Queens County Nova Scotia - Photos from the Past & Present

QUEENS COUNTY NOVA SCOTIA

Photos from the Past & Present

By Tim McDonald

$24.95 Available at the Queens County Museum in Liverpool, N. S.

or Memories Cafe in Liverpool, N. S.

In 2013, I began working on a book on Queens County, Nova Scotia. In the book are nearly 200 old photos and postcards and nearly 200 new photos all from Queens County. Each page of the book shows 2 photos, the top photo was taken many years ago, the bottom photo shows a photo taken in the same location but taken in 2013-14. Between the 2 photos is a brief history of what was there, when it was built, when it was demolished or destroyed by fire, when it opened or closed. Each page of the book takes us back to a time before most of us were born. Having the new photo on the page, easily helps to identify where the old photo was taken. A book launch and signing was held at the Queens County Museum on November 29, 2014. Books are presently available at the Queens County Museum or Memories Cafe, both in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.

The Front Cover of

Queens County Nova Scotia

Photos from the Past & Present

The top photo was taken over 100 years ago showing a view of Main Street in Liverpool with Gorham Street located to the far left. The bottom photo shows that same area in 2014. 

Bowater (Continued)

Bowater Closes In Queens County

Since the closing of Bowater in Brooklyn, Queens County, Nova Scotia earlier this year, someone began a face book group and I've been adding lots of photos. Some of the photos came from the Mersey Quarterlies. Thought I would add them to the blog so people who are not on my facebook can enjoy them.

 

 

 

Mersey Townsite Documentary on DVD

A documentary about the Mersey Townsite is for sale at $15 per copy. The documentary was researched by me and the actual DVD was edited and put together by Plateau Entertainment Films http://plateauentertainment.com/

If you are interested in purchasing a copy leave a message, your name and email address on this blog.

Searching for homes of some people...do you remember where they lived?

Been researching a project for 2 years and am wondering if anyone might remember where the following people may have lived in the Liverpool area - in some cases I know the street but not which house it was.....

Peter Isaac
Harriet McQuinn (Hunts Point)
Jennie Smith
Clarence Drew 

Basil Knox
Esther Williams
Forest Peach - Old Port Mouton Road
Lester Smith - Union Street
Roswell Nickerson - Prefabs
Arthur Parker - Brooklyn
A. Harris MacLeod - Main Street
Fred Maynard
Arthur Young
Murray & Alta McPherson - Main Street
Russell Wamboldt - Main Street
Harry Peach - Old Port Mouton Road
Howard Sperry
William Clatttenburg - Brunswick St
Austin Clattenburg - George St
Rona Payzant - Summer St
Floyd & Nettie Whynot

The Riverside Hotel, Main Street, Liverpool, Nova Scotia

Riverside Hotel - later the site of the Liverpool I.G.A.

When I look at what we have along Main Street in Liverpool, I often wonder what was there before. The 1960s saw a lot of changes on Main Street, with so many of the older structures demolished to make way for new cement box type buildings. For those who are old enough to remember, the 1960s saw the building of the Stedmans building (now Packets Landing), The Peoples Store (now Home Hardware), The Liquor Store (now vacant but was Value Plus), The Metropolitan Store (now the Bargain Shop), Canadian Tire (now gone because of a 1996 fire) and of course the Liverpool IGA. The IGA and Bowling Center were built around 1960/61 and of all the buildings mentioned previously, it was the first to be constructed. Before it was built, there stood a beautiful old building known as the Riverside Hotel. Unfortunately I do not remember this building since it was gone years before I was born. I do know that it was owned and operated by Walter Cook and his wife Ella. The photo above was loaned to me by Barbara Cook Meredith, grand daughter of Walter and Ella. I'm hoping readers will offer some of their own personal memories of this building since I have none of my own memories.

Walter & Ella Cook - owners of the Riverside Hotel

Fire at Bowater Mersey

Anyone remember what year the fire happened at Bowater Mersey Paper Company? Was it the early 1960s? Tell us your stories...fill is in.....