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FAM042
Nun posing in around some trees. Sister Marie Raymond (Ballantyne)
FAM041
Woman sitting on tree stump. Patricia and John Hugh MacInnis.
FAM040
At the Hugh MacInnis farm. Group of five men on the porch. Man in rear, far right is Ronnie MacInnis.
FAM039
Bob MacIntyre and Eleanor Ballantyne. They are outside the Ballantyne house.
FAM038
Catherine Falkenham with two of her boys - DD and Ernie.
FAM037
MacEachern's around a Christmas Tree. Jamie with his Mom Isabel, Susie, Heather, Gordie, and Morrison. Paul, Mary Alice, Connie...
FAM036
Four little girls with their dolls (winter) (L to R) Gail, Connie, Heather, Susie MacEachern.
FAM035
Seven kids on a couch. (L to R) Connie, Joe, Greg, Paul, Susie, Mary Alice, and Heather MacEachern.
FAM034
Five kids under a tree with a woman. (L to R) Gail, Connie, Mary Alice, Aunt Hortence and Greg MacEachern.
FAM033
Morrison and wife Isabel MacEachern sitting together.
FAM032
Morrison and wife Isabel MacEachern on lawn of house overlooking road and farmland.
FAM031
Grainy photo of people standing in front of a house. The house is the MacEachern house that used to be onthe corner of Marsh...
FAM030
Very grainy photo of two women and five kids. Jenny MacEachern/MacPherson - sister to James F. Mamie holding Morrison...
FAM029
At the Delaney Farm. Kenny Hawes and his son Gerard. 1947 Fargo truck.
FAM028
(L to R) Lillian Delaney, her daughter Lorraine Delaney/MacLean and Anne Delaney at Wong's Restaurant in Antigonish.
FAM004
Sister Marie Raymond (Martha MacDonald)
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Group of people in sunday best down at cove. Believed to be MacEacherns.
BC068
Group of men and women workers from the fish factory at Ballantynes Cove on a day off.
BC067
Man and a woman at wharf alongside a boat. Boat is the Felicia a tug boat that got stranded here in 1943. Man is Maurice...
BC066
Ballantynes Cove Being Dredged - 1928
BC009
Ballantynes Cove wharf with fishing boats tied up along wharf. Photo was included in a package with other pictures taken in...
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Ballantynes Cove Being Dredged 1928
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Ballantynes Cove Being Dredged 1928
BC063
Ballantynes Cove Being Dredged 1928
History of the Cape George School Museum
CGS014.pdfDownload Obtained from the website Historicplaces.ca, Please download link to read entire document.
Summary of Attendance 1958
CGS013.pdfDownload This is a portion of the booklet filled out every year by the teacher documenting everything from attendance,...
Cape George School Registry 1953
CGS012.pdfDownload This is a portion of the booklet filled out every year by the teacher documenting everything from attendance,...
Cape George School Registry 1952
CGS011.pdfDownload This is a portion of the booklet filled out every year by the teacher documenting everything from attendance,...
Cape George School Registry 1940
CGS010.pdfDownload This is a portion of the booklet filled out every year by the teacher documenting everything from attendance,...
Cape George School Registry 1937
CGS009.pdfDownload Cape George School Registry for 1937. This is only a portion of it. Most of the booklet was lost or damaged....
Cards from School Census 1949
CGS004..pdfDownload These cards were left behind when school was decommissioned. Cards were created in 1949 for the school...
Contest to Gather Rubber for the War Effort
CGS003.pdfDownload Letter dated May 4, 1942 to the teachers of Antigonish County from H.M MacDonald - the Inspector of Schools...
Cape George School Treasury Book 1924-1937
CGS002.pdfDownload The school was run by a Board of Trustee's who managed the finances including the teachers pay. It is...
Letter to Mabel MacPhie
LET014.pdfDownload Letter dated March 7, from Billy Ballantyne to Mabel MacPhie. Download .pdf file to read entire letter.
Letter to Kathleen MacPhie
LET013.pdfDownload Letter dated Friday 7, from Billy Ballantyne to Kathleen MacPhie. Download .pdf file to read entire letter.
Letter from Billy Ballantyne
LET012.pdfDownload Letter dated Feb 16 from Billy Ballantyne to Betty Ann Ballantyne/Webber. Download .pdf to read entire...
Letters from World War II (transcribed)
WD024.pdfDownload Various war time letters transcribed for ease of reading. Download .pdf to read letters. To see the actual...
