" L ‘ A HISTORY OF CANOE COVE

Miss Louise MacKenzie Mrs. John A. MacDOugall Mrs. Nicholas Gillis Mrs. Neil MacPhail

Mrs. John MacCanneIl Mrs. Mark Inman

Mrs. Alex MacQuarrie Mrs. Neil MacKenzie Mrs. Colin MacFadyen Mrs. Dan MacLean

Mrs. Roy MacPhee

Mrs. Charles MacNevin Mrs. Willard MacKinnon Mrs. Dougall MacLean

This organization was very well attended for many years but as older members died their places were not taken, and now there are very few members. The women still meet regularly, and it is amazing how much is accomplished to help support missionaries abroad and to help those who labor at home.

Canoe Cove Women’s Institute

Community minded women had been meeting fairly regularly in Canoe Cove primarily to meet the needs of the school, a type of a Home and School club. This was due mostly to the efforts of Ina Hickox who was an inspiring teacher in the district. This group led to the organization of the Canoe Cove Women’s Institute, which‘was effected on September 15, 1950 by MaryLea Boswell, formerly of Victoria. The officers elected that night were President, Mary MacPhee; Vice President, Ina Hickox, and Secretary-