Navigating the Lower Saint Lawrence in the 19th Century.

Quebec Gazette #5334 02/11/1838
 
     Extract of a letter received in town, dated Point St. Peter (Gaspé), October 20th, 1838.

   "We have just received intelligence of a large bark bound to Quebec, being wrecked at l'Anse au Gascon, Bay Chaleur, about four miles from here, with a cargo of rum, tallow, &c. and £7,000 in specie. The captain, mate and 40 persons were drowned, 12 of the crew were saved. She went ashore at the same point the Sterling was wrecked."

   "Advice has been received that the bark Colborne, which is missing, had on board rum, tallow, &c., and specie."

   "The captain of the Judge Thompson, arrived this morning from Gaspé, reports having seen the second mate of the bark Colborne, and the melancholy news of the loss of that vessel, with 42 passengers and part of the crew, now fully confirmed. Those of the crew who remained, together with the mate, were busily occupied saving part of the cargo; they were in hopes that they would have been able to get at the specie. The names of the passengers are not yet known."

 
 
 

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