Uncovering the Lost Town of Shulie, Nova Scotia: Nothing Left but Memories

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    Cumberland County is a large section of land in Nova Scotia, Canada, jutting into the Bay of Fundy. Thickly forested, its history is made up primarily of logging, mining, and shipbuilding, with its southern shore producing famous ships, including the infamous Mary Celeste, previously explored on this channel.
    But, on its north shore, once sat a thriving community now erased from most maps. We’re exploring the site of an old logging camp and mill and the small town that was built around it. There’s not much left here to actually see, but there are countless stories to uncover and tell. This is the town of Shulie, Nova Scotia.
    Today, in the heat, humidity, and swarms of bugs, we’re exploring what little remains of this once thriving community alongside Fred Priest, who is a descendant of several residents of Shulie. He also happens to be my wife’s grandfather.
    We also explore the story of the giant logging rafts sent out from near Joggins down to New York City in the 1880's.
    For genealogical purposes, here's a list of family names discussed in this video: Priest, Patterson, Colbourne, Warren, Hoeg, Goldstein, Copp, and Greer.

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  • @ryanschofield9507
    @ryanschofield9507 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +251

    The guy sailing his entire house and livelihood along the coast to a nicer spot is hilarious, he's a true Nova Scotian lmao

    • @jlt131
      @jlt131 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      my grandfather did this as well, i believe in the late 1930s. unfortunately the barge sunk at some point along the way, and since they were in very remote BC coastline, it took him and his wife several days to get to civilization, and everyone was convinced they had died. none of their belongings were ever recovered.

    • @ryanschofield9507
      @ryanschofield9507 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@jlt131 They must have been tough as nails to survive that, crazy to think there's a sunken house off the coast out there similar to a shipwreck site. They'll find that in 1000 years and theorize that the entire population of BC lived on houseboats along the coast lol

    • @peggyjones3282
      @peggyjones3282 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I love that his wife was busy baking bread. Can't just sit around. She's got stuff to do!

    • @sadBanker902
      @sadBanker902 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I grew up along the Bay of Fundy and there's a lot of houses that were just floated along or across the bay at some point in their history. The house I grew up in wasn't one of them but it was built before the confederation of Canada which was pretty neat.

    • @ryanschofield9507
      @ryanschofield9507 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@sadBanker902 I grew up in Annapolis Royal, we have all the old houses but the Digby Gut helps keep it all in place fortunately. The whole town could be walled in and turned into a museum, I take it for granted sometimes but some of my formative years and experiences were backdropped by an absurd amount of history. Just one little example out of probably a thousand, I used to skip school sometimes (my unfortunate rebellious years lol) and the go to "hiding" spot was at Fort Anne, just a casual early 17th century star fort to wander around in my little hometown.

  • @-arGru
    @-arGru 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +160

    "That's not him, that's his dog" Never stop Tom.

    • @lbar9720
      @lbar9720 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Right?! I laughed.

    • @helgabruin2261
      @helgabruin2261 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Oh, Lord! I burst out laughing!

  • @katehardwick4283
    @katehardwick4283 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    When a wild goose chase turns up ANYTHING even a nail, to me, that’s SOOOOOO exciting. When I was a child my mom used to take me exploring abandoned houses. That still excites me at almost 68!!!

  • @1BYEBYE1
    @1BYEBYE1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Imagine going out to the middle of nowhere building a couple houses with your buds and cutting down trees and selling them. Good luck trying that today. Wish it was that easy now.

    • @greygrizzlyoutdoors1764
      @greygrizzlyoutdoors1764 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yup I could build my own home, hunt and grow food. But now you'll go to jail. Or go into debt your whole life.

  • @MedicallyHigh
    @MedicallyHigh 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +148

    It’s hard to put to words the feeling I get hearing of people who lived and loved and existed in a town that sadly can just fade away into time. Life is so vast, we can live our lives and will still be forgotten by time.

    • @lbar9720
      @lbar9720 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well that's a sobering thought! lol

  • @telquel7843
    @telquel7843 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

    It is both amazing and somewhat sad to realize how many lost fishing/logging communities there are around Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Quebec.
    I can't help but think of all the hours of work and danger they went through to raise a community out of the wilderness. And how little remains to commemorate their struggles.
    It isn't often I get to hear stories about the history of the areas I grew up, so I really appreciate it. There is a rich history in Nova Scotia, but it can be startling how little we are taught of it.

