Rodney’s Wish I was the 31st Wish for “We Are Young Association” Me (About 6-7 years old) After nearly 70 years of wondering and wishing what it would look like hovering in a helicopter over the city of Halifax a dream or wish has come. I have learned in life if you...
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...
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...
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...
OUR ISLANDS FIRST GARBAGE COLLECTION Since the arrival of our Island’s early settlers, there has always been someone that would stand up and solve our problems. ...
The Last Weir 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 explorers, such as Champlain and Lescarbot...
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....
LONG & BRIER ISLAND WHALE WATCHING HISTORY No one has done a short history of our whale watching here on Long & Brier Island, now is the time. I know there will be mistakes in this, I am hoping that some of the Whale Watching boat owners will send me...
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 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...
A visit by Samuel De Champlain Lost Priest on Long Island Digby Neck and Long Island are first mentioned in literature by the French explorer Samuel De Champlain. In an account of his explorations of the Bay of Fundy in 1604 he stated that he was near an island...
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...
Isaiah W. Wilson March 1848-October 1928 Beginning in 1867, author Isaiah Wilson travelled throughout western Nova Scotia selling an almanac. And you ask what is an Almanac? An almanac is an annual publication that includes information such as weather forecasts,...
In August 2014 there was a message that arrived at Freeport that was sent by a group of wrestlers from Ontario saying they were going to set-up on the Fish Point Wharf in late August and it sounded like they were willing to train Islanders. It also looked like they...
I have done this blog as a tribute to Lloyd Blackford for all the entertainment he has provided to the people of Long & Brier Island. What would life of be like here on our Islands with out Lloyd's theatre and dance hall. I am going to write about the dance hall...
This is the biggest event the Islands ever put on. There was between five and six thousand visitors that came to our Island that week. In 1973 our ferry was the "Petit Passage II",( a steel scow that was adapted with outboard motors). The previous year it was put in...
This blog is about Islanders that have found that no one can control the sea and it can be a dangerous place. Some of our Islanders have been caught out when the weather has changed suddenly. This is about six episodes where Islanders have found themselves in trouble...
Vaughn Lent’s /Ellsworth Outhouse's Store And how these buildings get used over and over again Do you remember in the 40’s and 50’s going to our little mom-and-pop stores on the Islands? Islanders never bought their groceries off the islands in those days, what they...
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...
