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of pine planking on oak frames. Production was brisk in the early years, with as many as fifty boats built by 1949. Other local builders in Nova Scotia also built the design, with 77 wooden versions eventually completed.
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produced a design, at the request of a group from the
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to help perpetuate the memory of the great champion. Months after
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Cuthbertson, Brian (2009). Melville Prison & Deadman's Island: American and French
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Prisoners of War in Halifax 1794–1816. Formac Press. ISBN 978-0-88780-837-1.
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Prisoners of War in Halifax 1794–1816. Formac Press. ISBN 978-0-88780-837-1.
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Cuthbertson, Brian (2009). Melville Prison & Deadman's Island: American and French
Prisoners of War in Halifax 1794–1816. Formac Press. ISBN 978-0-88780-837-1.
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The first twelve bluenose sloops were constructed at the same time together by their first owners under the direction of master boatbuilder John H. Barkhouse, of
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led 1,200 Irish to flee to
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