The Auguste was considered a prison ship, rented by the British governor of Quebec to carry the defeated military personnel of the French out of Quebec after the surrender of Montreal. Since the surrender agreement had detailed instructions for the removal of these people, and many of them were of the upper-class of French Canadian society, though a prison ship the people on board carried with them a good deal of money and luxuries. Unfortunately it was all to end up at the bottom of Aspy Bay, Nova Scotia, along with most of the people on board.

Ship Name: Auguste

Built In: France

Ship Nationality: British (captured from the French)

Tonnage: 245

Reason for Wreck: Ran ashore in a storm

Year Wrecked: 1761

Type of ship: Wooden Sailing Vessel, Merchant Ship

Lives Lost: Approximately 113

Sources:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/18th-century-ship-believed-found-off-coast-of-cape-breton-1.487043

https://sha.org/assets/documents/The%20Wreck%20of%20the%20Auguste.pdf

https://www.proquest.com/openview/f07942a6a6d2cd1b7329b5e543df53fa/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/looters-likely-scouring-sunken-treasures-off-nova-scotia-experts-warn-1.4371713?cache=vpigvemdpalu%3FclipId%3D104062

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Quebec-North-America-1759

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/48758/48758-0.txt

http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/la_corne_luc_de_4E.html

https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/pdfs/committees/61_2_LACSubmissions/20101116/20101116-081-003.pdf

https://www.angelfire.com/art/peina/Newsletters/Jun01.html