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Ballantyne Family and Early History of Cape
LH007.pdfDownload This is a paper written by Margaret Jean Ballantyne in 1973 for a history class she was taking. To read the...
Thrilling Rescue at Sea Recalled
LH006.pdfDownload Thrilling Rescue At Sea Recalled. Copied from: The Halifax Herald. Volume 52, No. 175, Saturday, July...
History of James Parker Smith Ballantyne
LH005.pdfDownload Written by Jim Ballantyne. Download file to read entire document
Marriage License of William McNair and Elizabeth Copeland – 1800
1907 Petition South Side Cape George Agricultural Society.
GOV001.pdfDownload Petition dated 18 Mar 1907 from the South Side Cape George Agricultural Society to the Governor in Council...
Cooking Over Time Cookbook
File: NP023 Date: 1996 Cookbook titled: Cooking Over Time - A collection of recipes and stories of women from Antigonish Town...
Geneology of MacEachern’s
MacEachern-Geneology.pdfDownload Some genealogical information associated to the Allan MacEachern family. Download file to see...
Record-setting bluefin tuna hauled in by nova scotia girl
File: NP015 Date: 10 Oct 2014 Source - CBC News Record-setting bluefin tuna hauled in by Nova Scotia girlJenna Gavin reeled in a...
historic antigonish town and county
Images of our past Laurie C.C. Stanley-Blackwell & R.A. MacLean File: NP017 Page: 123 Margaret Smith Ballantyne and her son...
Presentation to Rev. Donald Beaton- 1913
File: NP013 Date: 26 Jun 1913 Source: The Casket PRESENTATION - On Monday, June 9th, Messrs. I, J. McEachern and Alexander...
Pte. Dan W. MacDonald Receives War Cross Medal
File: NP010 Date: 5 May 1921 Source: The Casket Mrs. Duncan J. MacDonald, Cape George has received the war cross issued in...
Contract for Painting Holy Rosary Church – 1913
File: NP009 Date: 19 Jun 1913 Source: The Casket The Contract for painting the Catholic Church at Ballantyne’s Cove, Ant., has...
Petition for Better Mail Service – 1904
File: NP006 Date: 18 Feb 1904 Source: The Casket A petition asking for a daily mail between Antigonish and Ballantyne’s Cove is...
T. Eaton Co. Payment Envelope
File: NP002 Date: Unknown Source: Unknown Back in the day when you had to pay your Eaton's bill by mailing in payment, or...
Original Land Grants Cape George
File: NP004 Date: Unknown Source: Unknown A rough and simple map of some of the original land grants at the cape - who had them....
The Lobster Season- May 1921
File: NP005 Date: 5 May 1921 Source: The Casket A Ballentyne’s Cove correspondent writes: “The Burnham & Morril...
News from Ballantynes Cove – 1924 May 15
File: NP020 Date: 15 May 1924 Source:The Casket **This is several little snippets of news from The Casket on the date noted that...
Fundraising Picnic for Holy Rosary Church
File: NP003 Date: 2 Jul 1908 Source: The Casket A picnic is to be held at Ballantyne’s Cove, Ant., on Tuesday, July 7th. ...
Petition to Continue Shipping Gravel from Ballantynes Cove.
File: NP019 Date: 8 Oct 1914Source: The Casket A PETITION is in circulation praying the Government to continue the privilege of...
Ode to the Ballantynes
NP018..pdfDownload Found in the possessions at the Ballantyne Home. Unsure who wrote it. Download the file to read the entire...
Margaret Smith Ballantyne
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Group at Ballantynes Cove Beach. Probably the MacInnis family and friends.
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Man in a suit on the beach. Identified as "Buster" and Ma's brother who would be Harold Dawe.
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Two men in swim costumes at the beach. Men are Dan Hugh and Colie MacInnis - 1932
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Boats at wharf at Ballantynes Cove. Early 1930's
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Mae Dawe/MacDonald in 1931/1932
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Woman far right is Patricia Dawe/MacInnis. Mark MacInnis in front row with dark clothing. John Hugh MacInnis is to the right of...
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August of 1982 prior to wharf being built where lobster pound is. Woman back left is Mrs. Reddin (FNU). Boy beside her is David...
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Man and five kids in front of the cookhouse building at Ballantynes Cove. (L to R) Joan MacPhie, Anthony MacDonald, Dotty,...
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Store at Ballantynes Cove when it belonged to the Macphie Brothers - sign over door has their name.
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Man on front of boat - Harold MacPhie at Ballantynes Cove.
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Two men on the wharf at Ballantynes Cove. Allan MacDonald and Hughie Duncan MacDonald.
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Summer of 1954 (L to R) Charlotte Roberts, Dottie, Caddie, Gladys, Anne MacPhie. Last person is unknown.
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Photo (damaged) of wharf at Ballantynes Cove.
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Dan Hugh MacInnis at beach in swim costume. c. 1930
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Dan Hugh MacInnis at beach in swim costume. c. 1930
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Bea and Ann MacInnis with members of the Roberts family. 1944. Down near the wharf.
