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. Yeah, no doubt. 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.

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

Hey, I'm Jeff Belanger.

And I'm Ray Osier.

Welcome to episode 294 of the New England Legends podcast.

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