NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA—Large pieces of what could be a nineteenth-century ship were recovered by the Canadian Coast Guard in waters near Nova Scotia. According to a report in CBC News, the crew of the CCGS Alfred Needler was conducting a survey of fish in the region when the nets hauled in the sections of the shipwreck. Katie Cottreau-Robins, curator of archaeology for the Nova Scotia Museum, and her team examined the fragments when they were brought to shore. Some of the pieces are better preserved than others. “We have a section of the hull where there’s copper sheathing on the outside and we could see that very clearly, and all the rivets holding the copper onto the frame,” she said. A search of Nova Scotia’s shipwreck database suggests the vessel could be a Swedish ship built in 1877 that sank in bad weather in 1905. Cottreau-Robins said that her team will continue to research the shipwreck pieces and try to find the best place to conserve them. To read about another well-known shipwreck found in Canadian waters, go to "Franklin’s Last Voyage."
