56 Staten (m flu) Edge

The survival of the Irish in the Tignish area was assured, that of the Acadians less certain, though they still made up a large proportion of the area’s residents. Independence, both for individuals and for the community, was at a low ebb, in spite of the changes that were slowly coming. Co-operation had made a step to the forefront, but few would have recognized it at the time. The new generation of leaders was quite different from the two which had preceded it — probably more like that of the original settlers. Yet looked at in the light of over a hundred years of survival, co— operation, and independence, one could say that finally some of Tignish was beginning to do what it collectively wanted to do, largely unhampered by Church, state or business. A mature community individuality was in the process of emerging.

Irish Mosser “ . . . on the edge”

Photo courtesy of Lianne Ryan, Tignish 2000