    • @jlt131
      @jlt131 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And BC!

    • @telquel7843
      @telquel7843 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@jlt131 I would like to visit more places like that in BC. It is a big province so you need lots of time!
      The thing that gets me on the east coast is there are now buildings on Grand Manan that I remember standing in and eating a smoked herring in as kid that have collapsed. I couldn't have known as a child that the entire way of life around me would perish. And I would watch it happen.
      Perhaps that is true of all generations. But that thought does little to take the sting out of my own experience of it.

    • @kindcanadian5825
      @kindcanadian5825 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Blame globalism

    • @lbar9720
      @lbar9720 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It was a hard life for the workers and the families.

    • @emusaurus
      @emusaurus หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not really valuable information though is it?

  • @Scotian169
    @Scotian169 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    As a Nova Scotian I really appreciate your channel. Thank for you telling our history ❤

  • @shendaraalshedir1933
    @shendaraalshedir1933 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    That was beyond repulsive that those wooden crosses were kicked over. Those were placed there by people who loved them. Desecrating a grave is absolutely vile. Nova Scotia is my very favourite place in the world, what a shameful thing to see there!
    You really packed alot of information in this video, well 👏🏻done young man, thank you for sharing this!👍🏻😄🐾🌈☮️🇨🇦(Ottawa)

    • @bernice4599
      @bernice4599 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I live in NS 😊

    • @sadBanker902
      @sadBanker902 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It may not have been kicked. The river is tidal and experiences one of the highest tides in the world. The river could have easily undercut the ground underneath causing the ground above to subside. There's a modern cemetery on the other side of that bay that I know is having a similar issue with graves at risk of being undercut and washed out to sea.

    • @charlieross-BRM
      @charlieross-BRM 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      My take is that with some browsing, we'd find more scenarios similar to the one he demonstrated. Proper stones were installed and those crosses were discarded down an out of the way slope by the maintenance people with no disrespect intended is how I see it happening. It was found on an embankment in the bush, not on the flat burying ground.

    • @Trigger200284
      @Trigger200284 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Grew up in Springhill NS, and I can confirm that graves wash out along the bay of Fundy all the time. Highest tides in the whole world. It is also possible that they weren't kicked there, but they may have rotted along the ground line and broke off, and the position and owner of the grave could of been lost to time from lack of upkeep.
      It's not like every major city in the world hasn't built over old grave sites knowingly at some point...
      Nova Scotia is the oldest European settled place in North America outside of the vikings in Newfoundland, old grave yards are very common and the winters are very unforgiving to wooden structures of all sorts. Even actual headstones would be heaved and broken from the frost. The winters are miserable in Cumberland county, or used to be before global warming anyway.

    • @Irish_Greg
      @Irish_Greg 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Like @charlieross-BRM mentions- they probably weren't vandalised. The graves might have been exhumed then moved, or just given a new headstone (like the Greer girl), then the old crosses left down the hill. Possibly.

  • @flocorgi9898
    @flocorgi9898 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +165

    As an Acadian Ocean Liner and history enthusiast this means so much to me. Thanks for exploring more of Atlantic Canada’s history.

    • @devinkaiser4656
      @devinkaiser4656 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      You are an ocean liner?

    • @GM-xo7yy
      @GM-xo7yy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@devinkaiser4656I don't think they meant that. 😂

    • @salenaspice9532
      @salenaspice9532 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lp0pp🙌😅1

    • @flocorgi9898
      @flocorgi9898 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@devinkaiser4656 yes I identify as an big, long, hard, wavy, salty and wet ocean liner.

    • @raerae6422
      @raerae6422 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Ive got tears in my eyes from laughing at your comments!

  • @Futureshucks
    @Futureshucks 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    3:11 Fascinating to hear Fred speak, when he says "My names Fred Priest..." and he sounds as though he has light, perhaps Devon or maybe Somerset accent. it's only when comes to the end of the sentence, "he ran a black smith shop there." Does his accent sound North American. Listening to Fred speak it's amazing. Obviously I appreciate Fred may have moved about throughout his life, but if he was raised in the area and didn't move from the area until he was an adult, then it seems as though a lot of his ancestors accent has stayed with him and the those in that area.
    Also more broadly an excellent piece of work and a perfect tonic for less than reasonable Tuesday.

