Tag Archives: Murray Harbour P.E.I.
Tales a tree tells: Murray Harbour’s Christmas monument remembers fishermen lost at sea
On a stormy afternoon in August of 1940, three fishermen were returning to the harbour when their boat capsized about a mile off of Beach Point. It’s said that the waves were high that day. The boat – which had relatives Vernon Jordan, John White and Bobby Nelson on board ¬– was overturned after being swept away by a strong wind. Today, the impact of the tragedy is remembered as part of Murray Harbour’s history. This year, residents of eastern P.E.I are honouring those tragedies with Murray Harbour’s new Christmas monument. Video, photos, >click to read< 09:35
Huge wooden boat being built ‘old school’ on P.E.I.
Neil MacKay is building his largest wooden boat in his 32 years of making them; like most lobster boats in P.E.I. waters, Catcher is 45 feet long, but is four feet wider than the typical 14 feet. The 51-year-old has been building wooden boats in his shop in Murray Harbour for since 1986, starting right around the time the industry moved, en mass, to fibreglass vessels. Catcher ‘s owner Spencer Norton, 28, lives in nearby Alliston and designed the boat with MacKay. Norton even cut some of the wood himself, with his father-in-law.,, >click to read<09:26
