followed her. Under newly appointed 24-year-old captain Bruce Cameron, her fateful final voyage was punctuated with opportunities to be saved from destruction , but his persistence in trying to make port at Goderich led to tragedy - a victim of the storm of 1913. Over a period of 87 years, she eluded many efforts to locate her remains, but was finally discovered in 2000 by a sailor using a fish-finding device. Since then, she has been visited by thousands, but sadly plundered. Our story traces her history from her British origins in 1883, through the transition to become a "Laker," the eventful storm, the search, and her ultimate discovery in southern Lake Huron, and the controversy over how she should be protected.

GENRE
Nonfiction
RELEASED
2010
June 21
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
328
Pages
PUBLISHER
Dundurn Press
SELLER
Dundurn Press Limited
SIZE
6.4
MB
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