Comments: I was just notified that a Hugh MacDonald was looking for a Marie Muise. well that is my mother and she would love to reunit with you. If anyone has any information on this could you please contact me. Thanks 

Links to Hugh MacDonald in this Guest Book

Comments: My last time going to Aryle Head was in 1977. a few years before my aunt Hannah died.And My father left the property to them to be a museum.My great grand father ran a lumber mill there too. I have info that goes back to when they were granted thier land.My aunt's husband was one of the last black smiths in the county. 
 

Comments: Hi, My maiden name is Saulnier.  My father is Joseph Albert Saulnier of Pinkney's Point, Nova Scotia and my grandfather was Enos Saulnier of Pinkney's Point (Adele)

Comments: Hi: would like to hear from Pat Steward, went to school and was a friend of your brother Charles..Grew up at Port Maitland.

Comments: Lived on Surette's Island all our lives until 20 years ago when we
moved to Yarmouth.  It's still nice to see the "Island" and would'
like to sign that guest book.  This is a real nice service and lots
of hard work has been put into it.  Thank you.
Thank you David and Bev

Comments: Je me prépare mon itinéraire pour aller vous visitez au mois de July09..
Je veux visiter le plus vieux village Acadien. J`aimerais avoir des guides touristique de votre place 
I prepare my route to go you visit in the month of July09. I want to visit the oldest Acadien village. I `would like to have guides tourist of your place 
Gemma Beaulieu
102 av Charron
L`Île Bizard, qc, Canada
H9C 1L7
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/av/intro-e.html

Comments: I am so happy to have found old friends through the Guest Book.  The most recent being two Drummond boys lived in Yarmouth during WW2 and again with their family, '49 - '53.  If anyone remembers them and would like to get in touch let me know.

Comments: great site thank you

Comments: I have many, many fond memories of Carleton.  My family and I used to spend our summer's in Carleton.  My mom had inherited the old Carleton hunting lodge from her Father George Stingel.  I remember one summer finding an old bike and going over to the school and jumping over all the kids Evel Kneviel style in the area.  It was a blast growing up there.  We would play volleyball and kick the can.  I played baseball on the Carleton team for a couple of summers. Phillip Hurlburt was my catcher and we struck alot of people out those summers.  Hey Phillip do you remember thumbing into Yarmouth to see Rush?  Anyway good times eh?

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Comments: Was "kick the can" a Yarmouth game boys played? I never heard of it being played elsewhere, but it was the main pastime for boys about six decades ago before one had to have a bank account in order to join any sport!

Comments: Leland McGray--son of Russell McGray passed this week in New Hampshire.  His grandparents had a place in Overton and Lee spent many summers with them enjoying the area.  He was able to take his family to see the Yarmouth he loved and share the family history with them.  Lee was a successful businessman.  Hope this helps with someone's genealogy. 

Comments: Hello Yamouth.  My name is Kevin Carter son of Jack (John) Carter, My grandfather and grandmother are Winfield and Ivy Carter.  I hope all of my Yamouth family are ok, If you see Mary please give he my love.

Best wishes

Comments: This looks like a beautiful area to locate to. My niece and husband are  being transfered there and I was wondering about rentals for them as this is their first opportunity to live together and renting is their choice for the short term with buying property in the near future as their ideal goal. Any suggestions as to where to go to find out what is out there to rent?
Thank You 

Comments: I came across this excellent site whiole researching a Lewis M. Johnson who was present at the Independence Day celebrations for the Philippines on July 12, 1898. This appears to be the same Lewis Johnson who ran a Shanghai Hotel immediately before that and played a key role in introducing cinema to China.

His family was apparentl;y close to the Killan family and the last reference I can find about him is in the Annis Lake history, at a wedding celebration in 1908.

I'd certainly like to hear moree about him.

