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eeded in boarding her and discovering which ship she was. Below the hatches they found a steam engine. The vessel was laid up because she was stripped of her sails and most of the rigging. They brought a set of new sails aboard and used them and poles to free the ship from the ice. On April 25rd they put into St. Peters Harbour where the ship appeared to be un— damaged.67 ‘ The following ad appeared in the Examiner on June 17,

1828:

Notice is hereby given to the owners, underwriters

or others concerned, that the subscriber has picked

up in the Gulph, in the ice and taken and secured in

the Harbour of St. Peter's in P.E.I., the schooner

St. Ann of Quebec. She will be delivered to the

owners upon paying salvage, expenses etc. as allowed

by law. Angus MacDonald, East Point, Lot 45, April 2#,1828.68

The brigantine, Planter, was wrecked off East Point a short time before August 28, 1855. She was later advertised to be sold by Auctioneer, S. Desbrisay.69

The small schooner Almira capsized between Beatons Point and Black Point. Three of the crew were drowned but the Captain, John Beaton of East Point, and William Stewart, Kings- boro clung to the floating wreck until she drifted ashore.7O

A vessel with a load of Grindstones was wrecked on

the northside of East Point in 1870. It was wrecked between