St. John's To Nova Scotia
The first step was to finish the line between St. John's and Nova Scotia and in 1855 an attempt was made to lay a cable across the Cabot Strait in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. It was laid out from a barque in tow of a steamer. When half the cable was laid a gale rose and the line was cut to keep the barque from sinking. The next summer a steamboat was fitted out for the purpose and the link from Cape Ray, Newfoundland to Aspy Bay, Nova Scotia was successfully laid.
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