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Stormy Winter Seas at St. Paul's
Circa 1960's
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

Credits:
The North Highlands Community Museum

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Snow shoes
20th Century
Cape North, Nova Scotia, Canada

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J- What was your home like?
I- We had no bathrooms, only an outhouse. There was only one phone for the island and there was no electricity or plumbing. For lights we used kerosene lamps.

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South West Light from the water
20th Century
South West Light, St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia

Credits:
The North Highlands Community Museum

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Power boat owned by Wilson Gwinn. Only sure means of communication with mainland, 14 miles away.
Circa 1930's
South West Light, St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia

Credits:
The North Highlands Community Museum

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Oil lamp
20th Century
Dingwall, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Iron
Circa 1900's
Cape North, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Cup and saucer
Circa 1900's
Cape North, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Chamber basin
Circa 1900's
Cape North, Nova Scotia, Canada

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J- Where did you store your food?
I- We kept out food in a cellar. All summer we picked strawberries, raspberries, and cranberries. Father caught fish and lobster. Mama would can all this and put it in the cellar. We had to have a lot put away because no supply boats came from November to June. My father grew turnips and potatoes farther from our house because the soil was too rocky there.

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Lobster canner
Circa 1920's
Cape North, Nova Scotia, Canada

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J- What kind of games did you play?
I- We used milk cans to skate on the ice with and went sliding and built snowmen, same as you.
J- Did you have a favorite kind of music?
I- Fiddle music.
J- How did your family spend the evenings?
I- Doing homework and listening to the radio on Sunday. Don Messer, a fiddler, would be on for half an hour, and me and my sister Vida would dance around the room.

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Sleigh
20th Century
Cape North, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Old radio
20th Century
Dingwall, Nova Scotia, Canada