The SS Mulgrave operated on the Strait of Canso between 1893 and 1902. It was a tug boat pushing, pulling and towing the four-car barge between Mulgrave and Point Tupper for the Intercolonial Railway.

By: Yvonne Fox “First Canso petitioner sees dream come true – sought signatures in 1883” This was the headline for an article in The Halifax Herald’s August 11, 1955 newspaper. Then 88 years old and living in Jackson Heights, New York, John O’Neil – who was originally from Mulgrave – was only 16 years old…

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