The Fortune Bay Musicians - Tribute To Lady Anderson

Tribute to the Lady Anderson
by Fortune Bay Musicians.
Music CD : CD audio : Folk music
Language: English
Publisher: English Harbour West, NF : dist. by the English Harbour West Lions Club, [ca 2000].-----------------------------

To provide medical service to even more people, the Commission of Government purchased the MV Lady Anderson in 1935. A converted yacht, this boat was staffed with a doctor and one or more nurses, and provided medical service to the south coast, one of the most isolated regions of Newfoundland. Later, after the Government purchased five small cabin cruisers to handle south coast medical needs, the Lady Anderson was transferred to Placentia Bay, where it stayed in service until 1967. The five medical cabin cruisers (CCs), CC Robert Bond, CC William Carson (later CC Richard Squires to avoid confusion with the new ferry MV William Carson), CC John Kent, CC William Whiteway, and CC Philip Little were all named for former Newfoundland Prime Ministers, and were put into service between 1950 and 1962. The cabin cruisers carried medical staff to isolated communities to hold onboard clinics. The last cabin cruiser was taken out of service in 1983.


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