Wallace Cove Early A M
by Marty Saccone
Title
Wallace Cove Early A M
Artist
Marty Saccone
Medium
Photograph - Fine Photography
Description
As summer of 2018 comes to a close I revisited one of my favorite picturesque coastal hideaways in Down East coastal Lubec, Maine,...Wallace Cove located at a place with a very unusual name...."Baileys Mistake"....that name originated back in the early 1700's.
The story goes something like this:
There was then a renowned sea captain, a Captain Bailey who was known and revered for his exemplary seamanship and sailing skills. It seems he, his ship and crew had left Boston, Massachusetts bound for Lubec, ME, with a cargo of lumber.
As they approached West Quoddy Head Light they were socked in by a heavy, heavy fog. Old salt that he was, Captain Bailey, his ship and crew turned wrongly into this cove only to run aground high and dry.
It was out of this embarrassment and pride that Captain Bailey and his crew, then came ashore at this place and there used that cargo of lumber to build homes and settle at this location, never to again sail.
Bailey's Mistake to this day carries the history of that fateful voyage in its name.
So here's to old Bailey, who sailed the salt sea,
'Till his ship ended up where 'twas not s'posed to be;
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September 23rd, 2018
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Comments (4)
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Shadow Silhouettes and Reflections Outdoors” Group Home Page. If enabled, your image will also be posted to our group Google+ Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2018 November: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Thank you for your participation in the group! (November 21, 2018)
Dawn Currie
Marty, Congratulations on your feature in our group, Pure Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world!