3-034-655 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Regatta at Halifax, Nova Scotia - the four-oared race to M'Nab's Island: view from Dartmouth, 1871. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. A. Gilmore, of the 61st Regiment. 'The great four-oared boat-race for the championship of the world, contested by two British crews (both from the Tyne), one from the United States, and three from the Canadian or British American Provinces, took place in the harbour...The course rowed was from the Halifax Yacht Club-House to M'Nab's Island, a distance of six miles...The two English crews stripped bare, as is their custom... The Halifax men failed to overbake Winship's four, who came in winners by a length and a half; Chambers' crew were third, two lengths behind the Pryor crew, and the Biglin crew finished half a length in rear of the third. The Barton crew were fourth, and the Roche crew, who were hopelessly beaten, were last...The sketch...shows M'Nab's Island to the left, beyond George's Island. The town of Halifax, the Citadel, and her Majesty's ship Alfred are seen on the opposite side of the harbour; and the boats of the two British crews are on that side, going ahead of the others'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.