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An infamous location in the strait for [[shipwreck]]s during the [[age of sail]], [[St. Paul Island (Nova Scotia)|St. Paul's Island]], came to be referred to as the ''"Graveyard of the Gulf" (of St. Lawrence)''.
In October 1942, German U-boat [[German submarine U-69 (1940)|''U-69'']] torpedoed and sank the unlit Newfoundland ferry {{SS|Caribou}}, killing 137 people.<ref name="caribou_uboat.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2270.html|title=Caribou (Steam merchant) - Ships hit by U-boats - uboat.net|accessdate=2010-06-19}}</ref> Then on 25 November 1944 {{HMCS|Shawinigan}} (K136) was torpedoed and sunk with all hands on board (91 crew) by ''U-1228''.
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