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S.S. Atlantic
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company Limited
usually known as the White Star Line
1 April 1873
The greatest loss of life
in a single North Atlantic tragedy
between 1707 and 1912
Photographs of
Memorial
Sandy Cove
Terence Bay
Halifax Regional Municipality
Nova Scotia
How to get there: See map below
GPS location: 44°27'57"N 63°42'38"W
Photographed on 10 November 2002
Photographed on 25 August 2003
Photographed on 10 November 2002
Photographed on 10 November 2002
Photographed on 10 November 2002
Photographed on 10 November 2002
Photographed on 10 November 2002
Photographed on 10 November 2002
Photographed on 10 November 2002
Photographed on 10 November 2002
Photographed on 10 November 2002
Map showing location of the S.S. Atlantic memorials
at Sandy Cove and Lower Prospect, Halifax County.
"S.S." means steam ship.
From interview with Sheree Fitch
Saint John Telegraph-Journal, 23 April 2005
The New Brunswick Reader, 23 April 2005
Saturday insert in the Saint John Telegraph-Journal
Wreck of the S.S. Atlantic, by Currier and Ives
Links to Relevant Websites
Wreck of the Atlantic, 1873
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Wrecks/wreckatlantic1873.html
History of the White Star Line
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/whitestar.html
Loss of the Atlantic, 1873
http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/%7Emarj/genealogy/ships/atlantic1873.html
Lost at Sea
http://www.lostatsea.ca/atlantic.htm
S.S. Atlantic 1873: memorial at Star of the Sea cemetery Lower Prospect
/hfxrm/ssatlansos.html
S.S. Atlantic: An account of the disaster On March 31st Captain Williams
and third officer C. L. Brady were at the bridge till midnight, there was
a heavy sea running and it was very dark...
http://www.norwayheritage.com/articles/templates/
great-disasters.asp?articleid=1&zoneid=1
S.S. Atlantic Heritage Park Sandy Cove, Terence Bay
http://www.ssatlantic.com/
S.S. Atlantic: Recent photographs of the wreck, August 2002
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/EastCoastDive/ssa.htm
The Wayback Machine has archived copies of:
The Wreck of the SS Atlantic, off Prospect, Nova Scotia
Recent photographs of the wreck
Archived: 2003 April 22
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/
Recreation/EastCoastDive/ssa.htm
Archived: 2003 June 20
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/
Recreation/EastCoastDive/ssa.htm
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Burial service, Victims of Wreck of SS. Atlantic, Lower Prospect, April 1873
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/halifax/exhibit.asp?ID=42
S.S. Atlantic Extracts from Loss of the Steam Ship Atlantic published 1873
http://www.skiphowlett.com/Web_Page/Atlantic.htm
Treacherous Waters
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/ND01/alacarte.html
Great Marine Disasters from 1866 to 1911
http://gaslight.mtroyal.ca/titnmarn.htm
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Photographs of War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
/remem/plaques.html
S.S. Atlantic 1873: memorial at Star of the Sea cemetery Lower Prospect
/hfxrm/ssatlansos.html
Swissair Flight 111 Memorial Whalesback
/hfxrm/swisswhale.html
Swissair Flight 111 Memorial Bayswater
/lunenco/swissbaysw.html
Joe Cracker, HMS Tribune plaque Herring Cove
/hfxrm/tribuneplq.html
Donald McKay memorial Jordan Falls
/shelbco/dmckay.html
Seabright war memorial Seabright
/hfxrm/seabrimem.html
Postal Service in Nova Scotia Halifax
/hfxrm/postservns.html
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http://alts.net/ns1625/histindx.html
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http://alts.net/ns1625/quotes.html
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http://alts.net/ns1625/railways.html
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http://alts.net/ns1625/electric.html
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http://alts.net/ns1625/automobiles.html
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http://alts.net/ns1625/telephone.html
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