Case file · Haunting
Ghost ship of the Northumberland Strait
A burning three- or four-masted schooner has been reported for some two centuries in the strait between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. In 1900, legend says, sailors in Charlottetown Harbour rowed out to rescue its crew before it vanished.
1900 CE · 46.23, -63.13 · status: legend
The account
Folklore treats it as a warning of a northeast storm. Canada Post put it on a stamp in 2014.
The sceptical view
In 1905 New Brunswick scientist William Francis Ganong suggested St. Elmo's fire; others suggest moonlit fog banks.
Connections in the atlas
- Phantom ship seen in Tatamagouche Bay
- Helen Creighton's 'Bluenose Ghosts'
- The Teazer Light of Mahone Bay