Pictou County Books and Literature: The History of Westville
Title: The History of Westville
Authors: Andrew Roy
Publication Date: 1956
Description:
This brief history of Westville written by Andrew Roy was also published as an article in the New Glasgow Evening News (Dec. 31 1962).
The six page article does a great job of describing the history of Westville starting the early days, going over industry, Businesses, transportation, societies, and more. This document combined with the 208 page book Celebrating Our Heritage The History of Westville, created by Westville Heritage Group in 1986.
“At one time Westville was a bustling community with ten or twelve trains a day, a skating rink, a bowling alley, a Y.M.C.A. and a Gymnasium, two thriving and busy hotels, travelling concert companies, baseball and foot-ball and hockey.
Many of the town streets are named after the families who settled there first, such as Cowan, MacKay, Irving, Duff, Clish, Oliver, Grant, Picken and Foley, also MacQuarrie and Purvis Avenue. Office Street was so named because the office of the Black Diamond Company was on that street.” (Andrew Roy)
The reader, needs to keep in mind that this material is almost 70 years old, and a lot has changed since then.
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