Brig. Trafalgar Wrecked at Brier Island This is the story of the Brig.Trafalgar that wrecked in thick fog on the shores of Brier Island in 1817. The ship had left Hull, England, on May 31, 1817. There were one-hundred...
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...
OUR ISLANDS FIRST GARBAGE COLLECTION
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. ...
1960’s SEAFARING HISTORY (Movie)
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...
THE “LAST WEIR”
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...
BRIER ISLAND (The Movie)
ISLANDSHISTORY.COM Presents BRIER ISLAND https://youtu.be/ws67uT9VSac
MARGARET’S JUSTICE
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
“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...
Second Person to Sail Around World from Brier Island
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....
Long and Brier Island Whale Watching History
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...
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....
Barque General Wolsley Wreck Gull Rock
Barque General Wolsley This is a account of a ship that ran aground and became a total loss on the shores of Brier Island in the year of 1875. This wreck took place on Thursday the nineteenth day of August, 1875 on the ledge at Gull Rock. Gull Rock is the outer most...
Old Home Week/July 30-Aug 5 1973
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...
Respect of The Sea
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...
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...
Barque Aurora /Oddfellows Hall Westport
Barque Aurora On November 27, 1908, the barque Aurora with a crew of twenty men sailed out of Digby Harbour under the command of Captain Saarum. Her destination at the time was the port of Buenos Aires. She was carrying a cargo of lumber. About an hour from port the...
President Roosevelt at Westport
ROOSEVELT SAILS DANGEROUS SEAS; Decks Awash, President Takes the Sewanna 30 Miles to Westport, N.S. SCORNS STORM WARNING Demonstrates Seamanship in Perilous Passage. New York Times July 1936 President of the United States at Westport Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the...
A Whiskey Story
