Disappearing Shipwreck!  To those who know a bit about the early lumbering days of New Brunswick, it would not be shocking to hear of the amount of shipping traffic from this region to Scandinavia. Colonies and companies from Norway and Sweden played a part in cutting and exporting square timber wood to Europe in the late 1800’s.  A lumber-laden ship (more appropriately classed as a “barque”,  did not make it back to Europe but rather floundered in a storm off the coast here with 12 lives lost in 1906.  The ship, which was planked using  no iron, instead held together with  copper pins, spikes and wooden dowels . The Alma also used copper plating on the hull below the water line, to prevent fouling from marine growth and algae.   Annually, mother nature  uncovers the wreck  from its sandy resting place after storms in the early summer, allowing visitors a transient  glimpse into this part of New Brunswick’s lumber history.