Inverness Warden Betty Ann MacQuarrie officially deemed September 28 as British Home Child Day in Inverness County during a ceremony last week. She also presented a framed version of the official proclamation to members of the Chestico Museum and Historical Society. Pictured are (from the left): Edna Guest, daughter of John Guest who came to Canada as a migrant child; Joanne Watts, administrator of the Chestico Museum; Inverness Warden MacQuarrie; and Ruth Guest, also a daughter of John Guest.
PORT HOOD: Three women from Port Hood and one from West Bay Road were special guests at the municipal building during a ceremony honouring the 150th anniversary of the arrival of British Home Children to Canada. “Sometimes it’s difficult to look back on the darker parts of Canadian history,” said Inverness Warden Betty Ann MacQuarrie…
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