Gaspereau Lake, Antigonish County, 1901

Gaspereau Lake, Antigonish County, 1901. Contributed by David McCurdy to the Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Jeff Parker

Clara Seaman’s rose garden on Court Street, c 1900

Clara Seaman’s rose garden on Court Street, c 1900. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum, Cunningham Album. Restoration: Wayne Ezekiel. Clara (Cunningham) Seaman was President of the Downtown Beautification Association.

Orchestra with rifles, circa 1917

Orchestra with rifles, circa 1917. C. J. MacGillivray on right. Courtesy of Bart Sears, C. J. MacGillivray album, and Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne Louise MacDonald

Spinning Frolic, Cloverville, Antigonish County, 1932

L-R Mamie Cashen, Mary Kate (Mrs. Walter) Grant, Mrs. A. G. Stronach, Annabell (Mrs. Angus) MacNeil, JunieCashen, Mary Jane (Mrs. Dan) MacLellan. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Jeff Parker. Stanley-Blackwell and MacLean (2004) capture the essence of the spinning frolic as a force for community health, and the overlaps among the social determinants […]

The 1924 Antigonish Highland Games on the campus of St. Francis Xavier University

The 1924 Antigonish Highland Games on the campus of St. Francis Xavier University, a Fundraising Bazaar to build St. Martha’s Hospital. Photographer: William Archibald. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum The Minutes of the Antigonish Highland Society for May, 1924 record an agreement with the trustees of St. Martha’s hospital to stage the Highland Games as […]