    • @jennyfrmthblock
      @jennyfrmthblock 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The stereotypical Nova Scotian accent descends mainly from Irish and Scottish settlers

  • @whitequasar4686
    @whitequasar4686 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +109

    I know you said in a previous video that your ghost town videos don't have as many views as your ship videos but I very much do enjoy and appreciate them made me appreciate the smaller quiet towns in the United States and gets me interested to visiting them

    • @parchment543
      @parchment543 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      same

    • @whitequasar4686
      @whitequasar4686 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@levek5806 yes I know I don't live anywhere near Canada I live in Georgia

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@levek5806Hey said it made him appreciate small towns in the USA. What’s so hard to understand?

    • @cattymajiv
      @cattymajiv 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@whitequasar4686 Welcome to Canada! Even if only by watching. I hope you guys aren't too stressed out by the war in Ukraine. May you forever be free!

    • @whitequasar4686
      @whitequasar4686 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@cattymajiv I'm not worried about it in the slightest I live across the ocean from Europe but thank you

  • @blueriver5269
    @blueriver5269 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +220

    Tom, this was such a fun video. Your personal attachment to the area and people was very special and there were many many parts where my husband and I were either surprised or amazed. Great video

  • @davidbarr8394
    @davidbarr8394 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

    Please consider a segment on the "lost town" of Valsetz, Oregon, at one time a thriving community with a high school, many businesses, and high employment, until limited access to timber and the environmental consciousness forced its demise within a generation: abandoned, bulldozed and razed. It was not a logging camp, it was a town with hundreds of people.

    • @tristanvanoort7688
      @tristanvanoort7688 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Can you trade it in ghost towns in BC, Canada, British Columbia, Canada

  • @johnbee7729
    @johnbee7729 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Good job. Another Nova scotia 'ghost town' if you haven't done it already is The Electric City otherwise known as New France, Nova Scotia just outside of Weymouth.

    • @railroading6377
      @railroading6377 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's still there but havely overgrown now owned by nsp

  • @RottsIGs
    @RottsIGs 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I'm a born & bred bluenoser, and I'll admit I hadn't heard of this before. Thank you!

    • @Trigger200284
      @Trigger200284 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      My family grew up a 25 minute car ride from there, lived in Springhill until I was 19, never knew there was a town there, never knew there was a mill, been over that bridge dozens of times easily.

  • @nakazul1
    @nakazul1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Hello from North of Sweden, and old logging county of Västernorrland. Nice video.
    Most hardware lost from this era but the storys are still around.
    Story from my childhood:
    We keept loggin the old way by-water in to modern age here. So interesting timber canals was built to get around the waterpowerplants.
    When they shut down the timber-by-water method, the canals were used as a means to travel, by walking, skateboards or riding bikes between villages for a time. These canals mostly built in wood roted away ofc and was torn down in the end. Missed by a lot of the locals.

  • @SandyMacQ
    @SandyMacQ 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I am so glad I stumbled upon your channel. Awesome stories from out past

  • @mrs0scabtree
    @mrs0scabtree 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I’m from PEI but have many roots in Nova Scotia, thank you for sharing our history which is so often forgotten, and thanks to your wife’s grandfather for keeping history alive

  • @riverraisin1
    @riverraisin1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    I like poking around old former town locations such as you did at Shulie. It never ceases to amaze me when walking through dense forest and rugged terrain that it was even possible that anyone erected buildings on the land. Yet in old photographs it would look level and fairly groomed.
    There are thousands of locations just like this. Thank heavens that historians chronicle these tales for people to learn, enjoy, and pass along to future generations.

  • @anotherpeasant
    @anotherpeasant 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    I was just up in that area camping just last week, passed right over the Shulie bridge a few times. You can feel the history up there driving thru small towns where the main businesses are antique shops and craft stores.
    Come on up the Valley way, I'll help ya go find Aalders Landing out in the woods. This town had a bowling alley, churches, and was apparently the end of a railway from another ghost town further south. No roads, no trails, but its out there.

    • @cdd4248
      @cdd4248 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Sounds interesting and intriguing.

