Forgotten History

The RMS Titanic sank a hundred and one years ago today. Ships were dispatched from Halifax to recover bodies, since Halifax was the nearest big port with continental rail connections.



The

Mackay-Bennet, a Halifax-based steamer normally used for laying

communications cable, led the effort. Two days after the sinking she set

out with a cargo of coffins and canvas bags, an undertaker and a

preacher.

Over

the next four weeks two ships from Halifax followed, the Minia and the

CGS Montmagny. Altoge...