'Governor Parr' was a 900 ton schooner, built 1919 Parrsborough, Nova Scotia. Loaded with timber, she hit very severe weather, lost two aftermasts, and much of the deckload. She was abandoned, and the crew were picked up by an American ship. Being well-built, and with a cargo of lumber, she was unsinkable, and drifted across the Atlantic until, fourteen months after leaving N.S. she was sighted ashore on the Canary Islands. This pic is dated July 1925, so must heave been taken very soon before her final demise.
From photo album Capt. J.G.O. Hutchison.
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