BC Logs – Global Discovery

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Katherine

Global Discovery loading logs at the Nanaimo Assembly Wharf

Global Discovery loading logs at the Nanaimo Assembly Wharf

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Julie Anne Joan

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Katherine

The fishing boat in Julie Anne Joan in Digby

The fishing boat Julie Ann Joan in Digby

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Annapolis Tidal Power Plant

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Katherine

Annapolis Tidal Power Plant

Annapolis Tidal Power Plant

Located on the Annapolis River immediately upstream from the town of Annapolis Royal at the Annapolis River Causeway, the Annapolis Tidal Power Plant can generate as much as 20 megawatts of electricity. Depending on tides, the plant has a daily output of roughly 80-100 megawatt hours.

The plant was constructed by the Nova Scotia Power Corporation in 1984 and remains the only saltwater generating station in North America

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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

Craig Blake in Dartmouth

On May 3, 2010, 37-year-old Petty Officer Second Class Craig Blake was killed by an improvised explosive device a few weeks after arriving in Kandahar. The member of Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic and expert in neutralizing bombs was the first Canadian sailor to die in action in Afghanistan.

Viola Desmond

Viola Desmond in Dartmouth

In 1946, Viola Desmond’s stand at a segregated Nova Scotia movie theatre in 1946 made her into a civil-rights icon for black Canadians. Canada’s new $10 banknotes commemorate her, the first time a Canadian woman has been celebrated on the face of her Canadian currency.

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Eastern Passage – Lobster traps

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Katherine

A stack of lobster traps stored at a fishing shack - Eastern Passage

A stack of lobster traps stored at a fishing shack – Eastern Passage

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C-GFUR

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Katherine

C-GFUR, an Air Canada 2000 Airbus A330-343 at Halifax Stanfield International Airport

C-GFUR, an Air Canada 2000 Airbus A330-343 taxiing at Halifax Stanfield International Airport.

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Canadian Forces Base Cornwallis – The Coach House

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Katherine

One of the buildings at the former Canadian Forces Base Cornwallis

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 and served as a fire station until it became a married officer’s quarters in the early 1960s.

The Coach House was recognized Federal Heritage Building on 10 May 1990.

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Randi & Brianne, and Autumn Mist

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Katherine

The fishing boats Randi & Brianne, and Autumn Mist in Digby

The fishing boats Randi & Brianne, and Autumn Mist in Digby

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Dominion Atlantic Railway Bridge – Granville Ferry

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Katherine

Dominion Atlantic Railway Bridge – Granville Ferry, Annapolis Royal

Dominion Atlantic Railway Bridge – Granville Ferry,  Annapolis Royal

After the line was abandoned by Canadian Pacific, the Dominion Atlantic Railway Bridge in Annapolis Royal became part of the Annapolis County Rail Trail.

Fort Charles National Historic Site

Fort Charles National Historic Site can be seen to the north beyond the bridge

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Jordan’s Pride I

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Katherine

The fishing boat Jordan’s Pride I in Digby

The fishing boat Jordan’s Pride I in Digby

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