Comments: From 1934 to May 1941 our family lived in the lovely Horton house in Sand Beach, and now I want to relate a few memories of neighbours we had at that time. I've already mentioned the friendly Cosman family next door.  Down from them was Tracy Goodwin and his wife who was a Knowles. They had a lovely family of hard working truckers, mostly of coal in those days, and it was Tracy with his big truck who moved our family belongings to Dartmouth when my father was transferred there by Canada Customs in 1941. My mother and Mrs Goodwin and I decided to walk to make more room in the car for my siblings.As we climbed Silver's Hill to the lone farm house at the top, Mrs Goodwin kept repeating with every breathless step, "Last place on earth, Mrs Doucette, last place on earth!"  In Sand Beach, her youngest son Carl was my brother's best friend.
On the south side of the Horton house was the family of Gordon Colquhoun. His daughter Thelma married Ralph Martinelli who drove a motorcycle and lived in a little bungalow onWyman Road.  I remember Gordon with a back brace he had to wear from his broken back.  Down from him was Ken and Jane Poole. All I recall about Ken Poole was that he was so tall, his trousers barely reached down as far as his ankles, and he was the best in the neighbourhood at playing the game of horse-shoes. His wife, Jane, had a little Kindergarten in her home, and how I longed to go to her classes, but was too shy to mention my longing. The Pooles also grew a lovely patch of cultivated strawberries. Some of us learned, as we reached in under the fence at the edge of the road, that it took only one of those great big strawberries to almost fill a child's hand! I know because I had one, and it was delicious, although I was guilt-ridden as I gulped, and worse, was never able to share the delectable story with anyone, especially my strict and law-abiding mother!

Straight across the road from the Horton house, was Mr MacKenzie's little store. When he was not there it was Kathleen Wyman behind the counter.  Mr MacKenzie was a Boy Scout Master and was often seen in full Scout uniform with the large brimmed felt hat.  Mr macKenzie had a Scottie dog named Angus. He also drove a Beach Wagon, and it was the prettiest station wagon I ever saw. Its sides were panelled with beautiful light grain wood. [The only other similar vehicle I've heard of would be the truck owned by a Mr d'Entremont, and the picture reminds me of Mr MacKenzie's beach wagon. He used that for transporting his supplies. 
When Mr. MacKenzie was having a new house built a little south of his store, the workers blasting rock and all the neighbours were cautioned to beware of flying rock! Some of us younger and more timid ones hardly dared go outside.  I remember the sound of exploding dynamite and one time I saw a piece of rock lift a few yards up into the air and straight down again, but no more. We were glad when that was over. How anyone could plow a garden in that rocky terrain puzzles me to this day. 

Down from Mr MacKenzie were the Rogers ladies, Mae and Winnie, and they sold lovely candies they made themselves.  They had a wide variety of flavors of taffy kisses and some made into longer sticks and canes. They made a reddish cocoanut chewy log called a hunkadory, and then a flat white candy with yellow blob on top called a fried egg, and those were creamy and delicious.  There were others but those mentioned were the favorites in the neighbourhood.  At Christams time our family received one of their pound boxes of "ends" of candy and those were as yummy as the more perfect renderings of the original stock.

The Purney family lived next door and every fall at Halloween they gave us children a box filled with beautiful chestnuts!  Oh,the games we made up with these treasures!  The Sand Beach school teacher boarded with the Purneys or with the Rogers, both beautiful large homes. 

The teachers there in our time were a Miss Clarke who was succeeded by Mr Lawrence Doucette from Quinan, and he had a large family of his own. He travelled by motorcycle and went home to his family on weekends. 
On the north side, going toward town, there was a railroad crossing, and just before that was a little place where lived a Mr Bushell (like Bush-Shell)  He was fond of children and liked to make them little toys from wood and especially popular were his little soldiers made of moulten lead. He would melt the lead and pour it into little soldier moulds and out would come a shiny soldier. He gave those fo children who did erranes for him. He was a kind elderly gentleman.
Not far from his place but across the road, was a Mrs Walsh, for whom my Dad would get her mail from the post office up town and take it to her.  She gave him a Christmas gift in the 1920s, a book she signed "Wallace, from Mrs Walsh," a book by T.C. Haliburton of Nova Scotia, Sam Slick the Clockmaker.  That book is still in the family.

Various peddlars came around, some with apples, others with fish and meat, and yet others with a great variety of goods, such as Watkins or Raleigh products so well known all over the place, but Sand Beach has many more stories of back then when there was no pavement anywhere and where the Beach was a favorite summer attraction and the harbour and Bunker Island and Cape Forchu with the beautiful old light house where many went for a picnic. i remember the nasty experience I had on Bunker island with a group from school, when I was stunned after being bunted by a ram! I learned something new that day! 
Bless y'all, Marie

Comments: Please check your pages for grammatical errors!

