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Acadian Villages General Information Archival Package

The following archival package is composed of historical information about certain
Acadian villages in the area and outside area of Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
Please note that this collection is not a complete list of Acadian villages.

This archival package includes, 

Argyle
1- Article about the memories of the old Argyle Bridge. Source: Written by Robert
Crowell for the Yarmouth Vanguard, 1966.
2- Photograph of Argyle. Date unknown.
3- Photograph of Argyle Bridge in Argyle, NS. Date unknown.
4- Photograph of Argyle, NS. Date unknown.
Clare
1- A brief history and description of the Municipality of Clare
2- Photograph of Meteghan, Nova Scotia (1999-53.4). Date unknown.
Pubnico
1- Brief history of Pubnico (in French and English). Source: Tricentenaire de
Pubnico-Pubnico’s Tercentenary Souvenir Booklet, 1951.
2- Brief history of Pubnico’s religious activities. Source: Tricentenaire de
Pubnico-Pubnico’s Tercentenary Souvenir Booklet, 1951.
3- Collection of advertisements for Pubnico businesses in 1951. Source:
Tricentenaire de Pubnico-Pubnico’s Tercentenary Souvenir Booklet, 1951.
4- Photograph of the opening of the C. railway, Pubnico, NS (PH-80-Pubnico-1).
Dated July 29, 1987.
5- Photograph of Murphy’s Corner, Pubnico Head, NS (PH-80-Pubnico-15). Date
unknown.
Quinan
1- Photograph of “The Forks” in Quinan. Unknown date. (PH-80-Quinan-1)
Tusket
1- Short history of Tusket, Nova Scotia. Source: O.F. Nauss, prepared in 1979 for
members of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia.
2- Photograph of Trout fishing on the Tusket River, Tusket, NS (PH-80-Tusket-1,
Album 34, pg41). Date unknown.
3- Photograph of Reynard’s Bridge on the Tusket River, Tusket, NS (PH-80-Tusket-2
Album 34 page 41). Date unknown.
4- Photograph of the Tusket Isles, dated 1935 (PH-80-Tusket-4).
5- Photo of a lumber ship in front of a mill. Dated circa 1909 (PH-80-Tusket-8).
Wedgeport
1- A Brief history of Wedgeport. Source: The Vanguard, August 2, 1967.
2- Photograph of a wharf in the village of Wedgeport. Date unknown. (2007-90.2)

Acadian Villages General Information Archival Package

C$15.00Price
  • All material found in these packages is owned by the Yarmouth County Historical Society and is housed at the Yarmouth County Museum and Archives (22 Collins Street, Yarmouth, NS). Credit must be given to, Yarmouth County Archives. 

  • Once ordered, you'll receive a message to download and open the zip file with all the material of this archival package. 

    All material in this archival package are in PDF and JPEG formats. 

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