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The Yarmouth and Annapolis Railway Company was founded at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia with Frank Killam as its first president. In 1894 the company and all of its land was sold to the Windsor and Annapolis Railway Company Ltd.

Elsie May Bell was born on 8 May 1878, the daughter of Mabel (Hubbard) and Alexander Graham Bell. Her father was world- renowned for his invention of the telephone and his numerous experiments on flight and sound. As an adult, and following the death of her father, she and her sister Marian established a museum at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, devoted to their famous father.

The Kingston Village Post Office (now Greenwood) was opened in 1842 and was located in H.D Woodbury's store. At the time of the establishment of the Kingston Village Post Office, Nova Scotia's postal service was under the jurisdiction of Britain's Imperial Postmaster General, with provincial postal services being overseen by a Deputy Postmaster General. In 1851, the responsibility for Nova Scotia's postal service was passed to the provincial government, and a provincial Postmaster General was appointed. Under the terms of the 1867 British North America Act, Canada's new federal government assumed responsibility for all postal services in the Dominion. In April, 1868, the newly-created federal Post Office Department took over all postal operations across Canada.

Hugh R. McKenzie operated a general store in Antigonish, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia with his brother Donald in the mid 1800s. He died in 1863. Donald McKenzie (b. 1831) operated a general store in Antigonish, Nova Scotia with his brother Hugh until Hugh's death circa 1863. The brother's partnership was dissolved and Donald established his own merchandising business. In 1877 Donald suffered a stroke and died two years later. A year following Donald's stroke the business closed.

Lena Harrington was born and raised in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, the daughter of L.G. and G.G. Harrington. During the first half of the twentieth century, she operated a book store on Antigonish's Main Street. She was an avid photographer and weaver. Lena never married and died in the late 1950s or early 1960s.

The Royal George Hotel was built on College St., Antigonish in 1906. It was the premier hotel in the town for many years due to the luxury of having hot and cold running water. C.E. Gregory, local barrister, was the man who had the building erected. It operated successfully as the Royal George until the early 1970s, when new ownership changed the name to the Bonnie Brae Inn. Since that time, the ownership has changed once more and the old name has been restored. No hotel has operated from the building since c. 1978, but several small businesses and offices are located on site. At the time the first daybook (1941-1942) was in use R.K MacDonald was the owner of the Royal George Hotel. He had previously been partners with Joseph Kennedy, who had bought the hotel from its original owner, C.E. Gregory. However, Kennedy only ran the hotel for a short period of time and MacDonald took over. At the time of the third and forth daybooks (1952-1957), George Armour was the operator of the hotel.