Marco Polo Project

   The Deck cabins for the Marco Polo have been built by the Carpenter Training Center of New Brunswick in conjunction with the Tobique First Nations Reserve , by the WOOLASTOKIQUIT PEOPLE [Maliseet ] .The extremely well built cabins arrived today[ 5 feet by 10 feet] and were brought to us as a gift in kind by Loyalist City Towing .The Marco Polo Project would like to greatly acknowledge the volunteer work the Carpentry Training Center of NB and the Tobique reserve did and the work of Loyalist City Towing .Another milestone has been reached .

   July 25 th marks the 125 th anniversary of the Marco polo sinking [1883] at Cavendish PEI. Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote her first nationally published work when she was 17 '"The Wreck of the Marco Polo" ,she saw it grounded when she was 8 . PEI is celebrating the first publication of Anne [100 years] .The Marco Polo wreck is at the most visited tourist attraction in Atlantic Canada-Cavendish Beach ,330 feet out 120 feet down ,a white buoy marks it under the water at the national park. I helped Parks Canada do an interpretation panel for Cavendish . She sailed for 32 years [most tall ships sailed for 10, it is a great testimony to how well built she was and the skills of our community].We have a map on our website of the wreck and LMM 's essay . Barry Ogden

ONE STEP CLOSER

NOEL CHENIER
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
JULY 23/08

The completion of the one-third replica of the Marco Polo is one step closer but those closest to the project will no doubt pause for a moment on Friday when the 125th anniversary of the sinking of the original Marco Polo is marked. The tall ship sank off the shores of Cavendish, P.E.I. The original ship was built in 1851 in Saint John by James Smith. The vessel was the first to circumnavigate the globe in six months. That accomplishment won her the title of the fastest ship in the world. The deck cabins for the Marco Polo replica were built by Carpenters Training Centre of New Brunswick in conjunction with the Tobique First Nations Reserve. The cabins (five feet by 10 feet) arrived in Saint John this week courtesy of Loyalist City Towing. In photo at top left, Jerry Gray of Carpenters Training Centre helps Barry Odgen, the main driving force behind the project, while Marco Polo project manager Bob Coes move one of two deck houses. In top right photo, Larry Cosman and his granddaughter Taylor Spencer inspect the hull of the ship. At bottom left are Carpenters Training Centre students Ernie Polchies, Kisuhs Perley, Kevin Lavoie and Avery Jones while in bottom right photo, Mike Madore, an instructor from Carpenters Training Centre, explains some safety issues to a class of carpentry students.

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