The Wild Geese. The parade of Mount St. Bernard Academy women. Only on Sundays and holidays were they allowed to walk into town, two by two, under close watch of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame (CND), c 1912. Courtesy of Bart Sears, C. J. MacGillivray album & Antigonish Heritage Museum. Restoration: Anne […]
Tag Archives: Antigonish Highland Games
Imagine Antigonish opens at Highland Games 2014
Imagine Antigonish will be inaugurated during the 2014 Highland Games, initially at the July 10th Downtown Street Fair, before moving to a dedicated tent on Columbus Field for July 11th-12th. A descriptive plate will accompany each photo—subjects, location, brief narrative, photographer, date, source acknowledgement and/or copyright permissions—to the extent that these are known. A postcard […]
Highland Games Parade, float carrying model of the cenotaph, c 1950s
Highland Games Parade, float carrying model of the cenotaph, c 1950s. Red Archie MacGillivray, Chief of Police is on horseback. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum, 99.51.3. Restoration: Jeff Parker. Red Archie MacGillivray, so called for his red hair, is on horseback. He became Chief of Police in 1938, and served for 15 years. In an […]
The 1924 Antigonish Highland Games on the campus of St. Francis Xavier University
The 1924 Antigonish Highland Games on the campus of St. Francis Xavier University, a Fundraising Bazaar to build St. Martha’s Hospital. Photographer: William Archibald. Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum The Minutes of the Antigonish Highland Society for May, 1924 record an agreement with the trustees of St. Martha’s hospital to stage the Highland Games as […]