Swim for the Alligator Lighthouse
The Swim for Alligator Lighthouse is an annual 8 mile open water swim that takes…
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About World’s Container Ships
A container ship (also known as a boxship or containership) is a cargo ship that…
Escape the Ghost Ship
A new adventure from Secret City Adventures and Pirate Life combines immersive theatre, escape room…
Books: Piratical Doings on the River St. Clair
Photo via Facebook A new book, written by Dr John C. Carter tells the story…
Online Presentation: Pirates of Atlantic Canada
Dan Conlin will give an illustrated talk on the history of piracy in Canada’s Atlantic…
“Roaring” Dan Seavey, the pirate of the Great Lakes
Who said pirates didn’t exist on the Great Lakes? “Roaring” Dan Seavey, born March 23,…
Wreck Briefing – HMS Raleigh
On August 8, 1922, at L’Anse Amour, Newfoundland, Bromley raced the flagship through thick fog and ran her aground.
Justice for pirates quick, brutal on Canadian seaboard
Canada was not exempt from piracy on the high seas. Edward Jordan led a diverse lifestyle. The Irishman had been a rebel in Ireland, as well as a fisherman and pirate in Nova Scotia, on Canada’s eastern seaboard.
Justice for pirates quick, brutal on Canadian seaboard
Canada was not exempt from piracy on the high seas. Edward Jordan led a diverse…
Sable Island – Graveyard of the North Atlantic
Located 300 km east-southeast of Halifax are the crescent-shaped, shifting sand dunes of Sable Island. Home of the wild Sable Island ponies with the long, flowing manes and tails, it has also been a temporary home for shipwrecked sailors, en route convicts, and pirates brought there inadvertently by the legendary gales that blow around the island.
Sable Island – Graveyard of the North Atlantic
Located 300 km east-southeast of Halifax are the crescent-shaped, shifting sand dunes of Sable Island.…
Peter Easton Was The Scourge of the Western Atlantic
Of the various pirates who lurked along the wild, sparsely inhabited coasts of Newfoundland in the 16th and 17th centuries, Peter Easton was among the elite, most successful and best known. His plundering, which ranged from Newfoundland and the Grand Banks south to the Caribbean and Spanish Main, made him the scourge of the Western Atlantic for more than a decade.
Peter Easton Was The Scourge of the Western Atlantic
Of the various pirates who lurked along the wild, sparsely inhabited coasts of Newfoundland in…