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Evelyn Richardson, Bon Portage Island

"This is Evelyn Richardson, author of We Keep a Light." Evelyn and her husband Morrill came to the island in 1929 as lightkeepers and lived there for thirty-five years. Her account of life on Bon Portage Island won the Governor-General's Award for non-fiction Canadian

Date: 1946-1948

Reference: Evelyn Richardson Nova Scotia Archives  Photo Collection: 1980-180: album no. 3

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