Item 148215 - The fishing steamer "Novelty," Union Wharf, Portland, 1887
- Item 148215 - The fishing steamer "Novelty," Union Wharf, Portland, 1887
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- Item 148215
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Image Info The fishing boat Novelty, owned and captained by Hanson P. Joyce, docked at D.L. Fernald & Co., a fish inspection station at Union Wharf. In 1886, it faced a dispute when British authorities at Pictou, Nova Scotia, denied it coal and, according to the ship's captain, mail at Tignish, Prince Edward Island.
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The incidents attracted the attention of U.S. Secretary of State (1885-89) Thomas F. Bayard, who made American fishing rights in Canadian waters a focus of his career.
This image was included in an album by William S. Edwards. Written beneath is "Str. Novelty at Union Wharf. Feb. 21, 1887."
