Stove Boats, Shipwrecks, and Cannibalism: The Perils of Westport Whaling Voyages
Whaling was a dangerous business. On long voyages so many things could go wrong. Men got sick far from land. […]
Local history articles, Maritime, Whaling Disasters
Maritime
Maritime
Maritime Activities
Maritime activities in Westport were necessarily centered around the coastal region, although the deep reaches of the Westport River allowed […]
Maritime, Twentieth Century
Marjorie Robb and the sinking of the Titanic
Marjorie Robb (1889-1992) was a survivor of the Titanic disaster. She lived at Westport Point. In 1986 she spoke about […]
Maritime, Nineteenth Century
Whalers into and out of Westport
There are references to sailing into and out of Westport in several whaling logs. We print here
Maritime, Nineteenth Century
Herman Melville in Westport?
Did Herman Melville ever visit Westport? We will probably never know, but the following item from The Melville Log (Edited […]
Maritime
Harbinger Poetry
There are a number of poems (or parts of poems) in the logs of the ship Harbinger, and we thought […]