Category Archives: history

Schafner Point Lighthouse

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Katherine

Schafner Point Lighthouse Built in 1885, Schafner Point Lighthouse is the oldest surviving lighthouse in the Annapolis Basin. It continues to warn mariners of the turbulent tidal waters of the narrow navigation channel along the Digby Gut–Annapolis Basin. It is … Continue reading →

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Battery Harbour

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Katherine

Battery Harbour is one of those places that I am drawn to for the fading history that is indicative of the downturn in coastal fisheries across Canada. The way that harbours and fish processing plants allowed to fall into disrepair … Continue reading →

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Battery, Battery Point, or Victoria Beach?

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Katherine

Battery Harbour? According to the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act listing for the Victoria Beach Lighthouse, it overlooks the buildings at Battery Harbour. To the west below the Victoria Beach lighthouse, Battery Point juts out into the ocean from the land, … Continue reading →

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Victoria Beach Lighthouse

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Katherine

Victoria Beach Lighthouse The 9.4 meters tall Victoria Beach Lighthouse is located on a parcel of land that thirty meters back from the water and nine meters above the high water mark on a rise overlooking the Digby Gut and … Continue reading →

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Lequille Hydro Plant

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Katherine

Lequille Hydro Plant I took a little side trip to see if I could find the hydro generating plant that was downhill of a surge tower that I spotted while heading home from a trip to Annapolis Royal. Sure enough, … Continue reading →

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Margaretsville Lighthouse

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Katherine

Margaretsville Lighthouse viewed from the cobble beach at low tide

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St. John’s Anglican Church – Port Williams

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Katherine

St. John’s Anglican Church St. John’s Anglican Church was built between 1804 and 1812. The building was designated as a Nova Scotia heritage place on 10 March 1987.

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Hippo Oil

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Katherine

A Hippo Oil can that I found while poking about in the old Bevan townsite Hippo Oil was a Canadian product used to protect and preserve floors and wood. As far as I know it was a cousin of linseed … Continue reading →

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Halifax Harbour Ferries

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Katherine

Halifax Harbour ferries Viola Desmond and Craig Blake were built by A.F. Theriault & Son Limited in Meteghan River. Viola Desmond in 2016, and Craig Blake in 2015. Craig Blake in Dartmouth On May 3, 2010, 37-year-old Petty Officer Second … Continue reading →

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Canadian Forces Base Cornwallis – The Coach House

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Katherine

The Coach House – one of the buildings at the former Canadian Forces Base Cornwallis The Coach House is a garage for the former mansion at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Cornwallis. It was taken over by HMCS Cornwallis in 1942 … Continue reading →

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