On this day 103 years ago, this gun was captured April 9, 1917 at Vimy Ridge by Canadian forces during the First World War. In the photo is Sheriff Ernest W. Lynds, and you can prominently see the plaque on the top left of the cannon stating how the cannon arrived in Albert County. This photo dates from 1920.

This cannon was captured at the Battle of Vimy Ridge - April 9, 1917 by Canadian Forces. On April 11, 1917 this cannon was turned on the enemy by the Royal Field Artillery. In the fall of 1919 this cannon was awarded to the people of Albert County for raising the highest percentage of money over their set goal for any area in the province during the Victory Loans Campaign of 1919. Their set goal was $110,000.00, and the people of Albert County raised $347,600.00. Three times the goal! (In today's dollars that is equivalent to $6.2 million. Not bad for a population of 8700 people!) The cannon arrived in Hopewell Cape on March 4, 1920 by train to Cape Station, and then by horse to Cape Square.

And now a trip to tthe Capital of the County, the old “Albert House” hotel at Hopewell Cape, NB.

Let’s go west to Elgin with a photo from around 1900.

Back to School Monday, with a trip to the Berryton School. This photo was taken by John Whitmore in the summer of 1973.

Time for a Sunday drive! In this 1920 photo showing Dr. William Francis Ganong's 1917-1919 Ford Model T on the Old Shepody Road, Albert County, New Brunswick.

This view of the harbour in Alma shows the tugboat Stadium lining up three vessels at the dock. The vessels would be tied together at the dock before the tide went out. The vessels had to be tied together because the dock is so small. When the tide was out the vessels would rest on the ocean floor.

The Revolving Light while under construction at the Turner Shipyards in Harvey in 1875. The ship was the first square rigged all masts built at Harvey. The ship weighed 1248 tons and was named for Cape Spencer Light, Saint John

This photo is of the Meredith White under construction in Alma in 1918. The Meredith and its sister ship the Vincent (seen behind the Meredith) were built for C.T. White & Son Ltd. Note the scaffolding around the ships used by the men while building the vessel. Although the deck and the masts are in place the planks on the hull have yet to be painted.

This photo shows two ships the Vincent and Meredith White being built side by side in Alma in 1915. Note the wooden scaffolding around the ships, workmen would build up this scaffolding higher and higher as the ship was being built.

To go with our Homeschool project an amazing photo of Alma Harbour. This vessel tied up at the harbour in Alma is probably being loaded with timber, the ship was used to transport the lumber to market. Note the wooden bridge across the Alma river in the far left of the photo, and the piles of logs ready to be sawed on the dock.

Back to school Monday with a trip to the old Harvey School, which burned in 1941.

It’s Sunday, so let’s take a family drive to Hopewell Cape to Randall’s Farm. Little Sharman Arslanian at Randall's Farm Hopewell Cape in 1951. Pony Rides, puppy farm, monkey, and apparently even a zebra. PS Click on the link to see the famous monkey!