Webmaster Comments:  Thank you but you will have to be more specific.   Their are 1000's of pages in this guest book alone with over 5000++ different commentators, which I do not and should not alter.  The villages pages are even more extensive.  It would take many months and cost me a small fortune to fix other peoples errors, and I don't get paid for doing either of the above anyway.  Though I agree that it would be nice to have the site perfect, it is not possible.   Do you have a specific item.
Thank you for your comments.
PS  In a subsequent email Margaret pointed out the error and the page. We had a good chuckle over it's distorted meaning and the error was fixed.    (grain assault  replaced by a gain of salt)   Thanks Margaret. :-) 

Comments: I have a family tree placing my roots on Surette's Isalnd.  I will post some more later.

Comments: MY FATHER WAS FRANK D BOUDREAU AND MY MOTHER GEORGETTE M L A POIRIER. LOOKING TO TAKE A TRIP TO NB THIS SUMMER

Comments: Hello again, While I agree with Margaret Jeddry that grammatical and other mistakes can be found on this website --mostly my own, I must say that if I had to do a painstaking job of pouring my old heart out, I guess I might never contribute those little memories.

By the way, I forgot to tell the story of the time Clyde Wyman, our good neighbour, took his little sister and me ('me' is correct in this case) with him in his new little coupe for a Spring drive out to see the new construction of the airport. The drive was most enjoyable till we got stuck in deep mud to the axles!  Clyde soon had a circle of friends around the scene and by some effort "got us out of the stuck" --as we little girls later described the scenario.
It was fun and exciting --for two of us anyway. Fond memories, 

Date: 6/3/2009
Name: marie
Location: 
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Comments: And I mustn't forget to mention a special gentleman, a Mr LeCain, who drove a nice car, a 1930s model, and his car would go by, heading toward town, as I would be on my way down to the Sand Beach School. Mr LeCain never failed to tip his hat to me each and every time!  That's how I learned a little more about refinement and respect for others, making no distinction.  I felt honored by him. One time he gave me a ride part of the way home from school on a very cold February day.  "Did you get any Valentines today" he asked. 
"Yes, I got nine."
"NONE! no Valentines?" he asked in a kind of sorrowful tone.
I thought he was teasing me, so I said, 
"Yes, I got NINE, n-i-n-e!"
And he smiled in a voice of surprise and said, 
"Oh, NINE< well that's a LOT of Valentines."
He let me out at the end of our lane and I went into the house with a happy story to tell my mother about getting a rid in a car, and she knew him and told me his name was Mr LeCain.  marie

Comments: Looking forward to staying Cape Forchu

Allen 

Comments: It is wonderful to see the birth place of my ancestors, and would love to visit some time in the future.

Comments: Good day;
     Does anyone have pictures from the Minor Hockey League in the late 60s or when we used to send teams over to Stoneham Mass.  I think when I went Mr Crabbe (teacher)was the coach. 

Comments: Someone was looking for me in 2004.The name Debbie does not ring a bell with me so if you are out there email me

Comments: I am a direct discendant of the surette family from Surette's Island.  my late Grandfather Robert Surette still owned part of the island while he was alive and it later passed to my Aunt.  but My Aunt Gave up ownership, there were some taxes owed and we live in the US.  I wish I Could visit the home of my ancestors, perhaps I will someday.

Comments: I am trying to put together a History of Norwood Church in Yarmouth County. There was a Burrell or Burrill wedding there  in the summer of 1979. If anyone can give more information on this wedding please e-mail me. 
Thanks

Comments: I never realized how beautiful the Chebogue River was until I attended a family reunion at my cousin's a few years back.  Her home over looks a large section of the river just up from your yacht club.

Comments: I have been looking for any information concerning my fathers(William P. Surrette)family history as he was abandoned at birth by his mother Antoinette(Surette)Doucette 2/20/29 in Tewksbury, Ma. I saw who I think is my fathers half brother in this article-http://www.novanewsnow.com/article-325262-Donald-Doucette-to-speak-at-historical-society-event.html I have never met Donald or any one from my fathers family but today looking on line I came across a picture of a priest that is a dead ringer of my brother Billy my fathers 1st born son-http://www.yarmouth.org/villages/surettei/history/pictures/fr_hamelin-l.jpg. Anyone with any information one way or the other would be appreciated. Again my name is Gordon Surrette my wifes name is Kelleigh(Swindell) Surrette we have 10 children Kim,William,Stephany,Amanda,Maryetta,Mellissa,Danielle,Therese,Kathrine and Ben all Surrettes. Thank You! 

Comments: My 5th GREAT GRANDFATHER, lEMUEL CHURCHILL, SETTLED IN THIS AREA WHEN HE CAME FROM plymouth, MASS. CIRCA 1773.

