Historic Photographs

Pictou Island Wharf at night — photograph credited to PIHS

Historic colour photograph of Pictou Island Wharf

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Historic colour photograph of Pictou Island Wharf

Church Cemetery — PIHS photograph

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The Hall, Pictou Island — photograph credited to PIHS

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The Hall, Pictou Island — photograph credited to PIHS

1914–1918 Roll of Honour

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The White Lady

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Pictou Island Hearse House

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Forerunners and the Hearse House

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Historic Pictou Island iceboat illustration

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Pictou Island iceboat

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Daily Patriot, 23 February 1903 — Minto passengers at Pictou Island

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Daily Patriot, 23 February 1903 — Minto passengers at Pictou Island

Daily Patriot, 17 March 1903 — Minto and Stanley report

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Daily Patriot, 17 March 1903 — Minto and Stanley report

Pictou Island ferry

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Pictou Island mail plane

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Pictou Island fisheries

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Margaret MacDonald

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Ralph Hooper

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Military gravestone of Lance Corporal J.R. Hooper

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Military gravestone of Lance Corporal J.R. Hooper

Veterans Affairs service and burial record for Lance Corporal J.R. Hooper

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Veterans Affairs service and burial record for Lance Corporal J.R. Hooper

Sunday school picnic at the Rankin farm

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Jack and Mary Rankin

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The MacLean sisters

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Sidney, Ralph, and Theodore Hooper

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Lorne Matheson collection photograph

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Unidentified wreck — view 1

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Unidentified wreck — view 2

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Unidentified wreck — view 3

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Unidentified wreck — view 4

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Historic lighthouse view

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Island shipbuilding

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Factory Road

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Historic lighthouse and outbuildings

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Pioneer Cemetery

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Heritage Centre and Iceboat exhibit

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Eddie Glover, Billy MacMillan Sr., and Punch Patterson with an iceboat

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Eddie Glover, Billy MacMillan Sr., and Punch Patterson with an iceboat

Historic illustration of the Pictou Island hearse

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Historic illustration of the Pictou Island hearse

Historic lighthouse view

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South Side Lighthouse

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Boat passing Sutherland Memorial Church in 2019

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Boat passing Sutherland Memorial Church in 2019

Boat passing Edward Rankin’s former house in 2019

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Boat passing Edward Rankin’s former house in 2019

South Side Lighthouse, fishing boats, and people

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South Side Lighthouse, fishing boats, and people

People loading cattle aboard a boat

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Historic East End Lighthouse

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Historic West End Lighthouse and keeper's buildings

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Historic West End Lighthouse and keeper's buildings

Historic South Side Lighthouse

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Lorraine MacDonald and Rena Ferguson on the South Lighthouse steps

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Lorraine MacDonald and Rena Ferguson on the South Lighthouse steps

Early photograph of Sutherland Memorial Church

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Early photograph of Sutherland Memorial Church

Sunday school picnic in the 1940s

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Island community members at Sutherland Memorial Church

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Island community members at Sutherland Memorial Church

Archibald Sutherland

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Pioneer Cemetery restoration volunteers

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Pioneer Cemetery during restoration

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Headstone recorded during Pioneer Cemetery restoration

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Headstone recorded during Pioneer Cemetery restoration

Historic view associated with the Pioneer Cemetery

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Historic view associated with the Pioneer Cemetery

Andrew MacFarlane

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William C. “Bill Cole” MacDonald

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Archibald “Archie” MacDonald

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Charles “Charlie Dan” Patterson

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John Alexander “Jack Happy” MacDonald

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Hugh “Big Hughie” MacLean

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Lauchlan “Lauchie” Rankin

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John M. MacLean

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Pictou Island Sunday School class, August 16, 1942

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Pictou Island Sunday School class, August 16, 1942

The Hearse House—PIHS's first project

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Pictou Island group portrait

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Welcoming a soldier home, probably 1945

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The vessel Morag near Pictou Island

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Ward MacCallum grading an island road

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Opening the Iceboat Exhibit

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PIHS lighthouse-keeper photograph search

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PIHS lighthouse-keeper photograph search

Pictou Island Auction 45 rules

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Old-time card party, 2022

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Old-time card party gathering, 2022

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Pictou Island 45s tournament, 2023

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Sheila Rankin painting of the South Lighthouse

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Sheila Rankin painting of the South Lighthouse

