SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:01:33
Manson shows Dutch around his family plots and the cemetery that most of his family is buried in; graveyards, cemetery, Murchison.
SIDE A 00:01:33 -- 00:03:39
The Murchison monument in Scotland and some of his ancestors; Murchison, Scotland, ancestors.
SIDE A 00:03:39 -- 00:06:00
His ancestors from the Polly Graveyard and their tombstones; ancestors, tombstones, graveyards.
SIDE A 00:06:00 -- 00:07:10
A story of a grave robber; graves, stealing, Point Prim, crime.
SIDE A 00:08:31 -- 00:09:50
Family tombstones; tombstones, graveyards.
SIDE A 00:09:50 -- 00:13:42
How he met his wife after WWII in O'Leary and how his brother was killed in the war; marriage, WWII, war casulaties, soldiers.
SIDE A 00:13:42 -- 00:15:27
Lighthouses and fishing in Caribou; fishing, fishermen, Caribou, lighthouses.
SIDE A 00:15:27 -- 00:18:06
Family tombstones again; tombstones, graveyards, Point Prim.
SIDE A 00:18:06 -- 00:18:52
How generations of the Murchison clan went to the sea for work; sea captains, sailors, fishermen, Murchison.
SIDE A 00:18:52 -- 00:21:55
Visiting the island of Skye and the Murchison Monument; Scotland, Murchison, WWII, Skye, traveling.
SIDE A 00:21:55 -- 00:25:53
Manson's close family members that are in the graveyard; graveyards, Murchison.
SIDE A 00:25:53 -- 00:27:07
Discussion about the lighthouse and Manson tells the story of how some people once told him he was dead; lighthouses, Point Prim.
SIDE A 00:27:07 -- 00:28:29
Large sheets of ice that in a storm in 1960 that flew out from the ocean; 1960, ice storms, weather, Point Prim.
SIDE A 00:28:29 -- 00:31:43
How the lighthouse worked and its brick construction; lighthouse, lighthouse keepers, Point Prim, foghorn, fog, brick.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:43.
SIDE B 00:31:52 -- 00:33:00
What it was like running the lighthouse and showing Dutch the old hand pump fog horn; lighthouses, lighthouse keeper, foghorn.
SIDE B 00:33:00 -- 00:35:02
Discussion about some Point Prim locals and the fog; Goldstein, fog, Point Prim.
SIDE B 00:35:02 -- 00:36:40
What happened to the last local lobster factory and why they moved the houses from the shore; lobster factories, moving.
SIDE B 00:36:40 -- 00:37:40
John Allen and how Manson is a local historian; historians, Point Prim, John Allen.
SIDE B 00:37:40 -- 00:40:19
The Goldsteins first phone and what it was like living with a party line in such a small community, with mention of shingling the lighthouse; telephone, party line, Point Prim, 1994, operators, Goldstein.
SIDE B 00:40:19 -- 00:44:27
Manson talks about lighthouse keepers and how many steps there are to the top of the lighthouse; lighthouse, lighthouse keepers.
SIDE B 00:44:27 -- 00:47:11
Tools for the lighthouse and different coloured lights for buoys; buoys, lighthouses.
SIDE B 00:47:11 -- 00:49:44
Erosion of Point Prim, the mercury bowl, and how the spray from the coast comes all the way up to the glass at the top of the lighthouse; erosion, mercury, lighthouses.
SIDE B 00:49:44 -- 00:52:00
Wrecks by the lighthouse that Manson knows of; The St. Helen, shipwrecks, fishermen, schooners, sailboats, accidents.
SIDE B 00:52:00 -- 00:54:07
Power for the lighthouse, living in the nearby cottage for short periods, and where rows of potatoes used to grow before the land eroded; lighthouses, Point Prim, erosion, power.
SIDE B 00:54:07 -- 00:56:18
Manson tells tales of the "Phantom Ship" a ghost ship that several people have seen over the years; ghosts, ghost stories, phantom ship.
SIDE B 00:56:18 -- 00:57:38
Point Prim would shut down during the winter but the lighthouse was operational for 8-10 months a year; lighthouses, Point Prim.
SIDE B 00:57:38 -- 00:58:53
Manson remembers a few schooners that were operational during his youth, most notably "The Lady May"; schooners, ships, The Lady May.
SIDE B 00:58:53 -- 01:00:50
His father worked on several vessels, but more often than not he was on the "Ironmore" and the "Hartland"; Ironmore, SS Hartland, Hartland, boats, ships.
SIDE B 01:00:50 -- 01:03:00
Manson's life as the lighthouse keeper and his good friends; Neil O'Malley, friendship, lighthouses, Point Prim.
SIDE B 01:03:00 -- 01:03:42
How Mr. Murchison filled his days as lighthouse keeper; lighthouse keeper.
Tape ends at 01:03:42.
