On July 2nd, 1937, after school had finished for the summer, Susan MacLeod put her two eldest sons, nine-year-old Duncan and eight-year-old Hughie, on a train bound for Boisdale. The arrangement went something like this: they would spend a night with the Boisdale stationmaster, who lived above the station; the next day they would get [...]
Categories: Heritage
Tagged: Canada, Cape Breton, Duncan MacLeod, English, family, Gaelic, genealogy, history, language, names, Nova Scotia, travel
- Published:
- February 4, 2010 – 12:07 am
- Author:
- By Jordan
Here’s a nice travel piece about Cape Breton. The writer describes it as
…a place where impenetrably forested mountains plunge straight to the sea, their descent interrupted only by the frail ribbon of the Cabot Trail; and where the vast saltwater sprawl of Bras d’Or Lake convolutes nearly every route between one place and another. Its [...]
Categories: Miscellaneous
Tagged: Cape Breton, Gaelic, travel
- Published:
- January 1, 2009 – 2:03 pm
- Author:
- By Jordan