Bear River, NS

This section is intended to capture some of the realities of growing up in a rural Nova Scotia village in the 1940s and 1950s.

• The essay A Good Place to Grow Up captures my memories of growing up in post-WW2 Bear River, NS

• Miss Morine's 1952 Class gives a thumbnail sketch of the whereabouts in 2013 (+), some 60 years later, of the members of Oakdene School's 1952 Grade 4 and Grade 5 classes.

• The DRHS Grade 11 Graduating Class, 1959, file attempts to trace the whereabouts of the graduates of that class in 2013 (+), some 54 years later. Please advise additional information/corrections.  

• What was the source of all that Bear River grey granite structural stone?

• A Look at Bear River’s “Oakdene” Teachers and Some Associated History

• The Origins Social Strata in 1950s Bear River

• Some Background on the Bear River Pulp Company Pipeline

                        A Good Place to Grow Up

                        Miss Morine's 1952 Class

                        DRHS Grade 11 Graduating Class, 1959

                        Bear River Granite Building Stone

                        Bear River's Oakdene Teachers

                        Some Observations on Bear River's Social Status

                        The Bear River Pulp Company Inc. Pipeline