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Historical wire/cable ferries | St-Leonard N.B. – Van Buren Maine

Transcript:

Dear Amelia,

I rec’d your card before I left St. J. June 21st but was waiting for a letter. I am having a dandy time. Was to the “Cannon Ball” last night. Had’nt heard form Annie since I left St.John. Hope you are well & enjoying yourself. Write soon to your true friend Myrtle Dearton (?)

Historical Notes:

Today Saint Leonard, New Brunswick  is connected to Van Buren, Maine by the Saint-leonard-Van Buren (1972) bridge which replaced an earlier bridge (1911), which in its turn replaced the cable ferry which you see above.

Related Posts:

Index Vintage Postcards of New Brunswick

St Basile NB – Wire/Cable Ferry Boat (1915)

Edmunston NB – International Ferry (ca 1907)

Further reading:

Maine Memory Network – International Ferry, Van Buren, ca. 1910

Maine Memory Network – Van Buren to Saint Leonard Bridge

Cable ferry – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cable ferries operating in New Brunswick, Canada

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A Strange Thing Happened On The Way To Lewiston, Maine

Peter Lagasse is joining us once again today to share his information on a line of Lagaces who descend from  Basil Mignier/Lagace and his first wife Madeleine Leclerc/Francoeur. This time the accent is on the Lagasse/Ross connection!

Guest Post 4: Peter Lagasse

A Strange Thing Happened on the Way to Lewiston, Maine

As I have shared in an earlier post my father, Roland Paul Lagasse, was not born in the United States as he had thought. He had been born in St-Paul-des-Capucins, Les Mechins, Quebec, Canada and had been given the name Joseph Gaudiose Rolland Lagacé. At the age of 8 months his parents decided to return to the United States. However, instead of going to Manchester, New Hampshire, where they had been married, they decided to go to Lewiston, Maine, in July of 1910. Read more »

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