A tribute to those fishermen from the area, who drowned or were lost at sea.
John J. Casey - May 6, 1975 - age 64 years
Bernard Verne Joseph Cashen - February 21, 1967 - age 26 years
Jude Mederic Cashen - September 3, 1947 - age 18 years obituary
Martin Cashen - May 2, 1934
Patrick Dillon - October 7, 1871 - age 27 years
Courtley Feltmate - January 4, 1910 - age 20 years (see Blizzard of 1910)
James Fitzgerald - July 18, 1914 - age 50 years
George Grover - April 25, 1886 - age 44 years
James Harrigan - April 25, 1886 - age 41 years
Patrick Healey - June 9, 1906 - age 30 years
Isaac King - August 1886 - age ~ 73 years
Luc Lavandier - March 1885 - age 16 years
Leo LeBlanc - February 21, 1967 - age 38 years
Dennis Linden - June 22, 1877 - age 17 years
Jerome Marr - May 2, 1934
John McDonald - November 22, 1888 - age 17 years
Malcolm McDonald - November 22, 1888 - age 23 years
Mike McDonald - November 22, 1888 - age 50 years
Austen Munroe - January 4, 1910 - age 20 years (see Blizzard of 1910)
Freeman Munroe - September 14, 1901 - age 40 years
Freeman A Munro - August 1, 1918 - age 27 years
Matthew George Munroe - 1933 - age 54 years
Rueben Munroe - January 4, 1910 - age 59 years (see Blizzard of 1910)
Rueben N. Munroe - 1902 - age 26 years
Thomas Munro - October 7, 1871 - age 18 years
Thomas Munroe - September 14, 1901 - age 70 years
Spurgeon Peitzsch - May 28, 1940 - age 33 years
Lary Pellerin - September 11, 1867 - age 19 years
Havelock Rhynold - August 15, 1932 - age 19 years
George Richard - April 27, 1868 - age 20 years
Walter Kenneth Uloth - May 24, 1912 - age 24 years
 
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Blizzard of 1910

The shore from Torbay to Cape Canso is exceedingly craggy & broken. No adequate idea can be formed of the horrors of this part of the coast in a southerly gale.

Anthony Lockwood - A brief description of Nova Scotia

FORTY FISHERMEN OF DOVER AND WHITEHEAD SWEPT TO SEA BY FIERCE BLIZZARD, STILL MISSING - The Halifax Herald - Thursday, January 6, 1910 (full article)
ONLY TWO BOATS NOW MISSING FROM THE STRICKEN FISHING FLEET - plus - Captain Boudrot's Story of his Experience - The Halifax Herald - Friday, January 7, 1910
The Fishermen's Awful Experience - part 1 - The Antigonish Casket - Thursday, January 13, 1910
The Fishermen's Awful Experience - part 2 - The Antigonish Casket - Thursday, January 20, 1910
Letter to the Editor -Partial List of Boats & Crew - Canso Breeze - Date / Author unknown
Whitehead Boats & Crew involved - contributed by Peggy Feltmate
Loss of Capt. Ruben Munro and Son and Courtley Feltmate - Billy Cy Feltmate
Blizzard of 1910 - from the Memoirs of Beattie Munroe

 

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