    • @ryanschofield9507
      @ryanschofield9507 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Another equally interesting, but a little bit more better known place (In the valley anyways) is New France located about 30km in from Weymouth, it was also know as the Electric City, the Stehelin family operated a lumber mill there that supplied power to Weymouth over 20 years before the rest of Digby county had access to electricity. The interesting history in this province is one of the few things that keeps me here

    • @Trigger200284
      @Trigger200284 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@ryanschofield9507 Dude, I was just going to mention New France and how it was called electric city. I was thinking about this literally 3 seconds before I got to your comment... so strange.

  • @jasoncollins6160
    @jasoncollins6160 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I like the way you merge the old photo’s into the new landscape, helps to get a feel for it

  • @flocorgi9898
    @flocorgi9898 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    In Shediac New-Brunswick there is an island called Shediac Island and there was once a small town on this small island but now there is only ancient roads and foundation’s on the island. and there is a couple houses in shediac that were once on the island that got transported across the bay during the winter. Shediac is a beautiful place with a lot of maritime history so if you are ever in New-Brunswick make sure to visit Shediac Island!

    • @kriswindley4579
      @kriswindley4579 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Grindstone Island would be interesting too - down route 114 toward Alma. There’s a story that it’s still technically British land because of some odd contract loop-hole, and is now empty save the foundations of buildings.

  • @sherrywarren-biers3327
    @sherrywarren-biers3327 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Was surprised to see this video…..just happened across it in a random fashion. My maternal grandfather, Frank C Robinson of Moncton, New Brunswick was involved in the Shulie sawmill/logging enterprise…..how exactly, I don’t know…..may have been one of the owners or managers. Only remember my mother mentioning this place various times but because I was young, never paid much attention. Own a wonderful old colourized photo of Shulie depicting some logs, wharf, river and ship. It is hanging on my wall. Thanks for the interesting video!

  • @brucebrown686
    @brucebrown686 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Interesting story. My father, Elmer L Brown (b 1902) lived in Shulie (he spelled it Shulee) from 1906-1917 and wrote his memoirs of Shulee and surrounding area Joggins, Sand River, Apple River, Flat Brook, Two Rivers, River Hebert, Chignecto, etc and the families living in Shulee when he was a boy.

    • @Trigger200284
      @Trigger200284 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Grew up in Springhill, very familiar with all these places, but at 40 years old I never knew about Shulie, and I've been over that bridge dozens and dozens of times...

    • @cattymajiv
      @cattymajiv 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I sure wish my dad had written his memoirs. He grew up in a wonderful place called Kenora Ontario, and it was even more wonderful way back then, in the 1920s and 30s. (Except for the paper mill that polluted a lot, but employed hundreds of people.)

  • @AG_KEMPER
    @AG_KEMPER 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    What a beautiful memory for you, your grandfather-in-law, and your father-in-law! This will be something you can show your son when he's older and share the generational love of exploration and adventure!

  • @Brandeena233
    @Brandeena233 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I'm a life-long resident of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, and I've learned something new today. Nice work.

  • @VulgarBeats902
    @VulgarBeats902 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    My 5x great grandfather founded Oxford in Cumberland County in the 1700’s. As a Scotian, i appreciate the History. Subscribed 🤙

  • @spiritofanu3112
    @spiritofanu3112 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    This was interesting. I lived in the Maritimes for four years while attending Mount Allison University at the top of the Bay of Fundy.
    Joggins was a regular destination while studying geology my first year there. It is a famous geological and dino fossil site now.
    I have travelled that highway down the Cumberland straight to the south of Nova Scotia stopping and visiting many abandoned grave sites on the way. So much history in old grave sites.

  • @Stitchwitchstitch
    @Stitchwitchstitch 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    Oh my goodness, that grave of Greer children it’s the saddest thing. Their poor parents 😳😭
    It was very moving to see how upset you were that the crosses had been thrown off the top of the cliff- you’re a very good and kind person, with a deep respect for others. And your family is adorable!

    • @pippagrey9633
      @pippagrey9633 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I wonder if those crosses could have been temporary markers, no longer needed after stone monuments were carved? Just a thought, but it would fit with those such as the Greer cross where there is now a more permanent grave marker.

  • @RandyMatheson
    @RandyMatheson 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    2 years ago on the way to Joggins I stopped on that bridge and took some pictures of the river, not realizing that so much history was around me. Thanks for putting this together.

