On Friday the 18th I went to the National Archives in Boston to look at the wreck reports for Frenchman Bay and Cranberry Island. I spent all day going through old hand written records from 1880 to 1918. I came back with a list of 41 wrecks that happened off of MDI or the nearby islands. Not all these wrecks are news for me; I need to compare them to the list I have from the Bar Harbor Historical Society that I compiled back in September. Getting a chance to see the original log book where the wrecks were recorded by the people who were there much like seeing a shipwreck for yourself for the first time. With this list of wrecks and with what I have already gathered, I am feeling good about being able to find wreck sites and have a fair chance at identifying them.

On the other front, I am going to go to Backscatter East this week and get a camera so I can start taking picture as soon as I get back to Maine. I am still a bit short on the cost so I might have to do with out a flash at first but we shall see. Also I have started a Kick Starter project that will be up soon so you can help the project and get some prints in return.

Over this year I have been doing research about shipwrecks around Mount Desert Island.  This spring I will start photographing the wreck sites both on land and underwater.  Before I start taking pictures there is still some more research and I need to secure an underwater camera. I am in Boston for two weeks and will be doing more research at the national archives in Boston and getting a underwater camera.