The disintegrating hull and steam boiler and tubing are what is left of this old wooden ship (one of several abandoned vessels In the Musquash Estuary. Located about 15 kms west of Saint John). Over the past 20 months I've checked various online sites as well as more than 1/2 dozen contacts in the Saint John and surrounding area, in an attempt at identifying this vessel (and the others in the Estuary). Those contacts include residents of Musquash, various historians, libraries, New Brunswick Museum, archives, etc. There doesn't seem to be any recorded history as to the origin of these wooden ships (Schooners...?) or when/how they ended up in the Estuary. It is my understanding they were purchased in the 1950's (?) by local businesman C.N. Wilson (Saint John Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Ltd.), and converted for use as a lumber and coal carrier(s), trading in the Gulf of Maine and Bay of Fundy and eventually abandoned at their present location.

I am currently waiting for information from yet another of my contacts in anticipation of identifying this ship (and the others)..........