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Hood Island. This part of the island, therefore, needs to be 

 protected artificially to preserve the present harbour. 



Like many other harbours, that of Port Hood has a tragic 

 side to its history. On December 17th, 1876, the schooner 

 Maggie H, Capt. McLellan, from Bonne Bay, Newfoundland, 

 was wrecked there. The newspaper report describes her as a 

 vessel of 90 tons register, 10 years old, built at Boston and owned 

 by Capt. Murdoch McLellan of Port Hawkesbury. Besides 

 the crew of nine men, there were on board, as passengers, a man 

 and his wife and three children. Two members of the crew and 

 the three children were lost. The remainder of the crew and 

 passengers were rescued by Mr. H. A. Smith, of Port Hood Is- 

 land, and his three brothers, each of whom received a silver 

 watch from the Government in recognition of his humane 

 act. The newspaper of the same date contains also the follow- 

 ing: — "A despatch to the Marine and Fisheries received yester- 

 day states that the barque Minerva of Charlottetown was 

 ashore at Port Hood, full of water, and was breaking up. The 

 second mate was drowned in attempting to land." 



In the preparation of this paper the writer has received val- 

 uable help from several sources. He wishes to acknowledge his 

 indebtedness to Mr. Harry Piers of the Provincial Museum, who 

 acquainted him with the presence of the charts in the Legis- 

 lative Library, to Miss Donohoe, the efficient librarian of that 

 institution, to Mr. R. M. Smith, of Port Hood Island, for in- 

 formation and some measurements on the island, to the officials 

 of the Crown Lands Office, and to Dr. A. W. Chisholm, lyi. P. 

 for Inverness County, for statistics regarding the work of clos- 

 ing the northern entrance to the harbour. Grateful acknow- 

 ledgements are due also to Mr. N. H. Meagher, who took a keen 

 interest in the work from its inception, and furnished material 

 and helpful suggestions. 



