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Articles

Stories, events and discoveries from Pictou Island’s history.

All 18 published articles A–Z

18 articles · Showing 1–6

The East End shoreline. Island landscape context; not a photograph of the 1934 wedding.
Andrea Rankin Sibley collection

The 1934 Airborne Wedding

The account of a wedding in an airplane over Pictou Island, with differing contemporary reports kept in view.

Community life · 1930s

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Daily Patriot report of 23 February 1903. Contemporary newspaper reporting on the Minto ice emergency.
Daily Patriot, 23 February 1903 — UPEI Robertson Library, University Archives and Special Collections; public domain

Frozen in the Strait — Minto & Stanley — 1903

The Minto and Stanley ice emergency and the passengers who reached Pictou Island.

Ships & rescue · 1900s

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The South / Wharf Lighthouse. South / Wharf Lighthouse; photographer and date unrecorded.
PIHS legacy collection; photographer and date unrecorded

South / Wharf Lighthouse

The wharf-side light, its period names, keepers and changing navigational role.

Places & landscapes · 19th–21st centuries

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Historic lighthouse and boats. Island boats and shoreline context; not an identified transportation event.
Hugh MacLean / PIHS collection

Transportation & Communication

Boats, winter crossings, mail and telephone service connected the Island with the mainland.

Transport & communication · 19th–20th centuries

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