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Corporate body · 1870-1966

The Yarmouth Marine Railway Company existed from 1870 to at least 1966 on Water Street, Yarmouth, N.S. Vessels of 800 tons capacity or less, requiring repair or maintenance, would be hauled out of the water by steam power using a capstan and a cradle. Once out of the water, the ship could be repaired. The first ship to grace the cradle was the 166-ton brig Alexander William, owned by G. W. Allan. The slip was purchased by Sweeney Fisheries in the late 1930's. In 1966 Sweeney Fisheries owned 18 scallop draggers plus a number of smaller vessels which provided most of the work of the Marine Railway.

Corporate body · 1809-1848

On 5 June 1809 fifty resident land owners in the Township of Yarmouth, N.S. joined to form the Yarmouth Lock Company. They united to construct a lock at Cape Forchue Falls which connects the Harbour with Lake Milo. The main purpose of the lock was to provide easy transportation of inland timber to the harbour and to allow for the building of vessels in the Lake Milo chain. The company was divided into one hundred shares, hoping to raise five hundred pounds to finance the building of the lock. The principal investors were John Killam Jr., Henry Landers, Miner Huntington and Jacob Tedford. Of the fifty subscribers, five were chosen as commissionaires and were responsible for the administration of the project. Construction began on the lock on 27 August 1810. The company was incorporated in 1811. By 1812 enough of the project was completed to allow vessels to pass. However, only two locks were ever finished and the system was never properly completed. The company later changed its name to the Inland Navigation Company. The completed locks eventually fell into disrepair and the project was abandoned ca. 1848.

Corporate body · 1950-

The Yarmouth County Weavers' Guild was established in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1950. The purpose of the guild was to provide a monthly meeting place for local weavers to exchange patterns and plan exhibits, as well as to procure weaving supplies at discount prices. Mrs. Brad Eldridge was the first president. The organization became the Yarmouth County Craft Guild in 1975. Patricia Cann was for many years the secretary of the Yarmouth County Weavers' Guild and was probably the treasurer for a time.

Corporate body · 1950-

In January, 1949, fire struck the old Yarmouth Academy, in Nova Scotia, the high school which had developed out of the Yarmouth Seminary established in the town more than eighty years earlier. The Academy was destroyed, but at least one contemporary account indicated that most of the school's administrative and student records were saved. For some time prior to the blaze, the Board of School Commissioners for the Town of Yarmouth and the Yarmouth Municipal School Board had been discussing how best to address the strain on Yarmouth Academy's facilities which had resulted from the practice of conveying ever-increasing numbers of high school students from the municipality to the school. In March, 1950 the Board of School of Commissioners for the Town of Yarmouth, the Yarmouth Municipal School Board, and the Nova Scotia Department of Education agreed that the school replacing the Academy would serve as a joint central high school for both the town and the surrounding municipality, and that part of the cost of the new school would, therefore, be borne by the municipal school board. The Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School (YCMHS) was opened in the fall of 1950, on the site of the old Academy building. The YCMHS was one of only two high schools in Yarmouth Municipality, the other being the francophone Ste. Anne du Ruisseau, and the only high school in the town of Yarmouth itself. YCMHS was originally under the jurisdiction of the Board of School Commissioners for the Town of Yarmouth, but a Yarmouth Regional High School Board was formed in August, 1970. This latter board was replaced in 1980, along with the Yarmouth town and municipal school boards, by the newly-created Yarmouth District School Board.

Wynot, Robert Arthur
Person · 1914-2000

Robert Arthur Wynot was born in 1914. His parents were Wellesley M. Wynot and Florence Melinda (Joudrey) Wynot. He lived in Mahone Bay and was a marine engineer who, at one point, worked for Nugold Mining Corporation Limited at the gold mine in Blockhouse, NS. He passed away in 2000.

Family

Wilfred Wyman was born on 21 May 1869 in Chebogue, Yarmouth County. He married Florence Nightingale Gravel of Tusket Lakes on 18 May 1895. The couple had three children, Wilfred (b.1896), Maynard (b. 1898) and Iona. Wilfred Sr. went to sea in 1882 and later earned his master's papers and commanded British steamers on voyages around the world, employed by the Canadian National Steamships Ltd. Between 1895 and 1915 the family operated a produce business, selling fruit, eggs, and butter to local residents. The Wymans had a hot-house on their farm at Chebogue Point, which they used to grow much of their produce. Wilfred Jr. joined the army in the summer of 1915 and was sent to France as a machine gunner with the 25th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment). Wilfred Jr. was killed in action on 6 November 1917. Maynard joined the army ca. 1916 and also served in France with the 85th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment). Maynard returned home following the war, married and lived in Yarmouth. Iona lived in Nova Scotia and worked as a nurse.

Wyman, Wilfred, b. 1869
Person

Wilfred Wyman was born on 21 May 1869 in Chebogue, Yarmouth County. In 1895 he married Florence Nightingale Gravel. Wyman first went to sea in 1882 and later earned his Master's papers and commanded British steamers on voyages around the world, employed by the Canadian National Steamships Ltd. until ca. 1936. Between ca.1895 and 1915 he and his family ran a produce business, selling fruit, eggs, and butter to local residents. The family had a hot-house on their farm at Chebogue Point, which they used to grow much of their produce.

Wyman, Wilfred A., 1896-1917
Person · 1896-1917

Wilfred A. Wyman was the son of Wilfred (b. 1869) and Florence Nightingale Gravel of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and the brother of Maynard and Iona. He was born in 1896 and joined the army in the summer of 1915. He was first sent to Quebec for training and then England and was finally sent to France as a machine gunner with the 25th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment). He was wounded several times and spent considerable time in British vet hospitals. Wilfred was killed in action on 6 November 1917. He is buried in the Ypres Memorial in Belgium.