There are many 19th century shipwrecks along this coast. Even some sailing ships negotiated the notoriously difficult Pieman Heads to bring provisions to Corinna.
There were five ships wrecked at Pieman Heads between 1853 and 1873, with three in the year 1867. Two of these, the Moyne and the Rose Ann, were skippered by one Captain Booth, who has a cottage named after him in Corinna.