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Shipwrecks on St. Paul's were a real problem.

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List of Ships wrecked on St. Paul's from 1800's - 1950's
1990's
Cape North, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ship Wrecks on St. Paul's

Viceroy of India 1814

Royal Sovereign 1815

Jessie 1824

Great Britian 1832

Margaret 1835

Isabella 1835

Briton 1835

Glencoe 1835

Seaflour 1844

Ratchel 1847

England Queen 1847

Vanguard 1845

Enchantress Eaptian Findlater 1848

Rippler 1871

Wied Wave 1871

Miner 1863

Norweigian 1850

Mette Margrete 1881

Emperor 1863

Adalia 1872

Anna 1874

Barbara 1877

Olivette 1886

Anna B. 1889

Brodene 1896

Marie Casapone 1897

Thistle 1902

Ellitot 1904

Arcala 1908

Canadienne 1909

Harlow 1911

Chelston 1919

Mary Patricia 1930

Teaser 1948

Pollyanna 1951

Doris V. Douglas 1954

Moon

Annie F. Hartigon 1933

Turret Court

Palace

Harratio 1823

Conoda 1827

Duncan 1827

Venus 1828

Unknown ship 1829

Credits:
The North Highlands Community Museum

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Treacherous rocks cliffs make up almost the entire coastline of the island and because of it's location in the Cabot Strait at the entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence it is very difficult to navigate around and an almost impossibility to avoid in foul weather...

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Craggy coastline around St. Paul's Island
20th Century
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Rocks on St. Pauls After a Storm
Circa 1960's
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

Credits:
The North Highlands Community Museum

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... So many otherwise seaworthy ships met their doom at St. Paul's Island.

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Another view of model
Circa 1835
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Another view of model
Circa 1835
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Model of shipwreck off St. Paul's Island
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

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In fact, St. Paul's is nicknamed "The Graveyard of the Gulf", because sometimes up to four shipwrecks can be found, one on top of the other, on the ocean floor surrounding St. Paul's.

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Newspaper article on St. Paul's Island "The Graveyard of the Gulf"
1955
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
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St. Paul's "The Graveyard of the Gulf" continued
1955
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
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One such ship to meet it's demise at St. Paul's Island is the Isabella. It sank off St. Paul's in 1835. The Isabella was not the only ship to go down that year. The Margaret, The Great Britian, The Briton, and The Glencoe also joined her that year. This was not an uncommon number of wrecks, prior to the introduction of the lighthouses, an average of five vessels were lost on this desolate island's shores every year.

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Ship's Wheel from the wreck of the Isabella
Circa 1835
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

Credits:
The North Highlands Community Museum