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Woman on a rock out in the water. Shore in background. Up near the MacInnis land in South Side Cape George. Woman is Patricia...
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Man on the rigging of a schooner at Ballantynes Cove wharf. Man is Dan Hugh MacInnis.
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Pat MacInnis and her kids sitting on step of Dougall's shack. Pat, Wilena, baby Anne, Bea and Ronnie. Summer of 1944
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Pat MacInnis and Marie "Bea" MacInnis at wharf.
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Alice MacInnis (wife of Colie MacInnis) and children on the beach. Wilena on left, Ronnie in front. (Pat and Dan Hugh's kids)
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Two people behind a big rock on the beach. Mary MacInnis and Chris MacDonald c. 1960
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Two little ones and a man at the cove. Ronald Dawe with grandaughters Rosemary MacDonald and Anne MacInnis. 1949 Ronald Dawe is...
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Post card of Ballantynes Cove from wharf looking over beach and over towards store.
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Post card of Ballantynes Cove from lookout by Smith house.
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Tug boat Felicia that was stranded in Ballantynes Cove for a few months in early 1942
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Crew aboard the tug Felicia at Ballantynes Cove. Tug was from Quebec. Rene Michaud - Chief, Mr. Tremblay (mate), Gisile Michaud,...
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Crew from the tug Felicia. (L to R) Maurice Tremblay, Robert Champlaine, Gisile Michaud, Rene Michaud Chief,
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Three men and a woman standing in front of the tug Felicia . (L to R) Maurice Tremblay, Rene Micharch, Mary Margaret MacEachern...
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Two men on the wharf at Ballantynes Cove in winter. Back of picture says Maurice Tremblay and Rene Micharch. Taken in 1943 and...
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Three men on the Cathi F fishing boat with the beach and factory in behind. That was Kimball Falkenham's boat.
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View of Ballantynes Cove from the point overlooking farmland.
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View of Ballantynes Cove and the Point from further down the coast.
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Women at the wharf. (L to R) Isabel MacEachern, Mary Margaret MacEachern, Mabel MacPhie and Betty Webber.
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Man and boy at the wharf. Back says Kevin Meagher and Sam Peeples
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Blurry photo of Ballantynes Cove from lookout above Smith house.
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Man on wharf playing a guitar. Front says "Big Stuff". Back says Paul Balduc Felicia Feb 1943
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Man on wharf with two big fish. Back says "J? Ballantyne 1944" Rest is obscured.
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Crew members off the tug boat Felicia Back: Maurice Tremblay, paul BAlduc, Rene Micand/Marchand, Robert LNU. February 21st, 1943
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Group of unknown women down at the cove beach. Wharf in back. Probably workers from the fish plant.
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Two women at the beach at Ballantynes Cove. Possibly MacEachern's
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John W. MacInnis and "Teacher" John D. MacEachern.
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Matilda MacEachern holding Wilena Penny. Ronnie MacInnis and Dan Hugh and Patricia MacInnis.
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Older and younger man. Glady's grandfather John Vec MacInnis and her uncle Danny "Meadow Mouse" MacInnis.
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Group of people on a front porch of house. Man in suspenders and woman beside him are Collie Capt. Angus and wife Ella. Ray...
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Two men and a woman posing in front of a big brick building. Man on far right is Gussie MacDonald.
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Nun posing in around some trees. Sister Marie Raymond (Ballantyne)
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Woman sitting on tree stump. Patricia and John Hugh MacInnis.
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At the Hugh MacInnis farm. Group of five men on the porch. Man in rear, far right is Ronnie MacInnis.
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Bob MacIntyre and Eleanor Ballantyne. They are outside the Ballantyne house.
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Catherine Falkenham with two of her boys - DD and Ernie.
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MacEachern's around a Christmas Tree. Jamie with his Mom Isabel, Susie, Heather, Gordie, and Morrison. Paul, Mary Alice, Connie...
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Four little girls with their dolls (winter) (L to R) Gail, Connie, Heather, Susie MacEachern.
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Seven kids on a couch. (L to R) Connie, Joe, Greg, Paul, Susie, Mary Alice, and Heather MacEachern.
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Five kids under a tree with a woman. (L to R) Gail, Connie, Mary Alice, Aunt Hortence and Greg MacEachern.
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Morrison and wife Isabel MacEachern sitting together.
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Morrison and wife Isabel MacEachern on lawn of house overlooking road and farmland.
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Grainy photo of people standing in front of a house. The house is the MacEachern house that used to be onthe corner of Marsh...
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Very grainy photo of two women and five kids. Jenny MacEachern/MacPherson - sister to James F. Mamie holding Morrison...
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At the Delaney Farm. Kenny Hawes and his son Gerard. 1947 Fargo truck.
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(L to R) Lillian Delaney, her daughter Lorraine Delaney/MacLean and Anne Delaney at Wong's Restaurant in Antigonish.
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Sister Marie Raymond (Martha MacDonald)
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Group of people in sunday best down at cove. Believed to be MacEacherns.
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Group of men and women workers from the fish factory at Ballantynes Cove on a day off.
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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...
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Ballantynes Cove Being Dredged - 1928
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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
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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...