Letter to Mabel MacPhie
LET011.pdfDownload Letter dated Feb 25th, from Billy Ballantyne to Mabel MacPhie. Download .pdf file to read entire letter.
Letter to Peg MacPhie
LET010.pdfDownload LET010a.pdfDownload LET010b.pdfDownload LET010c.pdfDownload Letter Dated December 1st from Billy Ballantyne...
Letter to Mabel MacPhie
LET009.pdfDownload Letter Dated December 1st from Billy Ballantyne to Mabel MacPhie. Download .pdf file to read entire letter.
Letter to Mabel MacPhie
LET008.pdfDownload Letter dated Oct 4, 1944 from Billy Ballantyne to Mabel MacPhie. Download .pdf to read letter.
Letter to Mabel MacPhie
LET007.pdfDownload Letter dated 5 Sept 1944 from Bert (Herbert A. Brown) to Mabel MacPhie. Download .pdf file to read letter.
Letter from Billy Ballantyne
LET006.pdfDownload Letter dated 18 May 1941 from Billy Ballantyne to Jim (LNU). Download .pdf to read letter.
Letter to Mabel MacPhie
LET005.pdfDownload Letter dated 27 Dec 1943 from Bert (Herbert A. Brown) to Mabel MacPhie. Download .pdf to read letter.
Postcard to Leonard MacPhie
LET003.pdfDownload Postcard of Boy Scouts Paraded for Orders. Card sent to Master Len McPhie from Mabel. Download file to read...
Letter to Annie Ballantyne
LET002.pdfDownload Photocopied letter from Flossie Chisholm to Annie Ballantyne dated September 25th, 1904. Open ,pdf file to...
Postcard to Matthew MacPhie
LET001.pdfDownload Letter to Matthew MacPhie from possibly an A J MacDonald? In it he is asking Matthew to "jog" the memory of...
FF061
Photo of George Ballantyne sitting in front of an outbuilding fixing nets.
FF060
Yvette MacDonald presenting Firefighter stamp on behalf of Canada Post to some of the members of the North Shore Volunteer Fire...
FF059
Newspaper photo from October 2005 showing Tommy and Stella MacEachern using a home made wood saw hooked up to a tractor to run.
FF057
Andrew Brown with a giant tuna he caught. Photo taken at Ballantyne Cove wharf.
BC062
Two men in front of a lobster boat (Brenda Lynn) down at the cove. Allan Adams and Ray MacDonald.
BC061
View of fields overlooking Ballantynes Cove from up around the Marsh Road.
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Four little girls on the rocks at the cove. MacEachern girls. Gail, Connie, Heather and not sure about the last one.
BC059
Little girl in plaid skirt on the rocks down at the cove. She is Mary Alice MacEachern.
BC058
Group of kids at the beach at the cove. Only three identified. Connie, Gail and Heather MacEachern. In the background there is a...
BC057
Couple and five kids in a dory at the cove. Couple is Cyril and Iola MacEachern. Three of the kids are Gail (swim cap), Joe and...
Will of David Ballantyne
DAV004.pdfDownload
Memorial for Billy Ballantyne
DAV001.pdfDownload
1882 Pay of William Condon – Gov of Canada Session Papers
LGT004.pdfDownload From the Government of Canada Session Papers from 1882 - the pay of William Charles Condon per year.
Appointment Letter of David Condon as Lighthouse Keeper
LGT002.pdfDownload Appointment Letter of David Condon as the new lighthouse keeper at Cape George (1861) written by Joseph Howe...
Timeline of Lighthouse at Cape George
LGT001.pdfDownload Please download .pdf file to read entire document.
LGT014
This shows the first and second lighthouses that were at the Cape George Point. The second and newer freestanding lighthouse was...
LGT013
This shows the first and second lighthouses that were at the Cape George Point. The second and newer freestanding lighthouse was...
LGT012
This is the first lighthouse built at Cape George Point. It shows the lighthouse mounted on top of the family residence. The...
LGT011
This is the first lighthouse built at Cape George Point. It shows the lighthouse mounted on top of the family residence. The...
LGT010
Small photo of the second lighthouse located at Cape George Point. This one was built around 1908 and it was in use until the...
Cape George School Registry 1929
CGS008.pdfDownload This is a portion of the booklet filled out every year by the teacher documenting everything from attendance,...
