LEN NOX ISLAN D (St. Anne’s)

Hi5 ABORIGINALS living on present-day

Prince Edward Island were generally

known as ”Micmacs”. They lived across P.E.I. but Lennox Island, containing some 1300 acres, has been home to most of them, at least since 1870. Their ancestors became Roman Catholics in the early 16005 and chose St. Anne, grandmother ofjesus, as their patron saint.

A new and pretty church opened on Lennox Island in 1842 but a number ofyears later it fell victim to fire. The people then built the present church in 1895 and about ten years later a rectory followed. For twenty years. beginning in 1948. they had their own pastor l residing among them. 5 Otherwise. From 1876 until now the priests at Grand River have had . responsibility For the pastoral care of~ Lennox

Island.

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For many years St. Anne's Sunday in

latejuly has been a great local celebration and homecoming. as well as a Festive

occasion For people from near and far.

In 1948 the Sisters oFSaint Martha came to live on Lennox Island mainly to teach in the new school just opened. They assisted in others ways as well and still

maintain £1 PI‘CSCHCC CllCl‘C.

In the early l970s a new causeway to their island has added greatly to the economy and convenience of the 350 people living there today.

The school there is Fittingly named the “john j. Sark Memorial“ after this prominent Lennox Island resident who died in 1945.

The Mi'Kmaq people ofLennox Island have adapted to the demands of~ a changing society but they do not Forget their past. Nowadays they engage in a variety of occupations both on and off

their island.