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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IO6_history-of-baddeck_Baddeck-Nova-Scotia.html
English: Derived from the Mi'kmaq name, 'Abadak', meaning "place with island near", Baddeck's first European settler was British officier James Duffus in 1819. He made his home on the "island near" and it was known as Duffus I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IME_william-kidston_Baddeck-Nova-Scotia.html
arrived in Baddeck in 1835. It is believed he was sent from Halifax by the executors of the estate of the late James Duffus in order to settle up his business affairs. Young Mr. Kidston, it is said, fell "madly in love" with the widow Du…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IMD_alexander-graham-bell-national-historic-park_Baddeck-Nova-Scotia.html
English:
The Park commemorates the humanitarian and scientific achievements of Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) and his associates
Frederick W. Baldwin · John A.D. McCurdy · Glenn H. Curtiss · Thomas E. Selfridge …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IL9_home-and-school-movement_Baddeck-Nova-Scotia.html
Commemorating
the founding of the
Home and School
Movement in Canada
December 18th, 1895
The
Parents Association
of Baddeck
held its first meeting on this, the site of the Baddeck academy.
The idea of such an association was p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IL6_reverend-norman-mcleod_Baddeck-Nova-Scotia.html
English:
As clergyman, schoolmaster and magistrate, he moulded the character of this community for a generation. Born at Stoer Point, Assynt, Scotland, he emigrated to Pictou in 1817, led his band of Scots to St. Ann in 1820 and remained here un…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IKX_the-first-airplane-flight-in-canada_Baddeck-Nova-Scotia.html
English:
On February 23, 1909, more than 100 people witnessed the first successful powered flight in Canada, as the Silver Dart lifted off the ice of Baddeck Bay and flew 800 metres. The biplane, piloted by J. A. D. McCurdy, reached a speed of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IKW_first-aeroplane-flight_Baddeck-Nova-Scotia.html
Commemorating The work of the Aerial Experiment Association which resulted in the first aeroplane flight within the British Empire made by J.A.D. McCurdy at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909. The Aerial Experiment Association was founde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IKV_alexander-graham-bell_Baddeck-Nova-Scotia.html
Alexander Graham Bell,
Teacher of the deaf
Humanitarian and inventor,
Became the first member of
The Telephone Pioneers of America,
On November, 2, 1911.
The Telephone Pioneers of America,
Are proud to dedicate this cairn
To his m…