South Lighthouse painting raffle winner

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Sutherland Memorial Church restoration, 2024

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Sutherland Memorial Church restoration, 2024

First annual PIHS work party, 2024

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Caring for PIHS heritage buildings

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Wharf Lighthouse work party

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Pictou Island heritage photography, 2024

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Pictou Island heritage photography, 2024—second view

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Pictou Island heritage photography, 2024—second view

Piping in the lobsters at LobsterFest XVI

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Piping in the lobsters at LobsterFest XVI

Cooking for LobsterFest XVI

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Gathering for LobsterFest XVI

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LobsterFest XVI at the wharf

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LobsterFest XVII volunteer

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Community meal at LobsterFest XVII

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Longtime and new island residents at LobsterFest XVII

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Longtime and new island residents at LobsterFest XVII

Skipper Ronny honoured at LobsterFest XVII

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Skipper Ronny honoured at LobsterFest XVII

LobsterFest XVII cooking crew

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LobsterFest XV, 2023

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LobsterFest XV community gathering

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LobsterFest XV volunteers

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The first PIHS bottle drive, 2017

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Transporting PIHS refundables, 2023

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PIHS refundable-container fundraiser, 2025

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PIHS refundable-container fundraiser, 2025

Gathering for LobsterFest XVIII, 2026

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LobsterFest XVIII community meal

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Lobster prepared for LobsterFest XVIII

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Arriving for LobsterFest XVIII

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Young visitors at LobsterFest XVIII

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LobsterFest XVIII volunteers

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Community dinner at LobsterFest XVIII

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Fisheries and Canneries — view 4

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Fisheries and Canneries — view 5

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Fisheries and Canneries — view 6

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Fisheries and Canneries — view 7

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Fisheries and Canneries — view 8

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Fisheries and Canneries — view 9

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Ray Hayman family and community photographs

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Ray Hayman family and community photographs — view 3

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Ray Hayman family and community photographs — view 3

Ray Hayman family and community photographs — view 4

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Ray Hayman family and community photographs — view 4

Ray Hayman family and community photographs — view 5

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Ray Hayman family and community photographs — view 5

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Can you identify this photograph?Other photographs · Places

Fire Department equipment building under construction, 1989

Construction of the Pictou Island Volunteer Fire Department’s steel equipment building, 1989; subject and year confirmed by PIHS. Workers and individual photographer unidentified. Elwood Rankin Collection, courtesy of Lorne Matheson and PIHS. Reproduced with PIHS-confirmed permission.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-ELWOOD-RANKIN-8

Other photographs · Working life

Wharf construction — montage 9

Wharf and marine construction. The specific project, date, exact location and workers have not been identified; do not assign this montage to a dated harbour project. Elwood Rankin Collection, courtesy of Lorne Matheson and PIHS. Reproduced with PIHS-confirmed permission.

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Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-ELWOOD-RANKIN-9

Other photographs · Working life

Wharf construction — montage 10

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Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-ELWOOD-RANKIN-10

Other photographs · Places

Campbell MacCallum barn

Campbell MacCallum barn, Pictou Island. Photograph supplied by Ron MacDonald; reproduced with permission. PIHS collection. Photographer and photograph date are unrecorded. The building’s historical lot number is not established.

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Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: CAMPBELL-MACCALLUM-BARN-RON-MACDONALD

Rankin-Sibley · Community history

East End, May 1, 1983

A view of Pictou Island’s East End from Darrell Rankin’s slides. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-EAST-END-1983

Rankin-Sibley · Working life

East End fishermen

Logan MacDonald and Vernie Rankin at the East End. Photograph from a Darrell Rankin slide; Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-EAST-END-FISHERMEN

Rankin-Sibley · Community history

Pictou Island Wharf

Historic view of the island wharf, preserved from Hazel MacDonald’s collection. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-PICTOU-ISLAND-WHARF-HAZEL-MACDONALD

Rankin-Sibley · Places

Jack and Mary Rankin’s farm

Jack Rankin bought a farm with a log house and built this house with Mary before their 1910 marriage, using wood brought from Wood Islands. The small building at right was used as a store. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-JACK-RANKIN-FARM

Rankin-Sibley · Community history

Jack and Mary Rankin

Jack and Mary Rankin. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-JACK-MARY-RANKIN

