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The Marine History of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

This exhibit focuses on visual, textual, and oral accounts of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia's remarkable seafaring past, renowned as Canada's second largest fleet in the latter 19th century. One learns about ship types and styles, their cargoes, world destinations, and how to "read" ship portraits for valuable information.  Many touching stories are told of Yarmouth's captains and their families, the efforts of crew members to overcome the destructive forces of nature, of their courageous efforts (e.g. "Voyage of Many Rudders"), and of the often perilous lives they led at sea.