Navigating the Lower Saint Lawrence in the 19th Century.
Morning Chronicle, Wednesday, April 13, 1853. | ||
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NOTICE TO MARINERS. | ||
| Each day, (Sunday excepted), at half past twelve o'clock, the signal ball in the Citadel will be hoisted half-mast, at five minutes before one, it will be hoisted to the mast-head, and at one o'clock meantime at Observatory, the ball will be dropped. A chronometer keeping Greenwich time should then show 5h, 44m. 53s. | ||
Latitude 46 48 30N. | |||
Observatory | Longitude 4h 44m. 53s. W | ||
| E.D. Ashe, | |||
Lieutenant, Royal Navy | |||
Quebec, 13th April, 1853. |
| G.R. Bossé©1998-2003. | Posted: Nov. 1st, 1998. |
Updated: July 15, 2003. |
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