On July 30th, 2023, the Bluenose II raised the children’s flags and sailed to the site of the SS Atlantic wreck off Mars Island for a wreath-laying ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of the wreck and rescue, and continued on to Terence Bay for the annual Blessing of the Boats. Following the blessing, the flags were taken down and returned to the children who created them. The flags are now installed in the atrium at the Prospect Road Community Centre.

Bluenose II deckhand Rebecca Ernst explains the process the crew used to attach the flags to the lanyard on the mast. Watch the flags sail and arrive in Terence Bay.