Memorial University PhD student Karin Murray-Bergquist has taken her interest in history and folklore and mapped it out for her new home province. The 29-year-old Ottawa transplant has marked phantom ships, lights, dogs and shipwrecks through an online Map app called MapHub. Initially, she wanted to map legends of the […]
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Review: Ghostship mythology rides the rising tide
The Dark Pictures: The Man of Medan Supermassive Games Microsoft Windows, PS4, Xbox One 4/5 Ghost ships and the mysteries of the sea have factored into our culture since we carved the first canoes out of pine trees. Chile has its Caleuche. South Africa has the Flying Dutchman. Canada, as […]
Bathurst genealogist recounts Chaleur Bay ghost ship encounter
There aren’t many people who can share the same tale about the Chaleur Bay ghost ship that archivist and genealogist Florence Godin can. It’s mid-August, and the septuagenarian is taking a moment away from her work at the Bathurst Heritage Museum. Godin has been a working member of the Irish […]