Bay of Fundy legend has it that, in 1398, Prince Henry Sinclair, Earl of the Orkney Islands (Scotland) became the first European to visit the 'new world'. This is about a hundred years before other, more famous explorers: John Cabot in 1494 and Christopher Columbus in 1492/98. The owner of the little cottage at Partridge Island had a bit of fun crafting a cairn to Prince Henry, equipt with a celtic cross and all!
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Prince Henry was here...or was he?
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There is a very old graveyard on the north side of West Bay Rd shortly after the Ottawa House as one proceeds westward. Do you know any details about this graveyard?
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Paul Nicholas
Ottawa
Hi Paul - yes there is still a cairn in that location, I thought to mark the site of the old Partridge Island school but perhaps it was a graveyard. It is about 50 m past the second entrance to the Ottawa House Museum. Museum phone # 902-254-2376. The folks at the museum would know, I'm sure. There is another very old grave yard in West Bay itself though.
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