Navigating the Lower Saint Lawrence in the 19th Century.
 

1999 TALKS Schedule.
 
           The following is a partial list of shipwrecks and incidents covered around Metis and downbound between 1800 and 1854.
  • July 6th - Shipwrecks around Metis between 1866 and 1876.
    1. Schooner of 75 foot keel built at Les Boules.
    2. Wreck of the French ship Laurel at Little Metis point.
    3. Wreck of the Jessie Sheekill at Grand Metis.
    4. Wreck of the brigantine Victoire.
    5. Wreck of the schooner Elmina.
    6. Wreck of the Marie Luce, protest.
    7. Report on the wreck of the schooner Marie Victoria.
    8. Report on the wreck of the schooner Marie Attala.
    9. Wreck of the ship Atlas just above Sandy Bay Church.
    10. Survey of the ship Jane.
    11. Protest on the wreck of the schooner Dolly Varden.
    12. A short romantic story as published in the Gazette of 26/02/1845.

  • July 20th - Coasting down the St. Lawrence River, we'll talk about:
    1. Schooner Marie, wrecked west of Grand Étang, 1809.
    2. Schooner Lark, wrecked at Grand Étang, 1826.
    3. Schooner Dolphin, wrecked near Magdalen River, 1826.
    4. HMS Penelope, wrecked at Pointe ŕ la Frégate, 1815.
    5. Brig Charlotte, wrecked at Southeast Point, Anticosti in 1804.
    6. Possibly others, but yet undetermined.

  • August 3rd - Going a little furner down the River:
    1. Brig Charlotte, wrecked at Southeast Point, Anticosti in 1804.
    2. Brig Chance, wrecked at Fox River, July, 1807.
    3. Bark Monique wrecked about 10 leagues north of Cape Gaspé.
    4. Schooner wrecked at Fox River, October, 1823.
    5. 1827 Notice to Mariners on assistance to seamen on the Island of Anticosti.
    6. Ship Liverpool bound for Barbados wrecked above Fox River.
    7. Schooner Venus wrecked at Fox River November, 1830.
    8. Gilbert Henderson weather heavy weather of Gaspé, November, 1838.
    9. Bark Pekin ashore 6 miles below Fox River, May 1846.
    10. Schooner Mary Leonare wrecked at Fox River, October 1847.
    11. Astoria of London, wrecked above Fox River, May, 1848.
    12. Ship Wilson Hennedy ran onto the sand bar entering Gaspé, September, 1848.
    13. Bark Haratio ashore in Griffin's Cove, October, 1848.
    14. Bark Hampton ran into the Schooner Ann off Anticosti, October 1848.
    15. Bark Spalpeen ashore at Cap des Rosier, September, 1848.
    16. Gentoo wrecked at Fox River July, 1850.
    17. Galliot Hope & brig Crosby laid up for the winter at Gaspé, December, 1810.
    18. Isabella wrecked near Gaspé during the same storm of November, 1810.
    19. Autumn of 1815 claimed five schooners wrecked along Gaspé coast.
    20. Lengthy question period.

  • August 17th - Continuing talks on Gaspé shipwrecks.
    1. Brig Mary ashore west of Cap Gaspé in June, 1820.
    2. Ship Issac Todd wrecked on south side of Gaspé Bay, September 1821.
    3. Brig Antoinette ashore near Pointe Percé, October, 1821.
    4. Two barks and a brig ashore in 1827.
    5. Bark Wakefield and brig Whitby also wrecked in 1827.
    6. Aeolus stove in by the ice May, 1828.
    7. Panmure bilged, surveyed and condemned.
    8. William Money put into Gaspé after a heavy gale.
    9. Sterling wrecked at Malbaie and Lady Ann on Anticosti.
    10. Ship Victoria wrecked at Gaspé, November, 1838.
    11. Bark Roslin Castle shifted ballast in a storm, put into Gaspé January, 1848.
    12. Remainder of evening covering the Colborne, wrecked at Pointe Maquereau, 1838.
    13. Question period, and conclusion of summer talks.

  • October 27, conference in Frence at Auberge le Goéland on the 30 odd ships around the Metis light-house between 1800 and 1854.
  • 15 minute discussion on CJBR Radio, Radio Canada on above shipwrecks in French.

     Special thanks go to Mr. & Mrs. Claude Cyr of Au Coin de la Baie for inviting me for the fourth year of talks on our maritime history. Hopefully, they will again invite me during our coming millennium summer. Prospects exist for a few "conferences" in French, but dates and locations are too distant at the moment.
     Due to the limited space, we are generally between twelve and 40 salty souls, and discussions occasionally carry well into the evening.
     Are you interested in coming? There are four ways to check the location and dates:
  • Keep tuned in to CBC community radio on 93.7Mhz or your local station,
  • Call the Motel at (418) 936-3855,
  • call me at (418) 936-3968,
  • or e-mail me at:


See you at the talks next summer,

G.R. Bossé©1999-07. Posted:
June 21, 1999.		 Updated:
19 February, 2007.

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