Tug Glenfield 1957, Five Lost, Never Found All of the history that I have posted on here is from a hundred or more years ago. I would like to write about some history that is happened in our lifetime (us senior’s...
OUR EARLY HISTORY & PLACE NAMES
Pjila’si-Welcome; Mi’kmaq Velkomin-Welcome; Viking Beceber-Welcome; Portuguese Bienvenu-Welcome; French Welcome; English There is no archaeological evidence that Nova Scotia was inhabited between 10,000 and 5000 years...
Arts & Artist of Long and Brier Island
Artist of Long and Brier Island (Past & Present) When I started thinking about writing my 150th blog, I realized I should write about “ Arts and Artist”. This is a subject I knew something about but isn’t written or...
THE EVOLUTION OF LOBSTER FISHING LONG & BRIER ISLAND
Being A Lobster Fisherman on Long & Brier Islands Foreword: Before starting this blog, I would like to apologize for not including all the names of the lobster fishermen of Long and Brier Island. All names should be included because this is their story....
1936 The Movie “The Tiny Tattler”
I have already done a history on the Tiny Tattler for this site but not on the movie. Central Grove in Digby County published Canada’s tiniest newspaper between 1933 and 1943. Every Thursday for ten years-from 1933 to...
Training for War on The Islands
World War 1 July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 This is a story about the men who enlisted and trained on our Island’s for “The Great World War of 1914-1918” The Canadian Parliament didn’t choose to go to war in 1914. The country’s foreign affairs were guided in London....
Mi’Kmaq at Long Island
Mi’Kmaq living on Long Island for over 2500 years Most of the information regarding the land used by the Mi’kmaq on the Islands area occurs after the settling of the Europeans mainly because that is when the history of our area began to be written down. A few...
Tibert School\Church, Central Grove
Central Groves First School and Church (I have already wrote a blog on “The Central Grove School” but that one dealt mainly with the second school, this one is about the first school and church.) Now when did the first people settle at Central Grove? Rev. Walter...
Island’s Marked and Unmarked Graves
When I started going through my information that I had gathered up for the blog “Marked and Unmarked Graves of Long & Brier Island” I started thinking of how long people have been here on the Islands. I know the Mi’kmaq have been here for over 2500 years, and...
Alms House\Poor House
Alms House\Poor House One of Islanders greatest fears or thoughts is this building “Alms House or Poor House most commonly called”. If you were to have the occasion to see this building you would know that you had not made in the struggle for life. Once there you knew...
Central Grove, Baptist Church & Temperance Hall
Central Grove School
This is the one room School that I started school in. I went to this school till it closed in 1954 and then went to Tiverton School. Central Grove School In 1864 the Canadian Parliament enacted the Compulsory Education Act. By this time there was already a...
Tiny Tattler
