Sea Birds: Trade, Travel and Peril: Gaspé Schooners in the Age of Sail

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Title
Sea Birds: Trade, Travel and Peril: Gaspé Schooners in the Age of Sail
Abstract
The nineteenth-century history of Gaspé schooner sailing boats that were used by local fishers and whale hunters. One of the most famous of these whaling boats was the Breeze, built in 1834 and survived forty years. In 1873, the owner of the Breeze, Captain Harbour, sold her rigging and gears and ordered the hull broken up.
Publication
Quebec Heritage News
Volume
Vol. 5
Issue
no. 7
Date
January-February 2010
Pages
25-26
Language
en
URL
Citation
O’Donnell, Kevin. “Sea Birds: Trade, Travel and Peril: Gaspé Schooners in the Age of Sail.” Quebec Heritage News, February 2010. http://qahn.org/files/quebecanglophoneheritagenetwork/documents/qhn/qhn_jan-feb_2010_final_layout_1_reduced.pdf.
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