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DISTRICTS - EASTERN KINGS

East Baltic

The name East Baltic appears to date from the Napoleonic Wars when there was a heavy timber export trade from the Maritimes owing to the Baltic timber ports being closed to British commerce.

Among the early settlers were the names MacEachern, Nicholson, Wilson, Bruce, MacAulay, Mooney, Stewart, Holland, Dunphy, Humphrey, Moran, MacGregor, MacNeill, Ryan, Campbell,

Leet, MacLellan, Currie and Griffin. The last three named settled in the West Tarantum.

The school was first located on the property now owned by Walter Dixon. It later was moved farther south and close to the

main highway, but some years afterwards it was moved back to the present location, and remodelled.

The first passenger train came through the area in 1912. Edward Mossey commonly known as Ned, had charge of the station. The young people gathered around the pot—bellied stove with its warm coal fire to await the coming of the train in the evening and to listen to tales of the long ago as they were told by Ned. His son, Peter, had charge of the station in later years.

Two forges were located in East Baltic. One was owned by a Nicholson and it was in the corner of a field across the road

from R. Stuart MacGregor's driveway. The second one was owned by Isadore and Hubert Murphy.

James and Angus Strahan, sons of Donald Strahan, owned and operated a copper shop where they made barrels, also built tanks, large enough to hold 600 gallons, which were all sold.

Donald's wife lived to be 100 years of age.

The starch factory was built in 1907 across the main highway from the present school.

Carpenters included: John Dunphy, Glencorradale; Robert A. MacGregor, East Baltic; James Murphy, Eugene's father, East Baltic; William Dunphy, Fr. Dunphy's uncle, Morell; Angus MacDonald, Greenvale; Thomas MacMahon, Campbell's Cove; Ebenezer Jarvis, Red Point; Jack MacEachern, East Baltic; Edward Mossey, East Baltic; George Robertson, East Baltic.