Murray Harbour Collection

: The Stanley Off Cape Bear; The icebreaking ship "Stanley" caught in the ice off Cape Bear. A rescue mission was sent out to get the passengers off the ship.

: The letters of Pansy Machon Hawkins: 1929-1939; The first installment in the letters of Pansy Machon Hawkins; they start with a letter from Pansy's mother, Elizabeth Tweedy, and follow Pansy through to 1939.

: The letters of Pansy Machon Hawkins: 1940-1949; The letters of Pansy Machon Hawkins, from 1940-1949.

: The letters of Pansy Machon Hawkins: 1950-1959; The letters Pansy Machon Hawkins wrote to her niece in Alberta from 1950-1959.

: The letters of Pansy Machon Hawkins: 1960-1969; The letters of Pansy Machon Hawkins, written from 1960-1969.

: Train Crash; Groups of men gather around the cite of a train and bus collision in Wilmot (near Abney).

: Two Thelma's; Thelma Burns (left) and Thelma Teed opened a tea room in the old Prowse store in 1935. The late A. Byron Burns, Thelma's brother, recalled it's popularity: "It was quite a novelty at the Harbour and I remember one evening, probably a Saturday evening, Wal White was in the area and probably looking for a fight. As far as I can recall, he and Rollie White (Fred’s father) got into some sort of argument out in front of the tearoom in the area where Prowse's gas pumps were located. Apparently my father could see that the discussion between Rollie and Wal was not receding, and by that time a crowd was gathering so Dad went out and picked up Rollie and threw him over his shoulder and took him into the tea room. During the scuffle to rescue Rollie his glasses came off unknown to him at the time and he only missed them the next morning when he went out to the site of the tussle and there they were undamaged. A miracle, as there were 40 or 50 people milling around to see who the winner would be since Wal White was around that night." Read the rest of his memories at: http://www.peicaps.org/~mhcap/memories.html

: Two Thelma's Menu; The Menu at the Thelma's Cafe in 1935; lobster sandwiches were only 20 cents, with tea or coffee included!

: Two Thelma's Menu II; Inside the menu at the Thelma's Tea Room in 1935.

: Will MacDonald's Boat; This photo is taken from Machon's Point, with Will MacDonald's boat on the left.

: Will S. Beck's Home; William S. Beck's home in Cape Bear. Will S. Beck was a tombstone carver, and his mark can be seen on many stones in local cemeteries. He was married to Lucy Lumsden, sister of photographer J. Elliot Lumsden.

Island Narratives Program