Grandique Ferry, Nova Scotia

Grandique Ferry, Nova Scotia was a former community in Richmond County, Nova Scotia. Arichat was a mission of Grandique Ferry in the early 1800's. The community had a habour name the Grandique Ferry. It also had a wharf. The population in the early 1820's was 76. It got a post office in 1893.

There were shipwrecks near Lennox Passage. The Richmond burnt in 1885. It was a steam ship. It sunk on June 22, 1885. It was a 44-ton schooner. The location of the wreck was at the Grandique Ferry wharf. In 1887, The Margaret Ann sunk near Lennox Passage. It sunk on December 29, 1887. This was a 50-ton schooner. The cause was bad weather. The Wild Briar sunk in 1891 at Grandique Ferry beach, Lennox Passage. It was an 80-ton Schooner. It sunk on June 17, 1891. In 1917, the ship New England sunk near Dog Island Shoal, Lennox Passage. Dog Island borders the Grandique Ferry Harbour and Lennox Passage.

The place was near Louisdale, Nova Scotia.

EXTERNAL LINKS:

http://www.louisdaleisgrandiqueferry.piczo.com/?cr=7&rfm=y (Real History of Louisdale.)

http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/fishimages&CISOPTR=35425&REC=9

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