Cape George School Registry 1918
CGS007.pdf-General-RegisterDownload This is a portion of the booklet filled out every year by the teacher documenting everything...
Cape George School Registry 1906
CGS006.pdfDownload This is a portion of the booklet filled out every year by the teacher documenting everything from attendance,...
History of St. George’s Church, Georgeville
LH019.pdfDownload Transcribed from a document loaned to the museum, this brief history explains how St. George's Church came to...
Stories from Lillian Roberts/MacInnis
LH033.pdfDownload In 1984, Lillian Roberts/MacInnis wrote out a little family history for her relatives. A copy of these...
Saving a Life at Ballantynes Cove – 1912
LH034.pdfDownload Details surrounding the award given to Arthur MacMillan and his brother for their life saving skills at...
Diary of Cameron MacEachern – 1947
LH004.pdfDownload Excerpts from the diary of Cameron MacEachern who documented the fire that threatened the communities along...
Cape George Forest Fire – 1947
LH003.pdfDownload This story was written from the diary writings of Cameron MacEachern who lived at the Cape during the fire of...
First Century at Cape George
LH002.pdfDownload Written by Wilena MacInnis Penny, this document outlines what life was like in the area during the time it was...
Holy Rosary Anniversary Booklet 2016
Holy Rosary Church 2016.pdfDownload This booklet was created for the celebration of Holy Rosary Church in 2016.
Letter from Billy Ballantyne
WD004.pdfDownload Letter from Billy Ballantyne to "Grandpa" written on February 8th. Ballantyne served in WWII. Download file to...
Communion Roll – Cape George Congregation
DAV026.pdfDownload Communion Roll of Cape George Congregation in Communion with the Presbyterian Church. Dates 1879, 1912, 1913,...
Liquor Ticket Receipt – Lester Hawes
NP016.pdfDownload It is hilarious that Lester kept this all these years - but this is the receipt from the very first (and...
Retirement of “Ray the Mailman”
NP011.pdfDownload Written by Anne MacEachern in 2004.
Reminiscences of Clyde Westhaver – Summer Student 1943
DAV019.pdfDownload Transcribed from documents borrowed from St. David's Church, Clyde Westhaver was a summer student at the...
Church Records 1886-1912 (Incomplete)
DAV025.pdfDownload A church record of the Cape George Mission compiled in 1912 containing a list of catechrist supply since 1886...
Memories of Margaret Ballantyne
DAV015.pdfDownload
Recovered Gravestones of Ballantynes
DAV003.pdfDownload
Brief History of St. David’s Church
DAV006.pdfDownload
Newspaper Article – History
Casket 14 Nov 2001 (.pdf)Download Article written for the Casket newspaper in Antigonish on November 14, 2001 that showcases the...
100th Jubilee Anniversary
Holy Rosary 100 Anniversary (.pdf)Download Celebrated August 7th, 1991 Holy Rosary turned 100 years old. It was a big...
Map of Original Land Grants Cape George
Cape George Land Grants (,pdf)Download Created by the Department of Lands and Forests Nova Scotia - Dated 2009
Registered Births from 1836 – 1910 Cape George Area
Births 1836 - 1910 (.pdf)Download This list is probably incomplete, but this was all that was found in the records. It is...
Local Census 1921
Census 1921 (.pdf)Download There were only certain years that the government gathered census information. The information is...
Local Census 1911
Census 1911 (,pdf)Download There were only certain years that the government gathered census information. The information is...
Local Census 1891
Census 1891 (.pdf)Download There were only certain years that the government gathered census information. The information is...
Local Census 1881
Census 1881 (.pdf)Download There were only certain years that the government gathered census information. The information is...
Local Census 1871
Census 1871 (.pdf)Download There were only certain years that the government gathered census information. The information is...
Local Census – 1817
Census 1817 (.pdf)Download There were only certain years that the government gathered census information. The information is...
Interred at St. David’s Cemetery
Last updated Oct 2025 - St. David's Cemetery is located on Highway 337 at Cape George, Nova Scotia Canada. St. Davids...
Interred at Holy Rosary Cemetery
Last Updated Oct 2025. Holy Rosary Cemetery is located on Highway 337 at Ballantyne's Cove, Nova Scotia. Holy Rosary...
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Old photo of wharf looking back down towards fish plant. Lots of traps on wharf and bicycle belonging to Kimball Falkenham...
LGT009
Photo of a man and four women (one with a baby) sitting on the porch of a little house. The house is the one at the lighthouse....