    • @wompwomp_107
      @wompwomp_107 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      i wonder how many places i’ve driven through like this once beautiful place and have no idea as to what history it beholds. your comment has me thinking!

  • @poc329
    @poc329 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I'm from the UK, but like all things history. Great story. Well presented. Much appreciated.

  • @paulag0420
    @paulag0420 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

    I have a town in Kentucky called Kyrock. The original town has disappeared and there's no way to get to the original site but I would love to hear what you could find out about it and do a episode about it. Thank you.

    • @hondoklaatu1904
      @hondoklaatu1904 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Despite being familiar with the area, I had not heard of this town. Thank you for mentioning it and getting me to do some research.

    • @ibkristykat
      @ibkristykat 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      😮 what do you mean by "no way to get to" it? It's blocked or something? Intriguing

    • @hondoklaatu1904
      @hondoklaatu1904 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      It's not that obscure but in southern Indiana near Louisville (Charlestown) there is a small abandoned amusement called Rose Island. It was closed due to damage from that huge '37 flood. There is nothing much left now but it is a pretty place to hike.

    • @paulag0420
      @paulag0420 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @ibkristykat all access to it no longer exists. You can still see the water tower but all roads have been taken over by earth. The town was built in 1918 and became popular for the material used to make blacktop roads. The town disappeared by 1958. Google it just type in (KYROCK, KENTUCKY) it's in Edmondson County. Not far from Nolin Dam. I would love to see if there's anything left. I've always been entrigued by it. For over 30 years my parents had a cabin at the lake near the dam and we heard about Kyrock and tried to learn more about it. There's still a school named KYROCK elementary.

    • @paulag0420
      @paulag0420 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @hondoklaatu1904 the the town I live in, we still call it Colesburg, KY but most the town scattered after the flod in 37. It still floods but nowhere near then what is use to. I love living here peace and quiet.

  • @dianaholvik2554
    @dianaholvik2554 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Ghost towns and settlements in humid climates tend to just "melt" into the ground, whereas there are more visible remains in dry places, such as the N. American/Canadian West. It's great to see another story of Canada's past. Thank you. I just started watching your channel and I'm really enjoying it. Loved that you pointed out that "...that's his dog, not him..." LOL.

  • @Feline_Frenzy53
    @Feline_Frenzy53 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    Wonderful story, Tom. Good to see your Emma's grandfather, too. History lives on. Thank you for presenting this story.

  • @mikeseier4449
    @mikeseier4449 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Tom, Your videos are long,.. But they never seem long enough!👍

  • @l.l.2463
    @l.l.2463 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    This was awesome! I wonder how many such tiny communities have vanished in our country.
    One of my sons' friend's Eagle Project was rehabilitating an old pioneer cemetery West of our town. It is now ranch land and forest, but it was once a small, tight-knit community of which none of us had ever heard. I don't think it was even mentioned in the county museum. I will never forget one row of tiny headstones marking the graves of a series of small children from one family. I just can't even imagine.

    • @kelliepatrick519
      @kelliepatrick519 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's very sad how many children died before vaccines were invented.

  • @MiddleEarthMatt
    @MiddleEarthMatt 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

    Thanks for the video Tom! This should be sent to CBC or something, your work is honestly top knotch :)

    • @tazztower44
      @tazztower44 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      as the crow flies,I'm less then a 100 miles from joggins and this is the first time I ever heard of "shulie" and the log raft that was sent to new york..very interesting

    • @petermartin1954
      @petermartin1954 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Land and sea might be a candidate

    • @cattymajiv
      @cattymajiv 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@petermartin1954 The tv show, right?

  • @Mist3rData
    @Mist3rData 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I just love history like this! As a part of Canadian history it shoud never be forgotten. Well done!

  • @carly64
    @carly64 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Being from rural Nova Scotia, this unlocked a childhood memory of exploring the different woods/shores and finding different things/hearing similar stories. Thanks for that!

  • @aidansnene4850
    @aidansnene4850 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Your a Wonderful Storyteller Friend ⚘️ and "That's Not Him, That's His Dog " Made Me LOL 😁

  • @mariannedelwo9842
    @mariannedelwo9842 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I really enjoyed this. I live in Ontario, but born and bred in New Brunswick, a true maritimer at heart.

