Gulf of St. Lawrence. After fifty—seven years stories still continue to surface as to what really took place on that day.

A story, published on June 5, 1995, stated that on May 7, 1943 a German submarine was sunk by a Corvette off North Cape, PEI. On that day a slow suspicious blip showed up on the screen at RCAF Radar Base St. Felix. Information was viewed simultaneously at the Radar Filter Room in Halifax, NS. A plane was reported sent out from the Air Force Base in Summerside,

PEI to investigate A patrol from the Radar Base was set up, at the time, with

members from PEl Militia on standby. They were to watch for any strange happenings and for any rescue that may have had to be made. Searches of the area and endless reports since that time tell of snagged fishing nets and the discovery of a mutation

box with German markings. A diving instructor from Fredericton, NB, using a fathom-meter

scanned the area and detected a 63 meter (200 foot) by 8 meter (25 foot)) object This was close enough to U-boat specifications for him to investigate further. According to writings dated 1989 he dove on the site and found the same object lying on one side covered with sand, but the report did not say it was a German U—boat. Other stories report divers seeing a large deck gun, a 20

mm anti-aircraft gun and damaged periscope. People in the area still maintain that they saw what

appeared to be a submarine coming to the surface of the water and trying to shoot what they thought might have been a corvette or destroyer that was dropping depth charges. They say they saw the submarine being hit and going down (stern first).

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