There used to be a store called the Yarmouth Royal Stores where the Tim Hortons is now. In that whole block, there was a department store and a grocery store. – Cindy

Main street used to have six hardware stores, just on this strip here. From here to where you turn to go to the ferry terminal. – Couple from Yarmouth

We had a little canteen there. It was called Josie’s canteen in Ball’s Creek, Cape Breton Island. And everybody loved Josie’s food, their ice cream, and everything. – Hazel Hart

My parents moved to Isaac’s Harbour in 1973 from Halifax to open the country store… And the store soon became the main hub in Isaac’s Harbour. – Susan Peters

We used to have one little tiny corner store. It was Morris Ross that owned this corner store. And my cousins and I, every summer, would walk about three miles to the store and we’d get up there, but Morris would never be in the store. – Tanya Farr