This fall scene of a small island in Antigonish Harbour is so reminiscent of
Loch Eil was seen daily at various periods over the past 100 years by
Hector MacDonald’s family and recently by a Mi’kmaq family called
Simon

Sealladh foghair de dh’ eilean beag an Acarsaid Antaigeanais; chunnacas
an sealladh seo feadh cheud bliadhna le muinntir Eachainn
Dhòmhnallaich, le Cloinn Mhic Eumainn a Arnasdail an Albainn (a rèir
Mghr. MhicRaing) agus bho chionn ghoirid le teaghlach Mi’kmaq do’m
b’ainm Simon.

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