Hearts in the Past

Singer songwriter David Stone will be at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic on January 26th to share songs based on the life of Laurence Kavanagh, a merchant of St. Peter's, Cape Breton. Laurence was the son of a Irish merchant residing in Louisburg after the fall of New France. The family had been forced to relocate to St. Peter's in the late 1770's due to the collapse of the local fishery there. After Laurence's father had been lost at sea during a business trip to Halifax, Laurence and his brother had been left to run the family business based on the West Indies Trade and the Great Banks Fishery. Over the ensuing decades they were responsible for a great deal of immigration of skilled tradesman to the town. Many of the town's current inhabitants are descended from pioneer's who settled in the region to work under Laurance Kavanagh, who became the heart of the community in those early years. 

The night will kick off at 7:30 pm. More information, including historical notes to accompany the songs can be found here.