P.E.I. Heritage Buildings: Blacksmith Shop, Howlan

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Blacksmith Shop, Howlan

This old blacksmith shop is located at the corner of the Howlan Road (Rte.143) and Gaspe Road (Rte. 148) not far from O'Leary. It was operated by Robert Gallant.

Above: facing east, Howlan Road on the right.

Above: northeast corner.

Above: northwest corner as you round the corner onto the Gaspe Road.

Above: the north side from the Gaspe Road side.

Lionel Stevenson photographed Robert Gallant in his shop in 1985 and published the below photo in their book, Elders of the Island by Mary O'Brien, Lionel Stevenson, Terry Dunton Stevenson. UPEI and Ragweed Press. ISBN 0-920304-53-2.

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HERITAGE PRAYER

We keep forgetting all of those who lived before us.

We keep forgetting those who lived and worked in our communities.
We keep forgetting those who prayed and sang hymns in our churches before we were born.
We keep forgetting what our fathers have done for us.
We commit the sin, Lord, of assuming that everything begins with us.

We drink from wells we did not find.
We eat food from farmland we did not develop.
We enjoy freedoms which we have not earned.
We worship in churches which we did not build.
We live in communities we did not establish.
This day, make us grateful for our heritage.

Amen

cf. Cumberland Historic Village, near Ottawa - in the vestibule of Vars Knox United Church -

adapted from a prayer in the old Covenanters' Church - 1804, Grand Pre, Nova Scotia.