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Bluenose was a fishing and racing gaff rig schooner built in 1921 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. A celebrated racing ship and fishing vessel, Bluenose under the command of Angus Walters, became a provincial icon for Nova Scotia and an important Canadian symbol in the 1930s, serving as a working vessel until she was wrecked in 1946.
Queen of the North Atlantic. Skippered by Captain Angus J. Walters against the fastest American schooners, many of them from Gloucester, Massachusetts, the Bluenose crew set its sights on winning the International Fishermen’s Race. The event pitted working fishermen in their regular schooners, competing for the Fishermen’s Trophy.
Bluenose II is a replica of the fishing and racing schooner Bluenose, commissioned by Sidney Culverwell Oland and built in 1963 as a promotional yacht for Oland Brewery. Sidney Oland donated the schooner to Nova Scotia in 1971 and it has since operated as a sailing ambassador and promotional device for Nova Scotia tourism.
Bluenose: A Canadian Icon. From the day Bluenose was launched on 26 March 1921 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, the Grand Banks fishing schooner has been a vessel larger-than-life, its sails cut and sewn with the fabric of legend, its crew a breed of rugged, hardy, seafaring men.
Read up on the history of the Bluenose, a 1921 Nova Scotian schooner manned by Captain Angus Walters that our company is named after.
Bluenose II - The legend reborn. Bluenose struck a reef off Isle aux Vache, Haiti on 28 January 1946. Despite the loss, the legacy and admiration for the once mighty schooner lived on in the hearts and minds of Canadians — especially Nova Scotians. In 1963, Bluenose II was launched.
The vessel became the world's most famous Nova Scotian fishing schooner and won a place in the hearts of thousands. Bluenose was launched at the Smith and Rhuland Shipyard, in Lunenburg, on March 26, 1921. Hundreds of people watched as the vessel went down the ways.
Bluenose was designed by William J. Roué, a local marine architect, built by Smith & Rhuland Shipyard of Lunenberg, and captained by local sailor Angus Walters. A working schooner, Bluenose and its crew headed to the Grand Banks off Newfoundland to fish in the summer of 1921, all the while focusing on the schooner’s first major test — the ...
The symbolism of the iconic Canadian fishing and racing schooner Bluenose may be as relevant today as it was 100 years ago when the ship first hit the water. Published Feb 26, 2021. Updated Oct 11, 2022.
Welcome to the Bluenose 100th Anniversary website. This special site is a tribute to the legendary fishing schooner herself, her colourful captain and devoted crew, and all the courageous fishermen who sailed the seas during the “golden age of sail”.