Rankin-Sibley · Community history

Sunday school picnic at the Rankin farm

An island Sunday school picnic at Jack and Mary Rankin’s property. Participant identifications were supplied with the Andrea Rankin Sibley collection. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-SUNDAY-SCHOOL-PICNIC

Rankin-Sibley · Community history

Vernie and Duncan Rankin

Brothers Vernie and Duncan Rankin. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-VERNIE-DUNCAN-RANKIN

Rankin-Sibley · Community history

Vernie and Isabel Rankin playing hockey

Vernie and Isabel Rankin with hockey sticks on Pictou Island. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-VERNIE-ISABEL-RANKIN-HOCKEY

Rankin-Sibley · Community history

Angus and Dollie MacDonald

Angus Hector “Happy Angus” MacDonald and Adeline “Dollie” MacFarlane. They farmed and kept horses on the property later associated with the Stafford family. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-ANGUS-DOLLIE-MACDONALD

Rankin-Sibley · Community history

Bush MacDonald and Vernie Rankin

Henry “Bush” MacDonald and Vernie Rankin. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-BUSH-MACDONALD-VERNIE-RANKIN

Can you identify this photograph?Rankin-Sibley · People

Torquil MacLean’s farm

A historic view of Torquil MacLean’s farm. The people shown are not yet identified in the available record. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-TORQUIL-MACLEAN-FARM

Rankin-Sibley · Community history

Torquil and Isabella MacLean

Torquil and Isabella MacLean. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-TORQUIL-ISABELLA-MACLEAN

Rankin-Sibley · Transportation

Hector MacLean

Hector MacLean, believed to be Torquil MacLean’s brother. The collection notes that he played bagpipes on the mainland boat journey for Vernie and Isabel’s 1944 wedding. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-HECTOR-MACLEAN

Rankin-Sibley · Community history

The MacLean sisters

Dollie, Janie, Mamie, Bella (Isabella), Annie, and Ena—daughters of Charles and Annabel MacLean. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-MACLEAN-SISTERS

Rankin-Sibley · Community history

Annabel “Bella” McCallum

Annabel “Bella” McCallum (1853–1922), Isabella MacLean’s mother. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-BELLA-MCCALLUM

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Rankin-Sibley · Community history

Isabel Hooper Rankin

Isabel Hooper Rankin. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-ISABEL-HOOPER-RANKIN

Rankin-Sibley · Community history

Teddy Hooper and Vernie Rankin

Teddy Hooper and Vernie Rankin. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-TEDDY-HOOPER-VERNIE-RANKIN

Rankin-Sibley · People

Sidney, Ralph, and Theodore Hooper

Sidney, John Ralph, and Theodore “Teddy” Hooper, all of whom served during the Second World War. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-SIDNEY-RALPH-THEODORE-HOOPER

Rankin-Sibley · Community history

Hooper and MacLean family group

A large family group from the Hooper and MacLean families. Identifications supplied with the Andrea Rankin Sibley collection accompany this family photograph. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-HOOPER-FAMILY

Can you identify this photograph?Rankin-Sibley · People

Skating on Pictou Island

Island residents skating outdoors. The people and date are not confirmed in the available catalogue information. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-SKATING

Rankin-Sibley · Transportation

Vernie Rankin, East End fisherman

Vernie Rankin aboard a fishing boat at the East End, preserved from a Darrell Rankin slide. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-VERNIE-RANKIN-EAST-END-FISHERMAN

Rankin-Sibley · Working life

East End shoreline

Cattle on the beach near the East End harbour, photographed in the 1970s or early 1980s and preserved from Darrell Rankin’s slides. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-EAST-END-SHORELINE

Rankin-Sibley · Community history

Annabelle MacLean Hooper

A portrait identified in the supplied collection record as Annabelle MacLean Hooper. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-ANNABELLE-MACLEAN-HOOPER

Rankin-Sibley · Community history

Torquil and Isabella MacLean

A second portrait of Torquil and Isabella MacLean, shown seated together. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-TORQUIL-ISABELLA-MACLEAN-SEATED

Rankin-Sibley · Places

MacLean family gathering

A MacLean family group gathered beside a car and farmhouse. Family identifications were supplied with the Andrea Rankin Sibley collection. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-MACLEAN-FAMILY-GROUP-CAR

Rankin-Sibley · Community history

Annabel “Bella” McCallum at a spinning wheel

Annabel “Bella” McCallum at a spinning wheel, identified in the Andrea Rankin Sibley collection. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-MCCALLUM-SPINNING-WHEEL

