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1843-1921 (Creation)
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- Campbell (family)
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30 cm of textual records (14 volumes)
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John Campbell, originally from Argyllshire, Scotland, arrived in Pictou, N.S., in 1821 and relocated to Cape Breton before 1838. He served as lighthouse superintendent of St. Paul Island ca. 1843 and was appointed superintendent of the "humane establishment" for shipwrecks on the island in 1846. In 1874, John's son, Samuel Cunard Campbell, was appointed superintendent of St. Paul Island and was succeeded by his own son, John Malcolm Campbell, ca.1893.
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The journals of John and Samuel Cunard Campbell were retained in the custody of John Malcolm Campbell.
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Consists of records documenting the activities of John Campbell, Samuel Cunard Campbell, and John Malcolm Campbell as lighthouse keepers on St. Paul Island and Sable Island. Includes superintendent's journals for the lighthouse and "humane establishment" on St. Paul Island, 1843-1859, 1874-1893, 1902-1920, and Sable Island, 1921. Also includes an inventory of property on St. Paul Island, 1905 (revised in 1916 after a fire which demolished the south lighthouse).
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Donated by Dorothy Young, Stirling, Ontario in 1995.
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MG 1 volume 3509 numbers 1 and 2. – John Campbell: Lighthouse Records. -- 1843-1859.
MG 1 volume 3509 numbers 3-7. – Samuel Cunard Campbell: Lighthouse Records. -- 1874-1893.
MG 1 volume 3509 numbers 7-13. – John Malcolm Campbell: Lighthouse Records. -- 1902-1921.
Associated materials
Related material may be found in the records of Sable Island superintendents M.D. McKenna, 1848-1855 (Nova Scotia Archives microfilm 13346) and R.J. Boutilier, 1883-1912; MG 7 Ships and Shipping Collection, volumes 4-8 (microfilm 13347-13352); RG 31, Provincial Treasurer fonds, Lighthouse series; and National Archives of Canada, Records of the Department of Public Works.
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Image: St. Paul's Southwest.