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New England Legends Podcast

A Maine Voyage to End the World

New England Legends Podcast

Jeff Belanger

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 294 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore a Jonesport, Maine, monument to the 1866 voyage of the Nellie Chapin. The ship, and its 156 Christian pilgrims was led by Rev. George Adams, with the plan to sail to Jaffa and build housing for Jewish people in an effort to restore Israel to the Jews so Jesus can return and bring on the End of Days. Even Mark Twain weighs in on the sorry state of the expedition. We ask the important question: What’s the rush?

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Monday.com. We are way up here on the coast of Maine today. Yeah, we are. We're in the small town of Jonesport, Maine, standing by a short bridge that connects to Beals Island. You know, we're only about 40 miles from the Canadian border. Yeah, and there's not much to Jonesport. A few houses, a church, a couple of grocery stores, and the Coast Guard station. Right. This is the kind of town where everybody must know everybody.

0:54.8

Yeah, no doubt.

0:55.8

A place where you have to look out for your neighbors, you know, given the sea and the tough winters. Yeah, there's plenty of boats in the harbor, too. This is the kind of town where almost everybody has some kind of a boat. Yeah, for sure. And a boat is why we're here, Ray. there's a memorial up here on Bridge Street to a ship called the Nellie Chapin.

1:13.2

A ship that sailed out of Jonesport back in 1866 with the hope of ending the world.

1:25.8

Hey, I'm Jeff Belanger.

1:27.3

And I'm Ray Ozier.

1:28.2

Welcome to episode 294 of the New England Legends podcast.

1:32.5

Thanks for joining us on our mission to chronicle every legend in New England one story

1:36.1

at a time.

1:37.0

We're glad you're riding along with us as we explore odd history, ghosts, monsters, UFOs,

1:42.3

true crime, roadside oddities,

1:44.6

and the just plain weird.

1:46.3

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1:48.9

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1:50.2

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1:51.1

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