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Old radio
20th Century
Dingwall, Nova Scotia, Canada

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J- Did you have chores?
I- Yes, and the one I didn't like was doing dishes.
J- Did you have animals?
I- We had a horse, a cow, twenty-four hens, a pig, and a German Sheppard.
J- Where did you get water?
I- We had to go one fourth of a mile to the cold spring.

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Water pump
20th Century
Cape North, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Wash basin for clothes
20th Century
Cape North, Nova Scotia, Canada

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J- Where did you go to school?
I- I didn't go to school until I was twelve and moved to Sugarloaf. My sisters Effie and Mary went to Cape North for summer school. We would use their books at home to learn.

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The North Highlands Community Museum's Schoolhouse display depicting an average one room schoolhouse
2 August 2007
Cape North, Nova Scotia, Canada

Credits:
The North Highlands Community Museum

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School desk
20th Century
Sugarloaf, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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J- What effect did World War II have on your family?
I- I don't think that it really had an effect on our family. We had no relatives in the war. I do remember having ration books for anyone sixteen and up. This was to get sugar and tea. During the war we could see the big medic ship with twenty or my ships protecting it. We moved to Sugarloaf after this because people were getting worried. It was far from doctors, hospitals, and schools. There were two families at the wireless station. We were at the South-West end and there was a family at the North-east end...

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Living quarters with light, engine room and beacon behind, Northeast Light
20th Century
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Atlantic Cove- The landing stage, dwelling, OIC residence, radio office and transmitting antenna
20th Century
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

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...but when we moved to Sugarloaf we got lonesome for St. Paul's Island!

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St. Paul's Island from the sea from Money Point area
Circa 1970's
St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

Credits:
The North Highlands Community Museum

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I enjoyed doing this with my nanny. It was hard to get her to talk though. It was fun to get to spend time with my Nanny.

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Jacob Wilkie, age 12
Circa 2006
Cape North, Nova Scotia, Canada

Credits:
Wilkie, Bonita