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Buchanan, Dan.
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Speedy (Ship)
Shipwrecks -- Ontario, Lake (N.Y. and Ont.) -- History -- 19th century.
Shipwrecks -- Great Lakes (North America) -- History.
Great Lakes (North America)
Ontario -- History -- 1791-1841.
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Buchanan, Dan.
Speedy (Ship)
Shipwrecks -- Ontario, Lake (N.Y. and Ont.) -- History -- 19th century.
Shipwrecks -- Great Lakes (North America) -- History.
Great Lakes (North America)
Ontario -- History -- 1791-1841.
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The wreck of HMS
Speedy
: the tragedy that shook Upper Canada / Dan Buchanan.
by
Buchanan, Dan.
Milner & Associates, 2020.
Call #:
971.3 B918w
Subjects
Speedy
(
Ship
)
Shipwrecks -- Ontario, Lake (N.Y. and Ont.) -- History -- 19th century.
Shipwrecks -- Great Lakes (North America) -- History.
Great Lakes (North America)
Ontario -- History -- 1791-1841.
ISBN:
9781988344249 (trade pbk)
Description:
259 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"The sinking of HMS
Speedy
in 1804 off Presqu'ile Point was more than a tragic event for the families of the twenty souls onboard the
ship
-- it had shocking and far-reaching repercussions for the young colony of Upper Canada. At the centre of it all is Ogetonicut, a Mississauga First Nations man charged with murdering John Sharp, a white trader. As Ogetonicut's trial drew near, the authorities in York moved it to Newcastle for fear of angering the indigenous community amidst growing tensions between the British and Americans. With the shipping season coming to a close, the HMS
Speedy
set sail with the accused and the legal elite of the young colony on board. But on the night of October 8, the
Speedy
was lost in a violent storm; there were no survivors and the
ship
could not be found. The mystery surrounding the ill-fated
ship
has continued for more than two centuries, despite the efforts of commercial diver Ed Burtt, who began a search for the
Speedy
in the early 1990s. Were the remains he located at the bottom of Lake Ontario from the lost
ship
? Were valuable copies of the Statutes of Upper Canada on board? What evidence lay in the untouched artifacts Burtt found? Based on unparalleled access to archival documents and to all Ed Burtt's unpublished research and records, this is a meticulously researched look at a fascinating episode in Canadian history -- the story of the
ship
and those who sailed her; the modern-day search for the wreck; a First Nations protagonist and perspective; the legal personalities and colonial government of the time -- and a unique social history of early Canada."--Publisher.
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