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From East Point to North Cape there were 83 wrecks and the bodies of 160 drowned fishermen.

Ferry Caught in Ice off East Point

The carferry "8.5. Prince Edward Island" left Halifax and called at Sydney but got blocked in by ice. Later it sailed to Port aux Basques. On Feb. 1959 the ferry, the ice—breaker Labrador, and a helicopter left Newfoundland for Borden, Prince Edward Island. The ice was extremely heavy and thick off East Point. On Feb. 27th the ferry and the ice-breaker waited off Souris until the 28th at ll a.m. when they again started for Borden. After fighting ice, the ferry turned back to Souris and the Labrador headed back to Sydney, but it, too, turned again towards Souris. The two boats finally arrived at Borden on Monday, March 2nd at 1:20 p.m.

February 1959

Trawlers were lost off Newfoundland. High winds and seas formed ice on the super structure and they capsized. Some crews were lost. It was a very bad winter on the water and there was

1 foot of ice on some of the decks.

1972 Storm

The snow storm struck eastern Prince Edward Island and dropped from four to five inches of snow along the Northumberland Strait area with banks of two feet or more where drifting occurred in exposed areas. It began at 7 a.m. and by dark,

driving was treacherous, especially for motorists who had re— moved winter tires.

Winds were brisk from the north—north—east and the temper— atures were in the low 30's.

In l874 an all—time record for snowfall in Halifax during the month of May was set at 7.4 inches and came close to being broken in one day on Wednesday, May 10, 1972.

Gray Rescues Liberian Vessel

The ferry, John Hamilton Gray, which operates between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick went to assist a Liberian vessel stuck in ice in New Brunswick's Buctouche Bay. The Gray was assigned to the area on May 10, 1972 by the Canadian Forces

Air—Sea Rescue Centre. Service between P.E.I. and N.B. was main— tained by another C.N Ferry.

The M.V. Landa had a cargo of twine and was on its way from Portugal to Charlottetown. She had been stuck in the ice for a week of Buctouche Bay. The captain, weary from 3 days with no sleep, said the ice pack had resulted in damage to the vessel's