Voices of the People

Nova Scotia House of Assembly Petitions and Correspondence

5 October 1809

Petition of Alexander MacDonald and other inhabitants on the shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, stating the inconvenience and danger they suffer from having no harbour nearer than the Bay of Antigonish, and suggesting that a pier be built, with their assistance, at Arisaig Point. Signed with 98 names, subscribing 645 days’ work.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 16 number 35