The information accompanying this 1953 photograph states Our Lady of the Assumption Convent was founded at Arichat fifty years ago. However, a convent was located in Arichat many years before the early 1900s because the Geological Survey Map, 1884, identifies a Church of England, Roman Catholic Church, Hotel, Telegraph Office, Post Office, and Convent in town.
Date: 1953
Photographer: E.G.L. Wetmore
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Photo Collection: Places: Cape Breton: Arichat: Convent: Our Lady of Assumption Convent / negative N-517, N-3743
Nova Scotia Archives — https://archives.novascotia.ca/builtheritage/archives/?ID=159
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