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The Tides of Discipline by Ethel Thompson. A personal history of three traditional fishing communities: Chance Harbour, Dipper Harbour and Maces Bay, situated on the South Shore of New Brunswick. Published in 1978. A most interesting book with soft cover and 116 pages plus 11 pages of pictures.
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Limited time - Bargain - purchase any 3 copies  of Ethel Thompson's books  for $120.00 plus $15.00 shipping within North America  - a great gift for  members of a family - these books are out of print.  Contact rmcusack@nbnet.nb.ca

An Eye to the Future - A History of Pocologan, New River, Lepreau and  Little Lepreau by Ethel Anne Thompson.

A history of Four Traditional Fishing Communities: Pocologan, New River, Seeleys Cove,  Lepreau and Little Lepreau, all neighbouring villages, on the South Shore of New Brunswick. The front cover has a photo of Lepreau Harbour showing clam flats, old #1 highway, Mink Brook and Barnaby Head in the distance. Boyne’s Cove on the back cover. throughout the book. 96 pages.

In “An Eye to the Future”, Ethel Anne Thompson not only tells the history of Pocologan, New River, Lepreau and Little Lepreau, but she gives us a glimpse of the early settlers and their descendants, through text and the more than 50 photos that are included in this 1992 publication.

To name a few  of the more than 50 photos: Mr and Mrs William Boyne, Three generations of the Rogers family, Students of Lepreau School in 1937, Eula May Goodeill and Alva Ellis, Robert Shaw in 1901, Gideon Knight Hanson, Ruth and Margaret Hanson, Eugene McLean and many other interesting pictures.

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THE SOUND OF MANY WATERS - A History of Musquash by Ethel Anne Thompson

A history of Musquash in St. John County, New Brunswick, Canada. Ist edition 1980. Soft cover. 70 pages plus 18 pages of black and white photos. (Roy McCluskey, Thomas Menzies FitzRandolph, Jack Anderson, Lake Retreat Lodge, Westfield Beach Station, Camp at George Anderson’s Shingle-making mill: Dave Taylor, Charlie Gamble, Ned Boyd, George Gamble, James Williamson and Dick Quartley. George Anderson’s Shingle Mill. Inglewood Fish and Game Club House. Charlie Spinney’s house with horse being held by Gussie McPherson. Charles Spinney’s house. Building the Road through Musquash 1924. Team with Road Grader. St. Anne’s Anglican Church. School Registers in Appendix. Highlights from the Charles DeForest Journal.

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