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Rankin-Sibley · Transportation

Pictou Island Wharf

A colour view of boats and fishing activity at the Pictou Island Wharf. The supplied record identifies Anderson MacLean, Teddy Hooper, Henry “Bush” MacDonald, Isabel and Vernie Rankin, and Logan MacDonald among those present. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-PICTOU-ISLAND-WHARF-COLOUR

Rankin-Sibley · Community history

Jack and Mary Rankin’s farm

A wide view across the fields toward Jack and Mary Rankin’s farm. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-JACK-MARY-RANKIN-FARM-WIDE

Rankin-Sibley · Places

Rankin farm from above

An elevated colour view of Jack and Mary Rankin’s house, outbuildings, fields, and shoreline. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-JACK-MARY-RANKIN-FARM-AERIAL

Rankin-Sibley · Working life

Jack Rankin

Jack Rankin photographed outdoors in work clothes. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-JACK-RANKIN-WORKING

Rankin-Sibley · Community history

Jack Rankin, 1956

Jack Rankin seated at home in 1956. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-JACK-RANKIN-1956

Rankin-Sibley · Community history

Jack Rankin in the garden

Jack Rankin standing among tall garden flowers. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-JACK-RANKIN-GARDEN

Rankin-Sibley · Places

The Rankin house

A historic exterior photograph of the house Jack and Mary Rankin built before their 1910 marriage. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-JACK-RANKIN-HOUSE

Can you identify this photograph?Rankin-Sibley · Community history

Torquil MacLean’s farmyard

Animals gathered beside the barn at Torquil MacLean’s farm. The person shown has not been confirmed in the available record. Andrea Rankin Sibley collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-TORQUIL-MACLEAN-FARMYARD

Can you identify this photograph?Matheson · Transportation

Early aircraft · Lorne Matheson’s attributed first mail plane

An early aircraft photograph supplied by Lorne Matheson, who identified the aircraft as Pictou Island’s “first mail plane.” This identification is preserved as Lorne’s family-history attribution, rather than as independent verification of the aircraft, a first flight or the beginning of postal air service. The date, location, aircraft model, pilot and service history remain unconfirmed. Lorne Matheson collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-PHOTO-00

Can you identify this photograph?Matheson · People

Lorne Matheson collection — photograph 1

Historic family photograph awaiting identification of the people, place, and date. Lorne Matheson collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-PHOTO-01

Can you identify this photograph?Matheson · Community history

Lorne Matheson collection — photograph 2

Historic island photograph awaiting identification and context. Lorne Matheson collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-PHOTO-02

Can you identify this photograph?Matheson · Community history

Lorne Matheson collection — photograph 3

Historic island photograph awaiting identification and context. Lorne Matheson collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-PHOTO-03

Can you identify this photograph?Matheson · People

Lorne Matheson collection — photograph 4

Historic family photograph awaiting identification of the people, place, and date. Lorne Matheson collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-PHOTO-04

Can you identify this photograph?Matheson · Community history

Lorne Matheson collection — photograph 7

Historic island photograph awaiting identification and context. Lorne Matheson collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-PHOTO-07

Can you identify this photograph?Matheson · Community history

Lorne Matheson collection — photograph 8

Historic island photograph awaiting identification and context. Lorne Matheson collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-PHOTO-08

Can you identify this photograph?Matheson · Community history

Lorne Matheson collection — photograph 9

Historic island photograph awaiting identification and context. Lorne Matheson collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-PHOTO-09

Can you identify this photograph?Matheson · People

Lorne Matheson collection — photograph 12

Historic family photograph awaiting identification of the people, place, and date. Lorne Matheson collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-PHOTO-12

Can you identify this photograph?Matheson · Community history

Lorne Matheson collection — photograph 14

Historic island photograph awaiting identification and context. Lorne Matheson collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-PHOTO-14

Can you identify this photograph?Matheson · Community history

Lorne Matheson collection — photograph 15

Historic island photograph awaiting identification and context. Lorne Matheson collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-PHOTO-15

Can you identify this photograph?Matheson · People

Matheson family photograph 3

Family photograph preserved in the Lorne Matheson collection. The people and date are not yet confirmed.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-MOMS-03

