A History of Canoe Cove

hese are the people that live here all year around

and the ones that lived before them. In the summer the population doubles as the people who own or rent cottages come back year after year to refresh themselves at our beautiful shore with its uncrowded beaches and warm water. All find our Cove beautiful but many are drawn back to kith and kin with their roots deep in their Scottish heritage.

l have pictured the people for the most part as gently and God fearing, and they were all of that but they were not saints. Scots being fond of the dram indulged in the past as much or more than they do today, with the same results as today. Scots being independent and hot tempered "fell out" with other Scots over things of the day, maybe stray animals or line fences. Scots being passionate, there were the same social problems. Divorce was unheard of, and it was a brave woman and one who got little sympathy if she left her husband, regardless of her home situation. In retrospect, the people seemed more moral than they do today but the apple does not fall far from the

tree.