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Monday, 30 March 2020

Canadian fishing and sealing schooner Dolphin in 1867


Homeport House Harbour (Magdalen Islands). Active on the cod fishery along the Magdalen Islands. Captain O. Richard. Tonnage 52 tons. Crew numbered 10 men. Catch of 300 cwts cod. Active in the sealing leaving House Harbor for the ice on 24 March. Number of killed seals 180 and a value of 990 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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