VIRGINIA CHURCHILL Smith
Courtice, Ontario

Comments: I am one of 2 sons of Mary P. Olson who was one of several daughters of Leo Surette who originated from Surette's Island and settled in Dorchester, MA (USA).

Comments: My grandmother was from Nova Scotia - I used to go visit when I was a child.  Her name was Marion Pothier.  Are there any Pothiers still in Wedgeport? Related to Hennessey, Vitale, Genvieve, Marion?

Comments: Excellent work - Would like to read more history of the area as this area is part of my family heritage although I have not lived in the area.

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Comments: All of the little villages that surround or are near to Yarmouth, are like Yarmouth itself, spectacturally beautiful.
I made one of the first entries in the Yarmouth Guestbook somewhere back around 1994 I believe, and have made several entries since. I did scare up a few of my old friends, you never know who might pop up. Would really love to hear from anyone, gives me a big kick to hear from someone I haven't seen or heard from in almost 45 years.
Take care everyone,
Sandy Christie

Yes you were on the very first and a few others  Thanks  Sandy =  www.google.com/search?

Comments: This is a great little website. My grandmother, Mary Nancy Pothier, still has a home on Surrette's island. I have visited a few times and plan to again this summer with my husband and children. I am proud to be a descendant of this area!! Keep up the great history!!

Comments: Hello was born in Yarmouth in 1952, father was Lerenzo Bellman, Just thought I would say hello from out west  been here since 1962.

Comments: Hi, I just registered a photography business called Photo Reproduction by Morgan F Calvi.  I also have a Master's and am looking for office administration work.  My number is 649-3141.

Comments: I came across this webpage (http://www.yarmouthvillages.com/babe/) requesting identification of a guide with Babe Ruth.  I have the answer - it's not a local - it's "Deadeye" Jack Matthews, an avid hunter friend of Mr. Ruth's, from Stockton, NJ.  I know this because my brother lives in the house Jack shared with the actress "Stella Dallas" (aka Mrs. Matthews).  Let me know if you want more infromation.

Link to Babe Ruth Page.

Date: 7/15/2009
Name: Spencer Harding
Location: Hebron
E-Mail: spencer-harding@hotmail.com

Comments: Haha.

Comments: Just wanted to say hello to any old friends that may be checking out this guest book. I know a lot of you are like me in that you have moved away from Yarmouth. Now that we have this web site maybe some of us can get in contact with each other 

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Comments: i us to live in yarmouth

Comments: I love your website, especially the "Villages" section.  My parents were born in Springhaven (Eli Muise and Bernadette Doucette) and I have some very fond memories of annual vacations to Springhaven and Quinan in my youth.  Most of my relatives are still in those villages and seeing the pictures made my day!  It was nice to see their houses, but it just makes me miss the area even more.  Thank you for the time it must have taken to put this website together.  Merci beaucoup!!
Webmaster:   Thank You

Date: 7/25/2009
Name: Connie Davis
Location: Chilliwack, BC
E-Mail: conniedavis@earthlink.net

Comments: I am a descendant of the Hilton, Ellenwood, Crosby, Magray, Trask  families.  My GGG grandfather, Frederick Hammond Hilton first left Yarmouth for California in 1852 and finally settled with his family there permanently in 1868.  I will be visiting Yarmouth in September of 2009 and would appreciate any tips on family connections. 

Comments: I grew up in Pleasant Lake.  My first 3 years of school were in the one room school, before the consolidated school in Arcadia was built.

Comments: Lived in Port Maitland, left when I was 20,, but come back for visits, now live in B.C.

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Comments: Nice work, cousin Aaron.

Comments: Greetings,
I am Alan Wilson, great grand son of Alfred Jaquard  , Comeau's Hill and of Eliza Muise of Little River, Just saying Hello.

Comments: Hi, I am new to the area and need work.  I have ten years as a Law Office Manager and a Master's in Business.  I also have worked with animals and have a BS in Animal Science.  Please email me at robertkilian@yahoo.com if I can be of help.

Comments: great wbesite

Comments: My wife, Dorothy, and I will visit Wedgeport in September, 2009. We'll drive from Oklahoma City, cross the Bay of Fundy from Portland, Maine, to Yarmouth. We plan to stay a couple of weeks, or until relatives tell us to leave--freeloading! In Wedgeport, I'm known as "Billy a Cyriac." My website: www.othershore.org

Comments: We hope to visit soon, to see it for our selves! 