  • @usmcmustang2972
    @usmcmustang2972 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Often times the wooden crosses were pulled and tossed, stacked or piled in various places as a more permanent marker was placed... Even today, it takes sometimes months or years to erect a permanent marker ... In this case, the steep hillside was a perfect place to dispose of wooden markers... Highly unlikely it was vandalism

  • @veronicaroach3667
    @veronicaroach3667 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It's so humbling to learn about the lives of people who did the pioneering work establishing little towns & built businesses & grew up families while we tend to take for granted that every town started this way, it's just sad that some never quite made it for long ! Thank you, this video just appeared in my list - very interesting !

  • @MARGATEorcMAULER
    @MARGATEorcMAULER 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    That was a very pleasant half hour,and I needed it!Thank you.

  • @elizabethraworth64
    @elizabethraworth64 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Fascinating ! I live abiut 100 km from Shulie. My grandfather who had roots in Port Elgin New Brunswick spoke of this and many other lumber mills. His family had a large cabinet making business in Moncton NB. Thank you for such a great video.

  • @steampossum7905
    @steampossum7905 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    My first thought on that mystery metal piece was a tuyere or possibly a flange from a boiler, but after noticing the length of those loose bolts I'm inclined to think it was probably the hub of a wooden water wheel that has since rotted away.

    • @scooterdogg7580
      @scooterdogg7580 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Or an old brake disc , he should've pulling it out for a better look

  • @radmom05
    @radmom05 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I love and respect how you give the gone and (almost) forgotten their voice and dignity back. Thank you for sharing this. We need to see and understand this history before it is lost.

  • @360Nomad
    @360Nomad 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    If you're ever in California Tom, you should visit the "town" of Drawbridge, it's got quite an interesting history.

  • @m.streicher8286
    @m.streicher8286 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    3:23 I can't get enough of these old photos overlayed on new ones. I wish more people would copy you :)

  • @andyrector2656
    @andyrector2656 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm glad you mentioned the gravestones being pitched over the cliff. Guaranteed you heard the story about that while you were home.

  • @reneejones7807
    @reneejones7807 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Wow- excellent job. I feel like I’ve been there and walked in their footsteps! Thank you!

  • @adoxartist1258
    @adoxartist1258 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Fascinating! You really are very good at these documentaries. You are polished but personable and it's clear you do a ton of research and prep work. Thank you for sharing your interests with us. 🙂

  • @oli24yt
    @oli24yt 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your Nova Scotia videos always remind me of many happy childhood hours spent wandering the rocky shore and marshes and barrens of the rural South Shore with my Nana, looking for sea glass and artefacts, while she told me endless stories of houses that no longer stood and people that no longer lived there, in the dwindling fishing community where both sides of her family made a living some 300 years. In a place like Nova Scotia there's a wealth of stories hidden beneath what at first glance might look like pastures and mud and stands of trees seemingly untouched by anybody. I really enjoy listening to you respectfully, curiously dig them up like so much beach glass and bring some fragment of what once was back into the light.

  • @HG-vj8kg
    @HG-vj8kg 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    Hey if you need more ideas for vanished towns, try Dana and a few other towns in Massachusetts that were flooded to make the quabbin reservoir

    • @arlenedorego1277
      @arlenedorego1277 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes. I'm from Massachusetts and would love to know more about this than I do right now

  • @als3022
    @als3022 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Makes me sad that my own forgotten town near where I live is under a lake. It was abandoned way before the lake was made, but still it can only be walked during times of drought when the Petersburg Ga rises out of the water.

  • @mattmorrisson9607
    @mattmorrisson9607 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Another beautiful video, Tom, and another reason why this is one of my favorite channels on TH-cam. Thank you for telling their story!

  • @dellahicks7231
    @dellahicks7231 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love the videos with heavy content about the people, and having Emma's grandfather share with us, made it truly amazing!
    I was hoping those crosses were not just tossed as they were, those type of burial grounds are sacred. We have found a few in the forest north of where I reside in Saskatchewan, we give them the respect they deserve.

  • @rachelm2798
    @rachelm2798 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I love that you compile all this information about these otherwise forgotten towns for everyone to learn about. It keeps their memory alive in a way.

