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Wednesday, 22 April 2020

Canadian seal hunting schooner Espérance in 1867

Homeport Amherst Harbor. Captain D. Boudreau. Tonnage 51 tons. Crew numbering 10 men. Active in the sealing leaving Amherst Harbor for the ice on 24 March. Number of killed seals 150 and a value of 825 US dollars.

Source
Sessional papers no. 43, first session of the first Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, session 1867-1868, vol 9.

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