Comments: planning a vacation in Sept 2009

Comments: August 30 - our destination today (via Annapolis Royal and Digby) was the tearoom at the lighthouse, for some of their excellent chowder. Imagine our disappointment when we found it closed! Perhaps there was a power cut? A sign with some information would have been welcome. We'll try again another time.

Comments: I grew up in Beverly Ma. all the while not realizing,like many others my Nova Scotia origins My greatgrand father was born, according to his naturalization cert. in East Melbourne NS 1848. I am trying to find my gggrandfather Donald C. McRae and his wife Mary{McKenzie]McRae in that area. They are said to be from Scotland.  I have read that Melbourne was Called East Cheboogue until Apr 12,1872?  Interesting,I saw an entry from Bill Pitman Of Beverly Ma,caught my attention as I believe I know his family, I graduated 1961

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Comments: My wife and I belong to the Seniors' Club at SAR.

Comments: My Father Harol Crowell, was from Kemptville and we visited there about 10 years ago.  While there we stayed in Yarmouth and enjoyed ourselves very much, thank you.

Comments: Looking for family tree info....last names  Julia Boucher
Born about may 1839...any one with info please contact me at  basilposh@gmail.com
Thanks

Date: 9/11/2009
Name: Nancy Hutchinson
Location: Hebron, Nova Scotia
E-Mail: stevehutchinson@ns.sympatico.ca

Comments: Enjoyed your site.  I was using it to look up historical facts/interesting trivia for an upcoming one-day bus tour my husband and I are organizing for the Ste-Anne-du-Ruisseau Seniors' Club.  This year, we're doing the "back country" up through Raynardton,Pleasant Valley, Deerfield, Brazil Lake, etc. areas (ending up going through Concession and Saulnierville)and your site was very helpful.

Thanks so much.
(thank you Nancy)

Comments: Just an amazing site!

Comments: I would like to say a big hello to all our friends and neighbours that we made in Yarmouth between 2004-2008 always remembered & never forgotten!

Comments: I was brought up in Overton, and being so far away, it is so comforting to have a picture tour of my neighbourhood!!! :) Thank you!

Comments: i am looking for any info on the surette family tree.

Comments: One of my "bucket list" dreams is to be able to tour the east coast and in particular spend some time in Yarmouth, N.S.  A good friend of mine is a former resident and he has told me quite a lot about his home town.  The pictures are stunning and I know that this would be an incredible adventure!

Comments: still miss the area as i was born in Yarmouth and came to Ontario when i was 5 years old. have been back many times and really love the ocean. i am with a bluegrass band out of Quebec and we are planning an eastern tour next summer and we are looking for some extra places to play while we are in the area of Yarmouth. if you know of any possibilities please let me know
thank you

Comments: Ida and I own property in Gardiner's Mill and we also belong to the Gardiner's Mill Dam Association. Is there anyone out there that would know the link to the following Registry Number 3237994, so we may view any information regarding this register? 

Date: 9/19/2009
Name: Paul F Surette
Location: malden , mass
E-Mail: pfsure8976@aol.com

Comments: spent  much  time  on  island  in  my  youth  havent  been  there  in   20  years  hope  all  is  well 

Comments: I am the great grand son of william randall who lived at the end of William Randall road in N kemptville. i have visited the robert randall home, still standing but i haven't been able to afford the trip for a couple of years. i would like to research the family genealogy, history, photos of ,land discription, survays etc. via  the Internet. any help would be appreciated

Comments: I am searching for details of a vessel called Livingstone which was constructed in Tusket and registered in Yarmouth in 1871 (official number 61828).  I have looked up the Ship Information Database and it says this ship was Stranded on English Bank, River Platte, Prince Edward Island and was a total loss, they did have a ? with this info.   I then checked Prince Edward Island shipwrecks but could not find any reference to this.   I believe my Great Grandfather may have been a crew member on this ship, his name was Robert Sutherland (born 1844 Ayr Scotland), he had previously served on the Maggie L.Carvill and the Hospodar, we never knew what happened to him,it is a mystery that my family would dearly love to solve, we would just like to have closure on this.   If you know what happened to this vessel or can help in any way, I would be extremely grateful.  Yours sincerely, Nancy Hil 

Comments: my ggggggrandfather, Lemuel churchill, is buried at Town Point Cemetery in Chebogue.

Virginia Churchill Smith
Courtice (pronounced Curtis), Ontario
L1E 1V1

Date: 9/25/2009
Name: Gary Dakin
Location: Cold Lake AB
E-Mail: RicnshelColeman110@Msn.Com.

Comments: love the beach and will be back. thank you

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