Snow!

Once again, it snow the whole day, but it was mostly a light snowfall. It has left many people stranded in their driveways and it will be several days before things get back to normal.

On this day in Our Islands History

In 1889, the Islands Municipality instructed the town crier to relay a public message. The record contained the note, "I, Alexandre Therriau, the under signed, public crier, living in the parish of House Harbour, certify under my office oath, that I have published the public notice annexed to the present while posting a copy at the place fixed by the council and have read it in a strong and intelligent voice, to the door of the School House in Grosse Isle, the third day of the month of January, eighteen hundred eighty-nine. In faith, I give this certificate. Alex Terriau.

- From the chronicle's of historian Father Frédéric Landry
Événements Historiques Agenda (Septembre 1993 à Septembre 1994)

It does not say what the notice was about, that he stuck on the door of the Grosse Isle schoolhouse. I'm assuming that it is an invitation to join the Municipality of the Magdalen Islands or what would later become the regional government, because the original East End Municipality started in or around that date.

If anyone has any ideas on the subject, please feel free to make suggestions in the comment section of this posting!

Second Storm of the Year

• Feels Like: -16
• Wind: N 69km/h
• Wind gusts: 81km/h
• Sunrise: 7:54
• Sunset: 16:27

• Relative Humidity: 86%
• Pressure: 99.13 kPa
• Visibility: 0.2 km
• Ceiling: 0 ft

The weather outside is horrible. It has been storming, snow and blowing snow, the entire day. Even the horses refused to go out. The temperature outside the airport is -5C, but it is probably warmer here in Old Harry, since we're more sheltered with forest.

I've wrote a whole story on the storm of '82 on the Gimme A Dream Site that is quite interesting because I rambled off topic in several areas, talking about disasters and house fires and traffic jams in Grande-Entree, lol! Dare you to take a look!

For the entire Weather forecast for the Islands see the Weather Network.

Island Made

This is a quilt block 12"x12" of Grosse Isle's third Anglican church, the Holy Trinity, which was built in 1928 after the second church blew off it's foundation on Grosse Isle North.

It was built in 1928 and has undergone renovations to the doorstep and the steeple. In the seventies someone decided that the original steeple was too high and became damaged by the high winds far too often so villagers were contracted to cut the steeple down. Most people say that the church is not as attractive as it once was because of the renovations.

The interior sports beautiful stained glass windows that were donated in memory of villagers and hard-wood stained walls, domed ceiling and floor. It also has the only pipe organ on the islands.

The photo to the right is how it looks now and the two below are stained glass windows from within.

Click on the images for a more detailed image.

On this day in Our Islands History

In 1875, the villagers of Etang-du-Nord created the new Municipal Corporation. On the second day of January, Mister J.B. Painchaud, Mayor of the islands and village of Amherst and Prefect of the Magdalen Islands, conveyed a public assembly to elect seven councilors for the new municipality of Etang-du-Nord.

- From the chronicle's of historian Father Frédéric Landry
Événements Historiques Agenda (Septembre 1993 à Septembre 1994)

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Island Made

This hand-crafted beaded choker was made of blown glass beads in variegated blues and variegated blue through purple glass seed beads. It was macramed with off-white number 10 cotton twine.

On this day in Our Islands History

In 1875, the first council for the Committee of the Magdalen Islands was sanctioned by Law 37, Vic. ch. 43, which came in force on the first of January, 1875. The council was comprised of the municipalities of Amherst, Etang-du-Nord and the Island of Alright. This first council was composed of Charles E. Chaisson, Prefect, Edouare Borne, register officer, Nectaire Arseneault and Charles Chaisson, councilers.


- From the chronicle's of historian Father Frédéric Landry
Événements Historiques Agenda (Septembre 1993 à Septembre 1994)

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