Bringing in the hay, c 1920s

Bringing in the hay, c 1920s. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Wayne Ezekiel.

Freshet, 1906, St. Mary’s Street, Antigonish

Freshet, 1906, St. Mary’s Street, Antigonish. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Jeff Parker. Excerpted from Stanley-Blackwell and MacLean, 2004, p. 237: The December 1906 freshet was particularly destructive. The combination of warm temepratures, melting snow, and torrential rains left the low-lying areas of Antigonish submerged. Some residents reported two fee of water in their […]

Chimney Sweeps, Aquinas House, StFX, 1909

Chimney Sweeps, Aquinas House, StFX, 1909. Photographer: Fred Piper, Drafting Instructor at StFX. Courtesy of StFX Archives. Restoration: Jeff Parker This photo is part of the Fred Piper collection, which became part of the StFX Archives in 2007. Fred Piper’s son Bill wrote to say: My father was an instructor at the Antigonish College in […]

The pause that refreshes, Second Bridge, August 1897

The pause that refreshes, Second Bridge, August 1897. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald

Crystal Cliffs, c 1940

Crystal Cliffs, c 1940, Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Joe Fraser. Jocelyn Gillis, Curator, Antigonish Heritage Museum in conversation with Emily Sweet and Margie Jennings, September 22 , 1993: Emily Sweet and Margaret Sweet Jennings remembered the many well known personalities who visited the “Guest House” which was operated by Margie’s mother. Clark Gable […]