Welcome to the Official Website of the Bay St. George South Historical Society
It is a pleasure to welcome you all to our new website!
It's been almost seven years since the founding members got together with a vision to create a Historical Society in the Bay St. George South region.
The mission remains: to restore, preserve and promote the richness of our history and culture.
We strive to record stories of the past that will fill our library and as our youths reach toward the future, help to give them and us a greater understanding and appreciation of our past.
In the years since the Society's beginnings in 2012 we have established a Museum, a Scholarship that is awarded to a student who is graduating from E.A Butler All Grade School in McKay's and an annual Tea Party which is held in mid-summer.
In the last three years, with your generous support and help from both the Federal and Provincial Governments, we have been able to move forward on the restoration of our HNL Designated Heritage Home , the Legge Homestead in Cartyville, and now most of the work to be done is on the inside of the house. We will continue to seek assistance from all sources in our attempt to complete this project.
We have researched, built and erected a storyboard/kiosk in memory of local Veterans of the First and Second World Wars and included those who served in the Forestry and the Korean War. The Veterans Kiosk is located on the Area Development Association grounds in McKay's, where we hope to establish other kiosks dedicated to the importance of fishing, farming and forestry to the community throughout the years. Others may be considered.
This year we partnered with the Bay St. George South Area Development Association and, having received financial support from Tourism Southwest, the Provincial Government, and a crowdfunding campaign, we commemorated a very significant local historical event. With tremendous help from local volunteers, we erected three interpretative kiosks to acknowledge six young Scottish boys who had been cast off a bulk carrier on treacherous slob ice off the shores of the Highlands 150 years ago and to honour Catherine Ann Gillis – MacInnis’ role in the rescue of four of them. The Catherine Ann Interpretive Kiosks can be visited just a short walk from the Highlands Road near the Church at Gales Point.
This summer, with funding from the Government of Canada for two student research analysts, we will begin a process of delving into the genealogy of the community from Fishell’s to the Highlands. One of the goals of this project is to create a visual interpretation of the numbers. We are seeking at least one story about or from each of the communities. The objective is to expand our local historical knowledge and to develop a way to present it to residents, and others, to foster a more fullsome understanding of our area’s roots.
We will be updating the site on a regular basis with interesting pieces from the past and breaking news of the present.
Speaking on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Society I want to thank all those who have followed us and helped get us this far, and assure you that we have just begun.
Sincerely,
Taylor Chaffey, President
Bay St. George South Historical Society
Website launched June 2018
It's been almost seven years since the founding members got together with a vision to create a Historical Society in the Bay St. George South region.
The mission remains: to restore, preserve and promote the richness of our history and culture.
We strive to record stories of the past that will fill our library and as our youths reach toward the future, help to give them and us a greater understanding and appreciation of our past.
In the years since the Society's beginnings in 2012 we have established a Museum, a Scholarship that is awarded to a student who is graduating from E.A Butler All Grade School in McKay's and an annual Tea Party which is held in mid-summer.
In the last three years, with your generous support and help from both the Federal and Provincial Governments, we have been able to move forward on the restoration of our HNL Designated Heritage Home , the Legge Homestead in Cartyville, and now most of the work to be done is on the inside of the house. We will continue to seek assistance from all sources in our attempt to complete this project.
We have researched, built and erected a storyboard/kiosk in memory of local Veterans of the First and Second World Wars and included those who served in the Forestry and the Korean War. The Veterans Kiosk is located on the Area Development Association grounds in McKay's, where we hope to establish other kiosks dedicated to the importance of fishing, farming and forestry to the community throughout the years. Others may be considered.
This year we partnered with the Bay St. George South Area Development Association and, having received financial support from Tourism Southwest, the Provincial Government, and a crowdfunding campaign, we commemorated a very significant local historical event. With tremendous help from local volunteers, we erected three interpretative kiosks to acknowledge six young Scottish boys who had been cast off a bulk carrier on treacherous slob ice off the shores of the Highlands 150 years ago and to honour Catherine Ann Gillis – MacInnis’ role in the rescue of four of them. The Catherine Ann Interpretive Kiosks can be visited just a short walk from the Highlands Road near the Church at Gales Point.
This summer, with funding from the Government of Canada for two student research analysts, we will begin a process of delving into the genealogy of the community from Fishell’s to the Highlands. One of the goals of this project is to create a visual interpretation of the numbers. We are seeking at least one story about or from each of the communities. The objective is to expand our local historical knowledge and to develop a way to present it to residents, and others, to foster a more fullsome understanding of our area’s roots.
We will be updating the site on a regular basis with interesting pieces from the past and breaking news of the present.
Speaking on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Society I want to thank all those who have followed us and helped get us this far, and assure you that we have just begun.
Sincerely,
Taylor Chaffey, President
Bay St. George South Historical Society
Website launched June 2018