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Salmon River Bridge (Halifax County, N.S.) Series Photographs
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History
Series · ca.1947, ca.2007
Part of Salmon River House fonds
Series forms part of the Salmon River House fonds and consists of two accounts of the history of the Salmon River House. One account was written circa 1947 by Jean Faulkner as part of a grade ten school assignment. The handwritten account discusses the original owners of the home, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Warnell, and the subsequent owners, Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Myers, who purchased the home in 1920 and established an inn. Included with this essay is a photograph of the house. The second account was written by an anonymous author on the occasion of the Salmon River House celebrating eighty-seven years of providing service to the travelling public. The account discusses the Warnell family who supposedly built an original cottage there in 1853 which was incorporated into the current structure. It also discusses the period in which it was owned by Sandy and Cora Myers and later when it was owned and operated by Adrien Blanchette, his first wife Norma, and later his second wife Elisabeth Schwarzer. In addition, it discusses the award winning Lobster Shack Restaurant that the Blanchettes established at Salmon River House. Accession number: 2013.041
Photographs
Series · c. 1920- 1980
Part of Grace (Williams) Forsythe fonds
Series forms part of the Grace (Williams) Forsythe fonds and consists of photographs and copies of photographs of people, buildings, and scenes along the Eastern Shore. Included are photographs of Salmon River Bridge in the 1930s and 1960s, Byron Myers’ store and post office and Nat Dooks’ store at Head of Jeddore, fish stores owned by Mr. Jim and Captain Will Harpell (grandfather of Grace), the ship Hans Leonhardt which was on her maiden voyage from Germany to Jeddore in September of 1938 and in port during the Czecho-Slovakian crisis, HMCS Sackville in 1944, Jeddore Harbour in winter, several photographs of unidentified people, the United Church at Head of Jeddore, St. George’s Church in Ostrea Lake, the Baptist Church in Oyster Pond, and Reverend Robert Jamieson. Also included are copies of a photograph of Harpell’s Cove showing the home of Jeremiah and Emma Harpell c. 1920, a general view of West Jeddore, and several postcards featuring scenes of Ostrea Lake and Jeddore as well as two negatives including one of Ostrea Lake School, and a clipped picture of the T.S.S. Liverpool Rover. Accession number: 2010.032
Photographs
Series · 1938-2002
Part of Salmon River House fonds
Series forms part of the Salmon River House fonds and consists of seven photographs and copies of photographs of the Salmon River House in various years. Some photographs contain people as well, including one photograph with Sandy and Cora Myers, Cora’s sisters Ava (Harpell) Williams and her daughter Grace Williams (later Forsythe), and another sister of Cora’s standing near the gate in front of the house. Accession number: 2013.041