Seafarers' Memorial Bell - Digby, Nova Scotia
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N 44° 37.329 W 065° 45.327
20T E 281404 N 4944671
Along the Digby waterfront in Loyalist Park are six cast iron Cannons and this monument, dedicated to the memory of the Seafaring Sons of the area.
Waymark Code: WMVGVY
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date Posted: 04/17/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team
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This 120 year old bronze bell was mounted atop a mortared cut stone cairn with a flat top covered by large conglomerate stones or concrete (it's difficult to tell which). The bell bears two inscriptions, the upper one of which reads:
Cast by the Chaplin - Fulton Mfg. Co. Pittsburgh PA 1897.

The lower inscription reads:
Dept of Marine & Fisheries, Canada 1897.

Three plaques adorn the cairn. The one on the street side is inscribed as below while the other two, on the sides of the cairn, bear the names of those who were lost at sea in the period 1867 to 1967. The plaques bear a total of 103 names.

IN PROUD MEMORY OF

ALL THE SEAFARING SONS OF
ANNAPOLIS BASIN, DIGBY NECK
AND ISLANDS AREA WHO WERE
LOST AT SEA DURING THE PERIOD

1867 - 1967

THIS HAND OPERATED WARNING BELL WAS
LOCATED AT NORTH POINT BRIER ISLAND
IN 1897 BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE AND
FISHERIES TO WARN MARINERS OF SHOALS.

"O LORD THY SEA IS SO GREAT AND
MY SHIP IS SO SMALL"

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