The Monument at Spencer's Island
The Mary Celeste Monument
This is located at Spencer's Island, where 'The Amazon', later to become 'The Mary Celeste' was built.
Spencer's Island is a rural community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, located at the western end of Greville Bay on the Bay of Fundy. The community is named after a small island of the same name located offshore from nearby Cape Spencer.
It became became an important shipbuilding centre during the latter days of the Age of Sail.
The plaque and Cairn for the Mary Celeste was unveiled on 7th. August 1963. It was erected by the Nova Scotia Historical Society. Locals Steven McLellan and Robert Hughes were involved in the movement to get the monument erected.
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