The Little Settlements... Disappear

The little settlements of fishing shanties that were so prevalent along the shoreline back in those pioneer days of fishing have all disappeared from the landscape. The Myrick’s of Boston who settled at a place called Yankee Brook, between Frog Pond and Skinner's Pond, made a dent in the settlement there when they moved their business to Tignish Shore. A book published by the Myrick’s dating 1853-1969 spanning three generations tells a most interesting story of their involvement in the fishing and

merchandising business back in those years. The Myrick’s owned a great fleet of fishing vessels that were

used in their trade business with the United States and other Countries of the world. Possibly the one most written about was the Grace Parker that went down with her crew in 1896. Among the lost were family men from Alberton, Prince Edward Island, Frank McAlduff, Alfred Matthews, John Oliver, Captain Terrance and Bill Farrell along with Roy Turner of O’Leary and Barry King of Newfoundland. Closer to our shores was the vessel Carrie R Rich that wrecked off the North Cape during the nicknamed, "August 24th Gale of 1873”. Two of the crew, John Gillespie and John MacLeod of New London were brought to their resting- place at a spot in those years called ”Little Tignish.” It was there according to extracts from a diary kept by the Rev.

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