Ferries are gone, but lights at Cape Tormentine illuminate memories of sailing to P.E.I.
Original Article by Vanessa Blanch, CBC News - Posted: Apr 30, 2023 A spot on the Northumberland Strait that played host to thousands of...
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- Mar 11
- 2 min
History of the Cape Tormentine Beach Music Festival
CAPE TORMENTINE, N.B. – August 4, 5 and 6 of 2023 marks the eighth annual Cape Tormentine Beach Music Festival! Locals may remember a...
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- Feb 12
- 2 min
The Ghost Ship of Northumberland Strait
The Ghost Ship of Northumberland Strait has been a subject of mystery and intrigue for over 200 years. Its origin is shrouded in mystery,...
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- Feb 6
- 1 min
Elizabeth Platinum Jubilee Medal Awarded To Corporation President
January 30, 2023: Sackville, NB MLA Megan Mitton presented the Queen Elizabeth Platinum Jubilee Medals to an amazing group of New...
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- Jan 22
- 2 min
The Ferry Road Lighthouse: Cape Tormentine Outer Wharf Range Rear Lighthouse
The rear tower at Cape Tormentine was maintained year-round beginning in 1906. Previously, it had been active only when needed by the...
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- Jan 15
- 2 min
Cape Tormentine Outer Wharf Lighthouse History
This beacon was established in 1902 with the current short pepper-pot style tower put in place in the 1940s. Ferry service was...
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- Jan 8
- 3 min
Indian Point Lighthouse, A Range Lighthouse Story.
What is a range lighthouse? According to Lighthouses of New Brunswick: Past and Present by Kraig Anderson and Kelly Anne Loughery (Nimbus...
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- Dec 18, 2022
- 7 min
Travelling Down the Emigrant Road
A brief history of the Tormentine Peninsula Original article by tantramarheritage.ca Long-time readers will know that the region covered...
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- Nov 22, 2022
- 12 min
1906 Cape Tormentine Mystery: Disappearance Of The Creamer Children
1906 Cape Tormentine Mystery: Disappearance Of The Creamer Children
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- Nov 18, 2022
- 3 min
1963: MV Abegweit Crew Rescues Summerside Boy from Ice Cake
Original Article by Allan MacRae *Capt. Kean, former resident of Cape Tormentine, NB “Sixteen-year-old Kenneth Blacquiere was safely home...
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- Nov 10, 2022
- 4 min
'Engineering masterpiece' to shuttle ships between N.B. and N.S. lost to time
"stones from those engine houses were then carted out to Cape Tormentine where they became the breakwater for the ferry terminal'" View...
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