Category Archives: Conditions for Community Health

MT& T CO. STAFF, 1920

MT& T CO. STAFF, 1920. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald Antigonish’s first telephone exchange was established in the late 1880s but proved so primitive and unreliable that it was suspended within the year. It was not until 1901 that the Antigonish Telephone Company, negotiated with the Nova Scotia Telephone Company to […]

Dr. Pat Walsh, Moderator, Co-op TV Station, circa 1964

Dr. Pat Walsh, Moderator, Co-op TV Station, circa 1964. Courtesy of StFX University Archives Email from Pat Walsh   May 29, 2014 The photo of me as a Moderator for the People’s School brought back a flood of memories. The photo was taken in the TV building that stood on the hill in back of “Abelard’s Sic […]

T. J. (Thomas) Sears livery stable, Lochaber, 1905 – 1910

T. J. (Thomas) Sears livery stable, Lochaber, 1905 – 1910. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald. Tom (T. J. ) Sears began his livery stable in Lochaber in 1901. He sold the business in 1913 and moved to town to start a business on Main Street , which would become Eastern Auto […]

Pomquet Railroad Station, early 1900s

Pomquet Railroad Station. L-R: Simon Alfred Vincent, Jane Vincent, Effie Cross, Eddie Doiron and Lizzer, early 1900s. Courtesy of PomquetHéritage.   Restoration: Betty Cameron.     In conversation with May (Doiron) Bouchard, June 23, 2014. Going into Antigonish by train for the day meant dressing up. People would catch the early train in the morning and […]

Building a railroad

Building a railroad. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Wayne Ezekiel No one has identified the exact location of this photo. “In December 1880, the Eastern Extension Railway opened its line from new Glasgow to the Strait of Canso. There followed a flurry of station-building at various locations, including James River, Brierly Brook, Antigonish, South […]

Co-op Housing, The Heights, 1950s

Co-op Housing, The Heights, 1950s. Home Owners L-R: Ronald “Pud” and Helen MacGillivray; Johnnie and Mary MacDougall; Lauchie and Sally MacDonald; Rod and Geraldine MacSween; Bill and Anne Anstey; and Gillis and Flossie Brown. Courtesy of the StFX University Archives. Ronald “Pud” and Helen MacGillivray; Johnnie and Mary MacDougall, Lauchie and Sally MacDonald, Rod and […]

A native family’s seasonal home at Antigonish Landing, Victoria Day weekend, 1924.

A native family’s seasonal home at Antigonish Landing, Victoria Day weekend, 1924. Photographer: Violet Cunningham. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald Violet Cunningham’s son, Roy, remembers his mother taking this photo when he was a child. A memorable day because he got to have “pop” on this holiday. Jocelyn Gillis, Curator, Antigonish […]