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R.G
.
Edwards
Description
Captain
R.G
. "
HappyEdwards
was
assistant
general
manager
of
Foundation
Maritime
Co
.
Ltd
,
which
operated
the
Pictou
shipyard
during
the
Second
World
War
.
Captain
Edwards
was a
ship's
master
who
worked
ashore
due
to
being
injured
in the
First
World
War
. He was
employed
by the
International
Paper
Company
when
he was
assigned
to the
Pictou
yard
. He
stayed
there
until
the
fall
of
1943
,
when
the
required
number
of
ships
had been
built
and his
employers
wanted
him
back
to
manage
a
new
paper
mill
in
Dalhousie
,
NB
.
During
his
time
in
Pictou
he
recorded
many
events
and
people
for the
inhouse
newspaper
, the
Fo'c'sle
.
(Information
from the
PHPS
member
Ron
Wallis's
book
The
Story
of
Pictou's
Park
Ships.)
Placename
Pictou
County Name
Pictou
County
Creator
Unknown
Publisher
Pictou Historical Photograph Society
Digital Publisher
Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library
Date
Unknown
Type
Photographs
Format
Image/jpeg
Coverage
Canada -- Nova Scotia -- Pictou County
Rights
Pictou Historical Photograph Society
Parent Collection
Pictou Historical Photograph Society Collection
Notes
Photographers
of
Pictou
;
R
.
G
.
Edwards
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