Many vessels ran into reefs or rocks along the Island North Shore . The records of most of these wrecks have been lost to memory. In more recent times, the Muskongus - a lumber ship - ran aground a short dis¬ tance from Covehead Harbour . The crew were rescued by local fishermen. For many year, parts of the wreck were visible in about three fathoms of water. When a welsh coal vessel, the Tunstall. was drushed in the ice in 1885 near Covehead Harbour , the crew abandoned ship, slaughtered a pig to eat, and crossed the ice on foot towards shore. The strong wind carried the ice eastward the crew landed safely near St. Peters approx¬ imately twelve miles from Covehead Harbour . Piece of coal still wash ashore regularly on Stanhope Beach from the wreck which lies in about eleven fathoms of water. Many fishermen can still give the location as a result of having lobster trap lines entangled in the old wreckage. 49