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Bluenose Under The MacKay - Dartmouth, NS

Bluenose Under The MacKay - Dartmouth, NS

SKU: 8x10WS17
C$70.00Price

8x10 print (11x14 matted) includes single mat with backing & cello sleeve. Signed.

 

Bluenose Under The MacKay

    Launched in 1921 as a Grand Banks fishing and racing schooner, the Bluenose reigned over the North Atlantic and brought fame to her captain Angus Walters & his crew. In 1942 She was sold to the West Indies Trading Company & sailed as a supply ship during WWll until She was wrecked on a reef off the coast of Hati in 1946.

The Bluenose ll was launched in 1963 & has acted as Nova Scotia’s sailing ambassador ever since. Her image has graced the Canadian Dime since 1937 & now a silver dollar minted in 2021.

The A. Murry MacKay Bridge (AKA – The MacKay or the New Bridge) opened July 10, 1970. Length 1200 meters; clearance below 47 meters.

 Betty Calder began professionally painting in 2021,

 after being forced to retire due to a disability called Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN).

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