Work to restore the replica of a ship that brought about 190 settlers from Scotland to Pictou, N.S., in 1773 had been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain issues.
Vern Shea, restoration manager for the Ship Hector Society — the team working on the historic vessel — said Tuesday that when he went to the site a couple days after the Sept. 24 storm that took out power to most of the region, he wasn’t sure what work the team would be able to do. It was then that a board member phoned and asked if he needed any of the many pine trees that had been felled by the storm.
The restoration team posted a request on Facebook for any downed trees that needed removal and could be used for the shipbuilding project. Shea says they were immediately inundated with calls from people wanting felled trees taken away. Shea said the team prioritized requests from seniors, adding that staff quickly got to work cutting up and removing trees from across Pictou, located about 160 kilometres northeast of Halifax.
“We’ve got a lot of wood, old-growth stuff that fell down on properties that were actually originally owned by some the first settlers to the area,” he said.
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