Ghost Stories and Legends of Prince Edward IslandDundurn, 2018 M10 20 - 184 pages A collection of haunting legends, delightful yarns, and spine-tingling ghost stories. Swathed in mist, surrounded by the secretive sea, wind wailing like the lost souls of sailors around its shores, Prince Edward Island is the ideal setting for the strange and incredible, even the supernatural. Islanders have handed down, from one generation to the next, many legends and ghost stories of visiting spirits, buried pirate treasure, sea serpents, and ghostly apparitions. Who dares to doubt the veracity of the sailors who met a phantom schooner, the fishermen who fled from a sea monster, or the countless Islanders who have dug for pirate gold, only to be terrified by something uncanny and to have abandoned their search? Curl up on a dark night with this new second edition and find yourself transported to the magical and mysterious Prince Edward Island. |
Contents
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three THE PHANTOM SHIP OF NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT | 24 |
four THE GREAT SEAL ROBBERY | 30 |
five SHIPWRECKS AND THE HIGH SE AS | 35 |
six BURIED TREASURE | 38 |
seven THE MURDER OF ABEL | 51 |
twenty SUMMERSIDE | 98 |
twentyone TIGNISH | 105 |
twentytwo THE GHOSTLY MILLER OF CLYDE RIVER | 112 |
twentythree THE SMUGGLERS OF HOLLAND COVE | 115 |
twentyfour FORERUNNERS | 124 |
twentyfive LOSS OF THE FAIRY QUEEN | 133 |
twentysix THE YANKEE GALE | 140 |
twentyseven WORLDS FASTEST SHIP MEETS ITS DEMISE | 145 |
eight ABELS CAPE | 57 |
nine CAPTAIN GEORGE KNOWS HIS PLACE AT KINGS PLAYHOUSE | 63 |
ten LOST BABY LURES GHOST AGAIN AND AGAIN | 68 |
eleven THE SHADOW OF HOLLAND COVE | 71 |
twelve THE FORK IN THE GRAVEYARD | 75 |
thirteen AN ANNUAL VISIT FROM THE MASTER AT THE MACPHAIL HOMESTEAD | 79 |
fourteen TREAD WITH CAUTION IN GOBLINS HOLLOW | 83 |
fifteen SEA SERPENTS AND MONSTERS | 86 |
sixteen ROMANTIC LINK REVEALED ON HALLOWEEN | 90 |
seventeen THE GHOST OF BARLOW ROAD | 93 |
eighteen GHOSTLY ENCOUNTERS AT YEO HOUSE | 95 |
nineteen NAKED NATHAN | 96 |
twentyeight CROSSING AT THE CAPES IN WINTER | 148 |
twentynine A HORSE THROUGH THE ICE | 152 |
thirty CHARLOTTETOWN | 156 |
thirtyone CONFLICT | 165 |
thirtytwo TREACHEROUS TRAVEL | 169 |
thirtythree WEST OF THE CAPITAL | 175 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 183 |
RECOMMENDED READING | 184 |
PLACES TO VISIT | 187 |
BOOK CREDITS | 192 |
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