Black and white photograph of the Pictou Island mailplane in the mid-19th century.
The Pictou Island mailplane. Since the 1930s mail has been delivered to Pictou Island from mainland Nova Scotia by small airplane. There is no landing strip and the plane lands on the island`s unpaved main road, which in winter is generally covered in snow.
Black and white photograph of Lachie Dan MacCallum (1881-1967) with his grandson Ken MacCallum in the 1950s.
Lachie Dan MacCallum (1881-1967), the great-grandson of the first miller at Cornaig, with his grandson Ken MacCallum in Lachie`s lobster boat at Pictou, Nova Scotia around 1958.
Colour photograph of Ken MacCallum of Connecticut, a descendant of the first miller at Cornaig.
Ken MacCallum of Connecticut, a descendant of John MacCallum, the first miller at Cornaig.
Black and white photograph of Sarah Ann Brown, the daughter of Neil Brown (1819-1905) from Heylipol, with her family.
Sarah Ann Brown, the seventh child of Neil Brown (1819-1905) from Heylipol and his wife Sarah Henderson, with her family. L-R: (back) Neil (b.1900), Opal (b. 1895), (front) Bertha (b. 1909), Sarah Ann Muir nee Brown, Sara Elizabeth (b. 1911), Edwin Herbert Muir and Dora (b. 1907).
Black and white photograph of Angus Brown, the son of Neil Brown (1819-1905) from Heylipol, with his wife and children.
Angus Brown (b.1872), the son of Neil Brown (1819-1905) from Heylipol, with his wife Jemima Cooper and children Roy and Margaret (b. 1901).
Black and white photograph of Christena Brown, the daughter of Neil Brown (1819-1905) from Heylipol, with her husband and son.
Christena Brown (b. 1876), the daughter of Neil Brown (1819-1905) from Heylipol, with her husband Herbert Fowler and their son Frank (b. 1907), photographed in Canada.
Colour photograph of the family of Stella Lindsay, the grand-daughter of Neil Brown (1919-1905) from Heylipol.
The family of Stella Lindsay, the grand-daughter of Neil Brown (1919-1905) from Heylipol. L-R: Jack, Donna, Terry, Stella (known as Jean) and Bill.
Family tree of the descendants of Angus Brown of Heylipol and his wife Mary MacArthur.
The descendants of Angus Brown of Heylipol and his wife Mary MacArthur. After the couple`s death, their children emigrated to Canada in the late 1840s.
Colour photograph of a Lynday family gathering in the late 1990s.
A Lyndsay family gathering in the late 1990s in Canada. They are descendants of Arnold and Stella Lindsay; Stella was the grand-daughter of Neil Brown (1919-1905) from Heylipol who emigrated to Canada in the late 1840s.
Black and wbite photograph of the house at Egmondville in Ontarion where Neil Brown from Heylipol lived.
The house in Egmondville, Ontario where Neil Brown (1919-1905) from Heylipol and his wife Sarah Henderson lived with their twelve children: Mary, Janet, Katherine, Margaret, Donald, Flora, Sarah Ann, Isabelle, Angus, Christena, Phemma and John. Donald, Phemma and John died under the age of five.
