"I A HISTORY OF CANOE COVE

Full many a time In flight from care, And I have found in thee A sheltering cove of rest From storms of life.

Thy rocks and garden green above Give resting pleasure to the eye Thine acres broad Of clean unsoiling sand With gullies interspersed and warm Give sportive play a chance. Thy waves and tide With ebb and flow Lend music, change and rest Unto the mind and heart

And Irom thy soothing, buoyant, Bracing summer waters come Whene’erl swim and sun in thee A sparkling sense of health And so to me thou art indeed A gladdening, strengthening, sheltering Cove of life.

Written by Rev, Murdoch MacKinnon of Canoe Cove Published in The Patriot August 16,1933.

Used with permission of Mr. MacKinnon's niece Mary, Mrs Allan MacDonald.