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     CHAPTER THREE 
     
    
   
   
    
     Which Way? (1900-1923) 
     
    
   
   
    
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     J/his chapter, though short, is the pivot on 
     
     which this study turns. Up to about 1922, the story of the 
     
     Tignish area was much like that of many other towns and 
     
     villages in North Americalt might have continued in one 
     
     of the ways which were typical of so many small 
     
     communities. One such scenario would have been : after 
     
     the death of ].H.Myricl< in 1911, his sons and grandsons 
     
     took over the business. It then gradually deteriorated, 
     
     and, as it collapsed, so did the local economy. No new 
     
     industry appeared. Then, later on, much of the Atlantic 
     
     fishery collapsed, leaVing the area a shadow of itself, and 
     
     largely dependent upon the tourist industry. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Another possible scenario would have been that, 
     
     after the turn of the century, emigration to the United 
     
     States and Central and Western Canada became more and 
     
     more prevalent. Many of the area's young men were. 
     
     killed in the Great War, while many of those who 
     
     remained at home succumbed to influenza in the 
     
     epidemic of 1918. Fewer and fewer children were born. 
     
     The area gradually lost its professionals and its schools, 
     
     while the fishing industry became less and less important, 
     
     due to a lack of workers, or was taken over by outsiders.