The crew rebuilding the ancient ship Hector had yet another setback when post-tropical storm Fiona tore through Nova Scotia.
Due to the COVID-19 epidemic and supply chain challenges, work to rebuild a model of the 1773 ship that transported roughly 190 people from Scotland to Pictou, N. S., has been put on hold.
However, the team has been overwhelmed with offers of old growth wood from trees toppled by Fiona, which slammed the area on September 24, according to Vern Shea, the ship’s restoration manager.
Shea claims that the project board member who made the initial offer soon followed up with more wood than the crew knew what to do with.
The galley and captain’s cabin will be built out of the timber, which also contains old growth pine and fine cherry wood.
Shea claims that the team just got a request to mill the wood, some of which is up to 250 years old, for free from a descendent of one of the Hector’s Scottish passengers.
The Canadian Press initially released this article on November 1, 2022.
A team from Nova Scotia will use trees that Fiona felled to restore the historic Hector ship.
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