Lents Island

These images come from slides that are in the collection of George F. W. Young, professor of history at Saint Mary’s University. They were very kindly scanned by Brian. I believe that these slides were taken in November 1972, but they are photos of other, older photos. It is not clear to me exactly what these older photos are supposed to represent.

One is clearly a photo of a stone wall, with a man and woman posing beside it.

The other is a photo of what appears to be a bedrock outcrop, with an inscription that appears to read “GOLD 1809″.

The frame of these two slides has the words “Lent’s Island” written in ink. Lent’s Island is one of the Tusket Islands.

If anyone can throw any additional light on these images, I would appreciate it.

Terry J. Deveau <aa376@chebucto.ns.ca>

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The territory which is covered here lies between Tusket River on the west, the Argyles on the east, the Tusket-Belleville region on the north and Lobster Bay on the south. These names were given mostly by the French people who once lived in this section of Yarmouth County, some of them having always figured on official maps, others having been adopted lately and others known only through tradition.

L’ILE A VINEAUX (Flakes Island), now known as “Flick Island,” which might be a corruption of the word “flake.” Half a mile south of this island is “Butter Island;” according to Judge Vincent Pothier, in one of his sketches, one of these two islands seems to have been known as “Lent Island” or “Little La Tour Island,” called “Little” to distinguish it from L’ILE LA TOUT, now “Robert’s Island.” Here, abreast with “Flick Island,” close to the shore of Hubbard’s Point, there is “Cow Island,” known also as LA POINT A CAILLOCHE (Cailloche Point). – Terry Deveau, June 16, 2003