  • @hamishneilson7140
    @hamishneilson7140 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Joggins is a really cool spot! One of the fossil capitals of the world. I used to go there with my dad when I was younger and you could literally walk down the beach kicking rocks over uncovering fossils. Mainly just trees and leaves and other vegetation, but you could come across some trilobites (I think, can’t remember what they’re called anymore so many years later). Couldn’t take anything, but it was really cool to see. If you found anything particularly unique you could take it to the museum though. I highly recommend a visit.

  • @mileshigh1321
    @mileshigh1321 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I live just two hours east of Shulie. Great history and scenery! Thanks Tom!

  • @thormusique
    @thormusique 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I absolutely loved this! Thanks so much, and please keep up the wonderful work. Cheers!

  • @p.k.5455
    @p.k.5455 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The personal connection makes it so much more interesting. Thank you!!

  • @cruisepaige
    @cruisepaige 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am so glad this showed up in my feed, so glad I saved it in my watch later list, and so glad I watched it tonight. Nice job!!

  • @pagoz79
    @pagoz79 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tom, this video is our favorite thus far. Spencer watched this with me b4 school. Thanks to you and your family for such a wonderful Part-Time Explorer video.😊

  • @wexfordgirl1
    @wexfordgirl1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was absolutely brilliant Tom. Thank you for this.

  • @angelagould8242
    @angelagould8242 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was born in Cumberland County In Amherst. I had never heard of this Thank You for letting me learn about this community.

  • @jessebechtold2973
    @jessebechtold2973 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Fantastic video! And the family connection is such a beautiful layer to the story really bringing the whole thing ‘home’.

  • @Damarious25
    @Damarious25 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a beautiful video! I hope all the family involved are very proud of the work you do and how well you captured the history of the area.

  • @Musicismylove888
    @Musicismylove888 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Simpler times equals more peaceful times. A wonderful homage to a difficult life.

    • @greygrizzlyoutdoors1764
      @greygrizzlyoutdoors1764 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hard work is easy. Now a days rules, restrictions make easy work hard and not rewarding.

  • @D.D.D.L.
    @D.D.D.L. 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love learning new stuff about my province, so much old stuff to discover and learn, really keeps you on your toes.

  • @talesfromanoldmanpatoneal6372
    @talesfromanoldmanpatoneal6372 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Outstanding video sir! I found this a very somber video, I'm guessing because of your personal interest. It's always so neat to see the history of these lost towns. Like always, great job and thank you for taking us on the adventure.

  • @holopilot2241
    @holopilot2241 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This video was absolutely fascinating! Keep up the great work!

  • @ellisandrews440
    @ellisandrews440 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for all your digging to produce this video. I enjoyed it very much and brings back a lot of memories.

  • @PrayerfullyBlessedMama
    @PrayerfullyBlessedMama 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What an amazing video, and incredible job telling these beautiful and often tragic stories! And in your wife’s family! So glad I found your channel. This is amazing. I’m so sorry you didn’t find more evidence for your own interest but this was very well done sir.

  • @carlwest859
    @carlwest859 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The large piece of iron at the shore line possibly could be the bottom bearing for a jib boom crane mounted on the wharf for loading ship's cargo.

  • @samanthabusch750
    @samanthabusch750 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    this video is awesome i love this!! how he brings the life back everytime i go to an abandoned house or building i always stop and imagine the lives that once filled it and its just awesome i just found this channel and i love it its amazing thank you so much for everything you do

  • @jaxsally
    @jaxsally 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a visually stunning and well researched video. There’s beauty and tragedy in Shulie’s story. I have subscribed and I’m looking forward to watching more of your content (I love history). Keep on trucking! 👋🏼

  • @loditx7706
    @loditx7706 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was interesting and sad, as all lost things are sad: pictures, pets, people, grave markers, towns, but something survived, memories and stories from the old folk, sometimes old archives that some people were wise enough to save and preserve. Thanks to people like you who go off the paved paths and listen and read and share what you find with us, lovers of the lost and sad. Never heard of Shulie, river/creek or town, but now I will remember it, too. That river/creek and the forests are beautiful. I wish that I could live there. (As long as I had electricity and indoor plumbing.) I forget the name of the town still there, with houses still and I guess, shops. Saw a church also. I think it was Joggins, but whatever. How do the people there survive? I mean, how do they earn their livelihood? You didn’t mention any industry and it doesn’t seem to have enough people to work at a large place. Just wondering about the living, so far from me, as well as the dead and the gone. Thanks again. ❤

  • @Theospeak1
    @Theospeak1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your videos are an absolute service to humanity. Thank you so much for what you do! Generations from now families will still be discovering and appreciating your work.

