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Grand Manan Light and Power Company

  • CA GMA MG10
  • Collection
  • 1928-1994

This collection consists of technical books, papers, and manuscripts documenting the history of the electrification of Grand Manan. The ledger documents the installation of wires to individual locations and then maintenance at that location. The ledger used was a telegraph ledger but the entries are all for 'Electrical Works'. The ledger was used from Oct. 1929 to 31 Jan. 1930. Also included is an NB Power Museum Kit, acquired in 1990, which contains a history of the electrification of the Province of New Brunswick. There is also an NB Power calendar for 1994.

Grand Manan Light and Power Company

Grand Manan Ferry Collection

  • CA GMA MG46
  • Collection
  • 1930 - 2010, predominant 2010

This collection contains 18 original enlarged photos of many ferries that serviced Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick from 1930 - 2010, some are mounted in professional scrapbooks. There are 3 cm of original newspaper articles in chronological order of stories about the ferry service. Two compact disks contain memories of the final voyages of The M.V. Grand Manan in service from 1965 to 2010. One compact disk was used on the official final voyage of the ferry as a part of the program and has a video of many ferry photos with the crew singing the song The Grand Manan playing in the background. The other compact disk has 200 images of the life on The Grand Manan with the crew featured doing their daily routines. Of the 200 images 45 were printed off for reference. As an index, there are 6 photo pages with thumbnail size photos of all 200 images.

New ferries arrived in 1965 and 1990 and 2010.

Grand Manan Historical Society (1931 - 2019)

  • CA GMA MG23
  • Fonds
  • 1931-2019

This fonds contains correspondence; membership lists; financial records and statements; publications; news clippings; and programmes of activities created in starting and operating the Grand Manan Historical Society.

Grand Manan Historical Society

Harvey & Bleumortier Company Collection

  • CA GMA MG42
  • Collection
  • 1932-1980

This collection contains the record books kept in operating the businesses and correspondence related to the business of smoking herring and marine repairs. There is a sectional Aeronautical chart of Boston (V-10), n.d.; blueprints of the barge "Minca" built for the Ministry of War, 1944; a Lee Wilcox poem; newspaper clipping about the replica of the schooner "Bluenose"; work orders for the annual refit of the patrol boat "Gull Light," 1970.

Harvey and Bleumortier Company

Grand Manan Boy Scouts collection

  • CA GMA MG76
  • Collection
  • 1935-2006

Fonds consists of newspaper clippings, a calendar, interview notes and a photocopy of "The Story of 'B.P.'" by William Hill Court.

Boy Scouts (Grand Manan, N.B.)

Grand Harbour Lighthouse

  • CA GMA MG91
  • Collection
  • 1949-1960

This collection contains diaries and reports of weather, visitors, the times when the light was lit and turned off, and the length of time operating each day. The records were kept by the Grand Harbour lighthouse keepers from 1949-1960. There are also blank forms of Hand Horn or Fog Bell Returns.

Grand Harbour Lighthouse

Grand Manan Farmer's Co-Operative Ltd.

  • CA GMA MG48
  • Fonds
  • 1951-1961

This fonds contains the records created in organizing and operating the Grand Manan Farmer's Co-Operative Limited. Included are:

  • Letters of Incorporation 11 Sept. 1951
  • Deed from Hayward and Helen Ingalls 28 August 1964
  • License to operate a Milk Pasteurization Plant 1 May 1969
  • Bank deposit books
  • unused cheques
  • payroll records
  • newspaper clippings with photos of dairy
  • Ink stamp from the Co-Op
  • cardboard milk bottle stopper stamped with Grand Manan Co-Op logo

Grand Manan Farmer's Co-Operative Ltd.

Grand Manan Unidentified Photos Collection

  • CA GMA MG61
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1960] -

This collection contains tintypes, dating from 1875 to 1920. It also contains many studio photographs mounted on cardboard and prints on photographic paper. There are also photo albums that have tintypes and mounted photos. Many of the images are scenes of Grand Manan Island.

Grand Manan Museum Inc. fonds 1961-2020

  • CA GMA MG233
  • Fonds
  • 1961-2020

This fonds consists of records created in opening and operating the Grand Manan Museum. Included are construction files, opening and maintenance files, minutes of meetings, annual reports, architectural plans, and correspondence about displays and loans for early exhibits.

Grand Manan Museum Inc.

Machias Seal Island Lightstation

  • CA GMA MG93
  • Collection
  • 1971-2002

This collection consists of newspaper articles, magazine articles, letters, stories, and histories relating to Machias Seal Island lightstation and bird sanctuary. There are articles concerning the boundary dispute between the Canadian and United States governments over ownership of the Island and a computer printout of the International Court of Justice Case Summaries Judgement of 12 October 1984 concerning ownership.

Machias Seal Island Lightstation

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