Can you identify this photograph?Matheson · Transportation

Nina Vennita Matheson beside an aircraft

Nina Vennita Matheson stands with another woman beside an aircraft. The photograph may date from after the Second World War, and the aircraft may be associated with a later mail-plane service; neither the date nor the aircraft’s role has been confirmed. The second woman and the location remain unidentified. Photograph from the Lorne Matheson collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-MOMS-06

Can you identify this photograph?Matheson · People

Matheson family photograph 7

Family photograph preserved in the Lorne Matheson collection. The people and date are not yet confirmed.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-MOMS-07

Can you identify this photograph?Matheson · Community history

Matheson family photograph 9

Historic family photograph preserved in the Lorne Matheson collection. PIHS welcomes names, relationships, locations, and an approximate date.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-OLD-FAMILY-09

Ray Hayman · Places

Factory Road

Historic Factory Road scene showing a horse-drawn carriage and large industrial buildings. Ray Hayman / PIHS collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-RH-001-FACTORY-ROAD

Can you identify this photograph?Ray Hayman · Transportation

Unidentified wreck — view 1

One of four photographs of an unidentified vessel wreck on a rocky shore. Ray Hayman / PIHS collection. Vessel, location and date remain to be confirmed.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-RH-002-WRECK-01

Can you identify this photograph?Ray Hayman · Transportation

Unidentified wreck — view 2

Second view of an unidentified vessel wreck, with a person and barrels visible. Ray Hayman / PIHS collection. Identification remains provisional.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-RH-003-WRECK-02

Can you identify this photograph?Ray Hayman · People

Unidentified wreck — view 3

Third view of an unidentified vessel wreck on the shore, with people visible. Ray Hayman / PIHS collection. Vessel, place and date remain to be confirmed.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-RH-004-WRECK-03

Can you identify this photograph?Ray Hayman · Community history

Unidentified wreck — view 4

Fourth view from the same unidentified wreck sequence. Ray Hayman / PIHS collection. Further identification is being sought.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-RH-005-WRECK-04

Ray Hayman · People

Group portrait — inscription identifies John C. McDonald

Historic group portrait carrying the handwritten inscription “John C. McDonald.” The inscription is preserved as supplied evidence; PIHS is seeking confirmation of the people, date and location. Ray Hayman / PIHS collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-RH-006-PEOPLE-JOHN-C-MCDONALD

Ray Hayman · Community history

Two men — provisional handwritten readings

Historic photograph of two men with handwritten names that appear to read “Sam Giddings” and “Mark McKenzie.” The readings are provisional and may need correction. Ray Hayman / PIHS collection.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-RH-007-SAM-GIDDINGS-MARK-MCKENZIE

Ray Hayman · Places

Children on the shore with industrial buildings

Two children on the rocky shore with large shoreline buildings and wharf structures in the background. Ray Hayman / PIHS collection. People, date and exact location remain to be identified.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-RH-022-CHILDREN-CANNERY-SHORE

Ray Hayman · Places

Children with a small wagon

Children playing with a small wagon near shoreline buildings. Ray Hayman / PIHS collection. Names, date and location remain to be identified.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-RH-027-CHILDREN-WAGON

Ray Hayman · Community history

Children at the beach

Children wading at the beach. Ray Hayman / PIHS collection. PIHS is seeking names and an approximate date.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-RH-028-CHILDREN-BEACH

Ray Hayman · People

Gathering at a wharf or landing

A group gathered at a wharf or landing, with a barrel in the foreground. Ray Hayman / PIHS collection. The occasion, people and date remain to be identified.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-RH-017-WHARF-CROWD

Ray Hayman · Places

Men at a wharf or landing

Historic group of men at a wharf or landing with boats and shoreline buildings visible. Ray Hayman / PIHS collection. PIHS is seeking identifications and context.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-RH-035-WHARF-GROUP

Ray Hayman · Places

Man with boats in a yard

A man stands in a yard with boats and buildings behind him. Ray Hayman / PIHS collection. Person, place, date and activity remain to be confirmed.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-RH-038-MAN-BOATS-YARD

Ray Hayman · Places

Historic lighthouse view

Distant view of a lighthouse and associated buildings across the water. Ray Hayman / PIHS collection. The lighthouse and date remain to be confirmed.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-RH-016-LIGHTHOUSE-DISTANT-VIEW

Ray Hayman · Transportation

Group in a rowboat

Adults and children in a rowboat close to shore. Ray Hayman / PIHS collection. Names and date remain to be identified.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-RH-029-ROWBOAT-GROUP

