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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 Various war time letters transcribed for ease of reading. Download .pdf to read letters. To see the actual scanned...
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...
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Photo of George Ballantyne sitting in front of an outbuilding fixing nets.
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Yvette MacDonald presenting Firefighter stamp on behalf of Canada Post to some of the members of the North Shore Volunteer Fire...
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Newspaper photo from October 2005 showing Tommy and Stella MacEachern using a home made wood saw hooked up to a tractor to run.
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Andrew Brown with a giant tuna he caught. Photo taken at Ballantyne Cove wharf.
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Two men in front of a lobster boat (Brenda Lynn) down at the cove. Allan Adams and Ray MacDonald.
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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.
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Little girl in plaid skirt on the rocks down at the cove. She is Mary Alice MacEachern.
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Group of kids at the beach at the cove. Only three identified. Connie, Gail and Heather MacEachern. In the background there is a...
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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
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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,...
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
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Recovered Gravestones of Ballantynes
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Brief History of St. David’s Church
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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...
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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....
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Photo of a barge out in the bay.
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Man cutting hay, identified as Seward MacPhie.
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Photo of boats pulled up on beach.
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Photo of a man walking. Looks like its at the wharf among the lobster sheds. Man is "Big John".
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Photo of lobster traps
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Photo of man with horses. Man is Huntley (Last name unknown).
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Hay wagon, three on top and one person beside. Ella MacPhie/Adams, Grampa (Alec MacPhie), Etta MacPhie, Jean MacPhie, and Billy...
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Man and two children on a tractor. Man is "Grampie" (Alec Adams) Children are Roddy and Breton Adams.
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Farm yard. Man on plough with horse hooked up. Man is Alan MacPhie
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Farm yard. Horse/wagon with hay. Man and woman to left are the parents of the others, Allan and Maggie Adams. Two young ladies...
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Associated to FF041. Same structure. One man up on the structure. U/K who he is.
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Two men building a structured which is just at framing stage.
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Four men in a boat at Ballantynes Cove Warf. Boat the "Cathie F". Fish plant in the background.
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1922 - Sandy Malcolm MacEachern putting three kids on a horse. Kids (L to R) Albert, Gillis, Hughie Bernard MacEachern.
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Three men sitting in a row at harbor. Wearing caps. Fishing plant buildings in back. From L to R: Hughie Bernard MacEachern,...
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Man on the beach with five kids around him. Back of photo says "Dad and assorted kids".
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Gloria Haskett in her snow suit.
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Valerie, Sharon and Gloria Haskett in matching plaid skirts. Probably going to church.
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Photo from 1941-1942. Two woman on the beach at Cape George. From L to R: Mary Margaret MacEachern and Helen Wallace
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2011 Lobster Chowder Lunch. From L to R: Cassie MacGillivray, Robin Keizer and Sarah Jane MacDonald.
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Katherine and Skye MacGillivray in 2011 filling in a draw ballot at the annual lobster chowder lunch.
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L to R is Gail MacEachern and Velma MacEachern. They were in a hotel in PEI and were over there to go to a Elvis impersonator!
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Group of people outside the MacInnis house. Donald Haskett is in the brown coat. Girl is Shirley MacInnis, The baby is Joseph,...
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Photo of Elizabeth MacInnis and an identified child. They are standing in front of an old car in a yard of a house.
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Shirley and Rosie MacInnis at their home at the Point
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Group young people - maybe early 20's. Two women and three men. Man sitting on the couch, closest to the camera is Gussie...
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Helen and William MacDougall in front of barns at Sandy Malcom MacEacherns house.
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Eva MacEachern riding her bike in the yard of the house.
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Ruth Conrad MacEachern with "Edna" (Possibly Sparks) Dated 1932
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Tanned man and three young women standing in a field. Dated 1932. No names for any of them.
FUN041
Two men standing in front of a car. They have a balloon and they are pouring a beer. Male on left is Kimball Falkenham with Alex...
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Two women at the back of a wagon. The woman facing the camera is believed to be Annie MacPhie/Ballantyne.