Bluenose schooner

A story about the sailing schooner known as The Bluenose.

In 1922 the Schooner Bluenose of Lunenburg, NS raced the schooner Henry Ford of Gloucester, MA for the International Trophey in the Fisherman’s Races. This is a scan from an original press photo from the first race on October 23rd, 1922 in light breezes off Gloucester. The Henry Ford, with the number 7 on its mainsail, won that race. The Bluenose won the next two races in stronger winds to take the trophey back home to Nova Scotia. The Bluenose was launched in Lunenburg on March 26, 1921…

Here are some more images of Billings Canada Bluenose schooner. From Wikipedia" Bluenose was a Canadian fishing and racing schooner from Nova Scotia built in 1921. A celebrated racing ship and hard-working fishing vessel, Bluenose under the command of Angus Walters became a provincial icon for Nova Scotia and an important Canadian symbol in the 1930s. She was later commemorated by a replica Bluenose II built in 1963; leaking and worn out, it was dismantled in 2010, and rebuilt in the same…

Angus Walters sailed into the world on June 9th, 1881 — born into a Lunenburg family where the sea ran deep in their blood. Captain Elias Walters, Angus’ father, was the Master of his own schooner, Nyanza — where he was considered one of the best in the Lunenburg fishing fleet. Eager to

Grand Bank fishing schooner Margaret K. Smith W.R. MacAskill Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1987-453 no. 3913