Other photographs · People

1914–1918 Roll of Honour

Bronze Roll of Honour naming seven volunteers and remembering William McLure as a friend of the Pictou Island people. Photograph: PIHS. Source: PIHS collection; individual photographer not recorded.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-1000010457

Other photographs · People

Ralph Hooper

Several Pictou Island residents served during the Second World War. Ralph Hooper served with the Lincoln and Welland Regiment, R.C.I.C. and died overseas. Source: PIHS collection; individual photographer not recorded.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-RALPH

Other photographs · Places

Military gravestone of J.R. Hooper

The stone and Veterans Affairs record identify F/79900 Lance Corporal J.R. Hooper of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment, R.C.I.C., who died January 26, 1945, aged 28. He is buried at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, grave XVI. A. 2. John Ralph belongs to the Lester and Annabell (MacLean) Hooper line connected to Pictou Island. Its relationship to the separate James and Dolina/Dollie Hooper line remains unresolved. PIHS contributed.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-JR-HOOPER-GRAVESTONE-PIHS-CONTRIBUTED

Other photographs · Places

Island shipbuilding

Adamson's Shipyard at the east end and Vincent Turple's business were two notable boatbuilding operations. Newly built wooden boats were soaked in a pond so their boards would swell and seal the hulls. Source: PIHS collection; individual photographer not recorded.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-BUILDING

Other photographs · Transportation

The ferry

Filmstrip captions document Pictou Island ferry service by the 1920s. A 1910 start date appears in some PIHS material, while the surviving photographs establish the service by the 1920s. Source: PIHS collection; individual photographer not recorded.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-FERRY

Other photographs · Transportation

Mail and air service

Aircraft entered the recorded transportation story in 1930. A postal Air Stage flight is securely documented on April 1, 1949; the exact start of regular mail-plane service and the end of routine iceboat mail remain open. Source: PIHS collection; individual photographer not recorded.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-PLANE

Other photographs · People

Margaret MacDonald

Margaret MacCallum entered nursing training at Montreal’s Royal Victoria Hospital in January 1918 and completed the three-year program about 1921. She later worked in Montreal and Boston before returning to Pictou Island, where she became an important source of nursing and emergency care. The exact year of her return remains unresolved. Gloria Stephens’s biography credits her with assisting at more than sixty births. Source: PIHS collection; individual photographer not recorded.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-MARGREWT

Other photographs · Transportation

The iceboat

The iceboat was a crucial winter connection, not a guarantee of year-round access. PIHS records conflict between 1940 and 1941 for the preserved boat attributed to Vincent Turple; its build record remains open. Source: PIHS collection; individual photographer not recorded.

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Catalogue reference: PIHS-ICEBOAT

Other photographs · Working life

Daily Patriot, 23 February 1903 — Minto passengers at Pictou Island

The report states that foreman Milton Welsh landed 19 Minto passengers on Pictou Island while 35 remained aboard. Most of those landed intended to continue toward High Bank, approximately 17 miles away, in dories belonging to the lobster factories. It does not establish that the crossing was completed in those dories or identify which factory owned a dory. Credit: UPEI Robertson Library, University Archives and Special Collections. Public domain; no reproduction permission required.

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Catalogue reference: PIHS-DAILY-PATRIOT-1903-02-23-MINTO-PICTOU-ISLAND

Other photographs · Community history

Daily Patriot, 17 March 1903 — Minto and Stanley report

This report may add context to the Minto and Stanley story. Its reference to ‘twenty men from the shore’ is not treated as proof that the men were Pictou Islanders. Credit: UPEI Robertson Library, University Archives and Special Collections. Public domain; no reproduction permission required.

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Catalogue reference: PIHS-DAILY-PATRIOT-1903-03-17-MINTO-STANLEY-PICTOU-ISLAND

Other photographs · Working life

Fisheries

Lobster fishing has been central to island life and the economy since the nineteenth century. Several canneries once operated on the island; later catches were sold and processed on the mainland. Source: PIHS collection; individual photographer not recorded.

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Catalogue reference: PIHS-FISH

Other photographs · Places

Factory Road

Factory Road led to one of Pictou Island's last operating lobster canneries. The island's final canned-lobster production appears to have ended between 1923 and 1926. PIHS contributed.

Photograph record details

Catalogue reference: PIHS-FACTORY-ROAD