Foreword Heron Island's Last Human Birth The Legend Of The Phantom Ship Of The Baie Des Chaleurs Some LaPointe Ancestry The Mercier Connection Beginning A New Life The Island The Children Some Strange Occurances The Day To Day Realities Unforgettable Christmases The Five Dresses The Family Grows Larger More Sons The LeBlanc Fortune The Last Son The War Ends It All Heron Island Today - a footnote Last Word - The Legacy Another Update On The Island and Some Photos Some Links Of Interest: Irene's Geneology and History Site Some New Mills and area history

My focus is on the 19 years that my parents, George and Stella LaPointe spent as lighthouse keepers on Heron Island, New Brunswick. I hope you will find their story of these years interesting and I hope it will give you a bit of an insight into what life was like back then for George and Stella and the other families on the island and across the country. Please give me some feedback through email. Read on.    Go To The Art Of Georgette Backs Main Go To The Gallery     A Moment In a Lifetime © 1998 -2007, Georgette Backs - All Rights Reserved