Wrecked with Tony: The Wreck of the Clare Lilley
By Tony Sampson | Atlantic Boating Contributor
Photos by Bob Daly and John Wesley-Chisholm
Clare Lilley, what a beautiful name.
It is a name that you would think belonged to a charming young lady, not a deadly tangled and twisted mass of steel, chain and munitions that lies just a stone’s throw off shore in beautiful Portuguese Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
On the 17th of March 1942, the American munitions ship, the Clare Lilley, ran aground close to the shore and wrecked ...
Wrecked With Tony: Pictou’s Mystery Ghost Ship
By Tony Sampson | Atlantic Boating Contributor
As you walk along the charming Pictou waterfront, past the replica of the immigrant ship, Hector, that brought Scottish immigrants to the Pictou area in 1773, most people have no idea what sits under the murky water just a few hundred yards offshore.
In 2015, the Canadian Hydrographic Service located a mystery wreck in Pictou harbour sitting upright in the silt bottom. Recently, while filming a local TV series, John Wesley Chisholm from ...
Wrecked with Tony: The Wreck of the Rose Castle
By Tony Sampson | Atlantic Boating Contributor
Newfoundland, also known as The Rock, is a magical Island filled with mystery and treasure.
It is also an adventure playground and home to thousands of shipwrecks, dating back many centuries.
On a family trip to this breathtaking province, I was fortunate enough to meet up with my old friend, and fellow shipwreck addict, Rick Stanley.
Rick owns and operates Ocean Quest Adventures and invited me to join a group of divers (The Battle of ...
