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...
Our Medical Crisis The picture I chose to represent this blog, is a piece of glass Leta and I made for the "Dalhousie University, as a fund raiser for under-funded medical students. This “Medical Crisis” that we are in...
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...
Last Blacksmith on the Islands (The Movie) This is the history of the last Blacksmith and the last Blacksmith Shop on Long and Brier Island. There has been three generations of Blacksmiths working in this Blacksmith Shop. Blacksmith Shop at The Lazy Day Farm Tiverton...
1960’s Seafaring History (Movie) Miss T, Summer of 1971 The following movie is from the 1960’s that was filmed by Clayton Titus, son of William Arthur (Art) Titus. Clayton filmed this movie with a 8 mm camera in the 1960’s during his work in the herring fishery. For...
Naming a Ferry for Grand Passage Early in 2017 the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (TIR) was about to take charge of the new ferry that was being built at A. F. Theriault shipyard in Meteghan River. The new ferry needed to be named....
“Shacking at the Shack” Westport “The Shack” This is a story about a family that moved to Westport and made history. They left behind a legacy that would be hard to beat. They also left the building that today most Westport residents would know of, but not know of its...
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....
Second Person in History From Westport, Brier Island to Sail Around the World How many of you that are reading this blog have the endurance to travel around the world, on an old sailing vessel, but not doing it for pay, but doing for free and paying to be able to do....
This is a story of the first lighthouse keeper at Boars Head, Tiverton, Long Island and his family, and how he lost six members of his family including his wife to lead poisoning. Besides living in isolation in a remote area this family suffered the most severe and...
Rum Running has always be going on here around our Islands. Ever since the early settlers arrived and even before confederation, Nova Scotians and Americans have transported rum back and forth from one country to the other, trying to avoid duties and taxes. I have...
Long & Brier Island Population The Ups and Downs The Mi’Kmaq were living, hunting and fishing on our Islands first. They had been here for over 4000 years. There is no way to have a count on how many, as there was no records to track. The tribe was known as...
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...
Diseases is a subject that historian’s seam to avoid. I have looked for information on early diseases that came to our Islands at the beginning of settlement, I could not find any. I can only assume they had some of the diseases that we know about today. Right from...
In 1980 I was working in Tiverton for Small Bros. in their machine shop, as part of my job I would work on Small Bros. boats and this is where I met Lawrence Elliott Sr., one of the dragger captains. One day Lawrence was in the machine shop and told me he had...
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...