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USQUE AD MARE
A History of the Canadian Coast Guard and Marine Services
by Thomas E. Appleton
Marine and Fisheries Lifesaving Stations in 1914
(Condensed from Marine Report 1913-1914)
| Stations | Established | Coxswain | Description of boat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Wood Island | 1910 | Harry Harvey | Beebe-McLellan twin screw motor boat |
| Richibucto | 1917 | Albert Long | Race point surf-boat 24 feet long |
| Point Escuminac | 1908 | E. F. Flieger | Beebe-McLellan self-bailing |
| Cape Tormentine | 1912 | I. Allen | Beebe-McLellan self-bailing |
| Stations | Established | Coxswain | Description of boat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker's Cove | 1886 | R. L. Baker | Dobbin's pattern self-righting 28 feet long |
| Blanche | 1889 | H. Swaine | Beebe-McLellan surf-boat self-bailing 25 feet long |
| Clark's Harbour | 1900 | W. D. Attwood | Beebe-McLellan self-bailing 25 feet long lowends |
| Canso | I. I. Berrigan | Dobbin's pattern surf-boat self-baling 25 feet long (Lyle gun at this station) | |
| Devil's Island | 1885 | B. H. Henneberry | Beebe-McLellan surf-boat self-bailing 25 feet long (Lyle gun at this station and new boat in 1903) |
| Duncan Cove | 1886 | I. W. Holland | Beebe-McLellan surf-boat self-bailing 25 feet long |
| Herring Cove | 1885 | Edw. V. Dempsey | Dobbin's pattern self-righting and bailing 25 feet long |
| Pictou Island | 1889 | Duncan McCallum | Dobbin's pattern seIf-righting and bailing 25 feet long |
| Port Mouton | 1889 | Walter Cooke | Beebe-McLellan surf-boat self-bailing 25 feet long |
| Scattarie | 1885 | Ias. Nearing | Nearing Beebe-McLellan boat on east side |
| Seal Island | 1880 | Smith G. Penney | Beebe-McLellan boat on west side |
| St. Paul Island | 1885 | Supt. Humane Establishment | Beebe-McLellan self-bailing 25 feet long, low ends (Lyle gun here since 1903) |
| Whitehead | 1890 | John Phalen | Dobbin's pattern surf-boat self-bailing 25 feet long |
| Sable Island | 1885 | Douglas Henneberry, Jas. Ritcey | Dobbin's pattern self-righting and bailing and one Beebe-McLellan self-bailing (Lyle gun and rocket apparatus at this station) |
| Cheticamp | 1911 | M. Maillett | Beebe-McLellan twin screw motor boat |
| Bay View | 1911 | I. W. Hayden | 36 feet (Digby Co.) self-righting and self-bailing power boat |
| Stations | Established | Coxswain | Description of boat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priest Pond | 1909 | Chas. Campbell | Board of Trade rocket apparatus |
| Charlottetown | 1907 | E. White | Beebe-McLellan self-bailing |
| Souris | 1907 | Pius Cheverie | Beebe-McLellan self-bailing |
| Alberton | 1907 | Gordon Bennett | Beebe-McLellan self-bailing |
| Cascumpeque | Joshua Hutt | Board of Trade rocket apparatus |
| Stations | Established | Coxswain | Description of boat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bamfield | 1907 | Geo. Murray | Self-righting and self-bailing 36 ft. power boat (New motor boat and Lyle gun in combination with Pachena Bay) |
| Ucluelet | 1908 | W. L. Thompson | Doherty's Improved Beebe-McLellan 25 feet long |
| Tassiat | 1907 | W. Kennedy | (Patrol Station Only) |
| Clayoquot | 1908 | A. Arnet | Doherty's Improved Beebe-McLellan 25 feet long |
| Stations | Established | Coxswain | Description of boat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobourg | 1882 | D. Rooney | Dobbin's pattern self-righting and bailing |
| Co]lingwood | 1885 | G. F. Watts | Beebe-McLellan se]f-bailing surf-boat |
| Goderich | 1886 | Malc. McDonald | Surf-boat |
| Kincardine | 1903 | Thos. McGaw | Beebe-McLellan se]f-bailing surf-boat |
| Long Point | 1902 | Jas. Smith | Surf-boat |
| Point Pelee | 1900 | L. Wilkinson | Surf-boat |
| Port Hope | 1889 | John McMahon | Dobbin's pattern self-righting and bailing |
| Port Stanley | 1885 | J. R. Moore | Beebe-McLellan surf-boat self-bailing 25 feet long |
| Toronto Island | 1883 | Frank Ward | Dobbin's pattern self-righting and bailing (2 fast motor boats were stationed on Ward's Island by 1915) |
| Consecon | 1898 | R. Bedford | Dobbin's pattern self-righting and bailing |
| Southampton | 1907 | Hector McLeod | Beebe-McLellan surf-boat self-bailing |
Note: The Lyle gun is a line throwing mortar which fires the line by 32 calibre black powder blanks.
