SHIPBUILDING IN NOVA SCOTIA.
The building of wooden vessels, which was a conspicuous feature of the industrial life of the small towns of Nova Scotia in the neighbourhood of Parrsboro during. 1916, will be continued during 1917 with no less activity, writes Consul E. Verno Richardson, Monoton, New Brunswick, Canada, 10th January. Six, shipyards in the vicinity named are engaged in tho construction of schooners. The Huntley yard at Parrsboro is building a 600-ton four-master. At Fox Rivor two schooners, each three-masters, of 430 and 460 tons respectively, will soon be in frame. The builder is G. M. Cochrane. Messrs. EL Elderkin and Co., at Port Grevillo will build for themselves a 350----ton three-master during the year. At the same port the Graham yard has plans drawn for a three-master of about .200 tone. At Spencer's Island a sohooner of 430 tons ie expected to be ready for launching early in tho coming summer, and a slightly larger vessel of about 460 tons will be launched at the Bentley yard at, Advocate Harbour before fall.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 60, 10 March 1917, Page 10
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