IODE Isgonish - Truro NS
In October 1955, when Isgonish Chapter was organized in Truro, the name Isgonish was chosen because of its historical significance to Colchester County. In 1947 the Historical Sites and Monuments Board of Canada erected a monument at Lower Onslow to mark the portage site on the Isgonish River used as the chief trade route of the French and First Nations from the settlement at Cobequid to Isle St. Jean (PEI) and Louisbourg. In later years the British used the same route as they travelled from Halifax to Charlottetown.
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Recently two donations of $300 each were made possible from a generous bequest from the late Peggy Eldridge, a long-time member of the IODE Isgonish Chapter.
One donation was made to the Dalhousie University, Agricultural Campus Awards Office, Truro Nova Scotia, to be used for a scholarship for a local student in the Plant Science Department; the other going to the Colchester Regional Hospital to be used to provide transportation costs for patients travelling to Halifax for medical appointments. Shown above is the presentation of a cheque to Darlene Holmes (r), Cancer Patient Navigator with the hospital by Harriet McWhirter (c), Chapter President and Mariam MacLellan (l), Communications Officer. Citizenship
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