  • @toddward3807
    @toddward3807 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My aunt and uncle lived there for over 30 years, many fond memories. Thanks for the in depth history 👍

  • @kimcool6327
    @kimcool6327 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This so good. Thank you for putting this together.

  • @flannelpillowcase6475
    @flannelpillowcase6475 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    3:24 seeing transitions of current land vs the way land used to look by photographs always always just completely blows my mind

  • @ellen4956
    @ellen4956 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was a great video! One thing that struck me was the color of the water being the same as in Homer's writings; the "wine dark water". I have to wonder if that's because of the minerals in the ground around there or the type of algae that grows in the water. Thank you for keeping the memories of this town alive!

  • @victoriamacpriest7130
    @victoriamacpriest7130 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you. What an awesome video. Very well done. My Dad is Fred's first cousin, so I recognize and am related to many of the ancestors you mentioned. What a lovely way to remember them. So many of the stories we hear over the years will be forgotten. Again, thank you.

  • @gords4520
    @gords4520 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great video! I'm a real history buff and really enjoy stories of how old communities came and went, especially Canadian towns. Well done.

  • @karenrankin7653
    @karenrankin7653 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My second video from you. Really enjoying them. The descendant to be able to tell you more is incredible! Let’s don’t lose these older generations and their information and knowledge.

  • @patriciafoster6282
    @patriciafoster6282 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love love love this presentation‼️. I also love anything about Nova Scotia and you did a beautiful narration young man. Thank you for making my day so enjoyable and I look forward to more of your wonderful work. ❣️‼️

  • @RailPreserver2K
    @RailPreserver2K 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    There is a ghost town that can be accessed by the Cass Scenic Railroad, it was called Spruce but once the logging dried up there was nothing really left except ruins

  • @TripWagstaff5213
    @TripWagstaff5213 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I live in Cumberland and have been through Shulie a couple times, but I didn’t know most of the stuff you had in this video. It was really neat to watch!
    There’s also two other ghost towns in the area as well near advocate, Eatonville and New Yarmouth. Both are now mostly within Caep Chignecto park. Probably have similar stories to Shulie I imagine

  • @tahliae
    @tahliae 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the personal connection here. It really brings the video to life!

  • @owellafehr5191
    @owellafehr5191 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fascinating and somewhat saddening story. Thank you for bringing the history of this community to light!

  • @jpadkins1988
    @jpadkins1988 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was interesting. I like how you put old photos on top of current places. Thank you for keeping the memory of people alive.

  • @cutievalentineheart1362
    @cutievalentineheart1362 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for covering stories and history from Nova Scotia Canada ! Makes me happy to see this

  • @Grace-tc1lq
    @Grace-tc1lq 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for sharing. My ancestors came to Nova Scotia in the 1700s and there are many of the family, including myself who settled here. It’s very interesting to go back in time and you’ve done it so well. Thanks again, 👍

  • @614CBB
    @614CBB 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You never disappoint. Thank you for this great story.

  • @bicivelo
    @bicivelo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I find it so haunting that in the wilderness, there was a thriving town. Videos like this keep those peoples memories alive. Thank you for the great videos you make.

  • @etcet-Era
    @etcet-Era 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I live in Cumberland County. I had no idea the Mary Celeste was made here. Thats quite the revelation, THANK YOU.

    • @PartTimeExplorer
      @PartTimeExplorer  14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You should watch my documentary on it- I go into a lot of its Nova Scotia heritage

  • @MrSimonmcc
    @MrSimonmcc 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thoroughly enjoyed this. Very well presented, poignant, respectful and informative. I live near the south side of the bay and find these stories and the history of the whole province fascinating.

  • @careycraig4360
    @careycraig4360 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was a Very Interesting Video. Nova Scotia has SO MUCH History stories like this are too many to number. Great Job done in this Presentation!

  • @gregdean8441
    @gregdean8441 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for this documentary great information and descriptions of a lost town ! Appreciated the time and effort to make them