«Even the darkest
night will end,
...and the sun will rise.»
-Victor Hugo





In honour of the fishermen who lost their lives in the Escuminac Disaster.




«There never was any loss of life on any of the boats since I started fishing for salmon in 1915.»



On the night of June 19 to 20, 1959, 35 fishermen died after being swept to sea by tidal waves that reached as high as 49 feet. The tragedy, which came to be called the Escuminac Disaster, is one of the deadliest events on record in New Brunswick fisheries in 100 years.




«The weather was not good, but the fishing was good, we were poor and needed money.»



LOST AT SEA


16 years old
Gardiner Point, NB


19 years old
Baie-Sainte-Anne, NB


50 years old
Baie-Sainte-Anne, NB


16 years old
Baie-Sainte-Anne, NB


16 years old
Baie-Sainte-Anne, NB


47 years old
Baie-Sainte-Anne, NB


61 years old
Newcastle, NB


32 years old
Baie-Sainte-Anne, NB


52 years old
Lamèque, NB


27 years old
Kouchibouguac, NB


21 years old
Kouchibouguac, NB


42 years old
Kouchibouguac, NB


57 years old
Bay du Vin, NB


34 years old
Bay du Vin, NB


43 years old
Baie-Sainte-Anne, NB


70 years old
Baie-Sainte-Anne, NB


23 years old
Baie-Sainte-Anne, NB


33 years old
Baie-Sainte-Anne, NB


19 years old
Baie-Sainte-Anne, NB


31 years old
Auburnville, NB


27 years old
Bay du Vin, NB


49 years old
Hardwicke, NB


21 years old
Hardwicke, NB


27 years old
Baie-Sainte-Anne, NB


58 years old
Baie-Sainte-Anne, NB


30 years old
Baie-Sainte-Anne, NB


42 years old
Baie-Sainte-Anne, NB


41 years old
Baie-Sainte-Anne, NB


27 years old
Bathurst, NB


20 years old
Chatham, NB


49 years old
Bay du Vin, NB


13 years old
Bay du Vin, NB


19 years old
Bay du Vin, NB


29 years old
Bay du Vin, NB


40 years old
Bay du Vin, NB






«The sea got real crazy. I don't know if the tide changed or not. At one point, the waves were only coming from one direction. All at once, the waves started coming from all directions at the same time.»



SCULPTURE
10TH ANNIVERSARY



In loving memory of
CLAUDE ROUSSEL
1930 - 2025




«Pregnant and without any help, I had to cut wood to keep house warm for my nine children.»



OUR SURVIVORS
(as of 2007-2008)



⚓ Edgard Babcock
⚓ Edgard Bonenfant
⚓ Gerard Brideau
⚓ George Chapman
⚓ James Chapman
⚓ William Chapman
⚓ Germain Chiasson
⚓ Edward Carroll Cook
⚓ Eric Daigle
⚓ Jean Baptiste Daigle
⚓ Pierre Doiron
⚓ Alphonse Doucet
⚓ Evé Doucet
⚓ John Doucet
⚓ Alvin Durelle
⚓ Ernest Durelle
⚓ Nelson Durelle
⚓ David Gardiner
⚓ Alyre Gauvin
⚓ Hilaire Gauvin
⚓ Roger Guionet
⚓ Charles Gregan
⚓ Leonard Gregan
⚓ Hubert Gulliver
⚓ William Gulliver
⚓ Camilien Haché
⚓ Ulysse Haché
⚓ Bernard Jenkins
⚓ Cyril Jenkins
⚓ Chlorn Jimmo
⚓ Henry Jimmo
⚓ Moise Jimmo
⚓ Lloyd Kingston
⚓ Frederick LeBelle
⚓ Raymond LeBlanc
⚓ Leslie Lewis
⚓ Thomas Lewis
⚓ Brian Lloyd
⚓ Roy Lloyd
⚓ Aquila Manuel
⚓ Edmund Manuel
⚓ Edgar Manuel
⚓ James Manuel
⚓ Frederick Manuel
⚓ Meldric Manuel
⚓ Alyre Martin
⚓ Edmond Martin
⚓ Hilarion Martin
⚓ Hubert Martin
⚓ Elmer Martin
⚓ Maximin Martin
⚓ Oran Martin
⚓ Roy Martin
⚓ Ludger Martin
⚓ Charles Mazerolle
⚓ Alfred Mazerolle
⚓ Prudent Mazerolle
⚓ William Mazerolle
⚓ Bernard McIntyre
⚓ Donald McIntyre
⚓ Elmer McIntyre
⚓ Hubert McIntyre
⚓ Israel McIntyre
⚓ John A. McIntyre
⚓ John J. McIntyre
⚓ Aldore McIntyre
⚓ Alvin McIntyre
⚓ Ambrose McIntyre
⚓ Urbain McIntyre
⚓ Placide McIntyre
⚓ Alfred Mercure
⚓ Adillion Mercure
⚓ John Meuse
⚓ Francis Newton
⚓ Thomas Nowlan
⚓ John Preston
⚓ Arthur Robichaud
⚓ Gerald Robichaud
⚓ Gerard Robichaud
⚓ Valaire Robichaud
⚓ Robert Russell
⚓ Alexander Savoie
⚓ Gerald Savoie
⚓ Gonzague Savoie
⚓ Lévi Savoie
⚓ Theodore Savoie
⚓ Robert Searle
⚓ Edwin Sippley
⚓ Alexander Taylor
⚓ Raymond Thebault
⚓ Alphonse Turbide
⚓ Arsène Turbide
⚓ Gerard Turbide
⚓ Charles Williston
⚓ Frederick Williston
⚓ Garth Williston
⚓ Hebert Williston
⚓ Henry Williston
⚓ Ian Williston
⚓ James Williston
⚓ John Williston
⚓ Milton Williston
⚓ Norman Williston
⚓ Roland Williston
⚓ Theodore Williston
⚓ Walter Williston
⚓ Wendell Williston




«My husband I loved so much taken from me, never to see him again or hear his voice whispering in my ear, or feel his arms, strong, loving and protecting, around me -- I wanted to die too.»



MISCELLANEOUS




40TH ANNIVERSARY


📰 Trouble at Sea



50TH ANNIVERSARY


📷 Photo Album by Erica Sippley








«Dad never went out on the sea again for the remainder of his life.»



OUR HEROES



🏅 Pierre Doiron
🏅 Alphonse Doucet
🏅 Alvin Durelle
🏅 Bernard Jenkins
🏅 Cyril Jenkins
🏅 Chlorin Jimmo
🏅 Leslie Lewis
🏅 Thomas Lewis
🏅 Brian Lloyd
🏅 Roy Lloyd
🏅 Aquila Manuel
🏅 Edmond Martin
🏅 Hilarion Martin
🏅 Jack Preston
🏅 Robert Searle
🏅 Theodore Williston




«The same hour my father died, mom heard a knock at the door. When she went to the door, no one was there. She always felt it was the spirit of her husband coming home.»