Museum hours: July & August, 9:30 to 4:30 Monday through Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4 or by appointment.
The Museum features displays of the shipbuilding industry; Bear River being one of the great shipbuilding towns of the province, as well as agricultural, social, community, education, household and native M’ikmaq displays. A small admission fee is charged.
We reside in the Oakdene Centre, the former school in Bear River,
1913 CLEMENTSVALE RD
Hi,
We are looking for a picture of the sloop MARY M ROMKY
Built at Smith Cove, N-S, 1902, 70,5 f. long for 77 tonneaux
Pierre-Philippe Landry
Sec. Société historique de la Côte-Nord
http://www.shcote-nord.org/
See listing Guysborough County Historical Societies for possible assistance:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canns/guysborough.html
It appears the “Mary M. Romkey” was built by Captain John Romkey in Necum Teuch on Nova Scotia’s eastern shore. Necum Teuch is near Smith Cove. According to a Romkey family history published on line:
http://www.anneontheweb.com/?p=10
the vessel was built in 1902 and weighed 77.10 tons.
I am looking for information of John Smith ( from Norway) & Mary Robinson ( from NS) who were married 8-6-1871 in Digby..civil record indicates St Marys Bay but I am not sure of that…residence on marriage record is Hillsburgh….they had at least 3 children born in Bear River 1873…1876 and possibly 1879.
These are my great grandparents….they came here to Boston about 1880…I have records from then on but is there anyplace I can contact for info while they were in Bear River area ??? John was a ships rigger.
Thank you
Kay Ford