Tug Glenfield 1957, Five Lost, Never Found All of the history that I have posted on here is from a hundred or more years ago. I would like to write about some history that is happened in our lifetime (us senior’s...
Princess Louise /S.S. Newfield
by Rodney Stark | Aug 29, 2021 | Brier Island, Lighthouses, Long Island, Lost at Sea, shipwrecks
Princess Louise 1883 Digby just like the Islands has an attraction on the shore. The Islands have Balancing Rock, Digby has a monument placed on the shoreline to remind people of what happened there one hundred and thirty eight or so years ago. People have been...
MV “Tryme” and Lawrence Elliott Sr.
by Rodney Stark | Aug 24, 2021 | Lost at Sea, people, Tiverton
In 1980 I was working in Tiverton for Small Bros. in their machine shop, as part of my job I would work on Small Bros. boats and this is where I met Lawrence Elliott Sr., one of the dragger captains. One day Lawrence was in the machine shop and told me he had...
Respect of The Sea
by Rodney Stark | Jul 30, 2021 | Brier Island, Freeport, Long Island, Lost at Sea, people, Tiverton, Videos, Westport
This blog is about Islanders that have found that no one can control the sea and it can be a dangerous place. Some of our Islanders have been caught out when the weather has changed suddenly. This is about six episodes where Islanders have found themselves in trouble...
Lost at Sea
by Rodney Stark | May 18, 2021 | Lost at Sea
This is not my research but that of John Thurber who has put a lot of effort into this. There has been a lot of lives lost to the sea from these Island and we should all take a moment to think about them. John Thurber’s LOST AT SEA LIST...




