1. Interviews with my great-uncle Everett L. Hardy (1901-1996) in 1995. He was a wonderful storyteller, had a great memory for details and was a kind and generous man. Transcribed by me from cassette tapes I recorded at his care home in O’Leary, PEI.

2. The last will and testament of my great-great-grandfather (Robert>Barbara Ann>Thelma>Vivian>Thelma) Robert Williams (1834-1893) of Poplar Grove, Lot 12, Prince Edward Island. Robert’s eldest son, Harry Wellington, known as Little Harry, was a renowned builder of homes and churches in Prince County in the early 1900s. Little Harry also looked after my grandmother, Thelma Hutchinson, and her brother, Stanley, after the death of both of their parents when they were young children. Will transcribed by me, with the kind permission of his great-grandson, Robert Williams, and his wife, Sandra Williams, who own the original copy; they also live in Little Harry’s beautiful home, and still have the original barn.

3. Ernest A. Hardy (1877 – 1946) was a fisherman, lobster cannery owner, and the keeper of the Little Channel lighthouse on the north shore of Prince Edward Island from 1917 until his death. During the Second World War, many civilians contributed to the war effort close to home. German U-boats were often detected in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and Ernest Hardy’s lighthouse was situated on this body of water. He would have been contacted by the Royal Canadian Air Force to “Watch and Warn”, as stated in the motto of the Aircraft Detection Corp. In 1944, the RCAF sent Ernest a Certificate of Service for his assistance in the war effort. I don’t know if he ever reported anything to the RCAF, but he would have cast an expert eye to the sea and sky on his twice-daily trips to faithfully tend his light.

4. An interview with my great-uncle Everett Hardy from the March 30, 1983 West Prince Graphic weekly newspaper. He was 82 at the time of the article and had a remarkable memory, a trait he retained for the rest of his life. Article lightly edited by me, and a few place-name clarifications inserted in square brackets.