Category Archives: buildings

Nova Scotia Textiles Limited – a window into the past

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Katherine

Nova Scotia Textiles Limited, where Windsor Wear was woven… Pretty much all of the windows have been smashed or removed at the old Nova Scotia Textiles Limited factory in Windsor. There are great plans to renovate the building, but I … Continue reading →

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Horton Bluff Lighthouse

Posted on February 19, 2020 by Katherine

Constructed in 1961, the Horton Bluff Lighthouse has an 8.7-meter-high tower rising from the west corner of the flat-roofed building sited sixty-five meters above Avon River. The light  served as the front light of a pair of range lights. The … Continue reading →

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Annapolis Royal

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Katherine

Looking across the Annapolis River toward Granville Ferry

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NRC 9 m wind tunnel

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Katherine

A trip to Ottawa would not be complete without visiting the National Research Council 9 m wind tunnel research facility.

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Ottawa – a city of contrasts

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Katherine

I was standing on the first nations property on Victoria Island, looking across the Ottawa River toward the imposing building that houses the Supreme Court of Canada. So many contrasting elements here…

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A house on the bay

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Katherine

Just a house on the Bay of Fundy

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Nova Scotia Textiles

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Katherine

A view of the former Nova Scotia Textiles factory in Windsor

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Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Katherine

There’s a bit of history about 100 meters south of Highway 100 – to be precise, it’s located at Mile 33.19 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision of the Dominion Atlantic Railway. That’s smack dab in Falmouth, sort of… … Continue reading →

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Western Forest Products – Jordan River

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Katherine

I was camping across the road in the CRD campground in Jordan River, and did a bit of exploring at the abandoned building that were the headquarters for the Western Forest Products Jordan River logging operations. The buildings are slowly … Continue reading →

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The old concrete plant

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Katherine

I shot some stills of the old concrete products plant just south of the weigh station on Highway 1, near Duncan. I’m glad I did, as it was subsequently demolished. The now gone, long abandoned concrete products plant

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