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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H8Z_the-forge_Dartmouth-Nova-Scotia.html
The Blacksmith Shop
Excavated by Dr. Davis in 1985, this forge operated during both the first construction period (1820s) and the second (1850s). It was here that workers and masons would have their tools repaired and stone picks sharpened. On J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H89_shubenacadie-canal-port-wallace_Dartmouth-Nova-Scotia.html
From 1826 to 1831, canal labourers constructed two locks and the "deep cut" between Lake Charles and Lake Micmac. During these years, upwards of 250 workers and their families lived here. The locks were rebuilt and operated between 1858 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H88_fort-needham-memorial-park_Halifax-Nova-Scotia.html
This marker is composted exclusively pictures and their captions. There is a left side and a right side to the marker. Captions are presented left to right, then top to bottom. Click on the marker image to enlarge it.
Left side
? This view from F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H86_captain-capitaine-james-cook_Halifax-Nova-Scotia.html
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Before the voyages that brought him world fame as Captain Cook, this British Royal Navy officier complied navigational charts for the coasts of Quebec and Nova Scotia. While based in Halifax from 1758 to 1762, he learned triangulation and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H7S_peggys-cove_Peggys-Cove-Nova-Scotia.html
Peggy Cove Lighthouse
Built in 1868, the first lighthouse at Peggy Cove consisted of a wooden house topped by a beacon, Each evening, the lighthouse keeper lit a kerosene oil lamp magnified by a catoptric reflector (a silver-plated mirror) creati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H7Q_peggys-cove_Peggys-Cove-Nova-Scotia.html
This picturesque village and lighthouse are among the most photographed places in Canada. A romantic folk tale is told about how the Cove got its name. Young Peggy was traveling to Halifax to meet her fiance when the ship she was in foundered on t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H6M_mr-john-samwell_Halifax-Nova-Scotia.html
On your left near this spot lie the remains of ? / ? votre gauche, pr d?ici se trouvent les restes de ?.
Mr. / M. John Samwell
Midshipman / Aspirant de marine ? 1797-1813
Mr. / M. William Stevens
Boatswain / Ma?tre de manoeuvre ? 1757-1813
HMS Sh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H65_samuel-cunard_Halifax-Nova-Scotia.html
A native son and a great Nova Scotian, he received his early training in this city and became a highly regarded merchant, humanitarian and ship owner. All this was a prelude to his most successful venture, the founding of the British and North Ame…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H63_major-general-major-general-robert-ross-1766-1814_Halifax-Nova-Scotia.html
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Major General Ross sailed to North America in the summer of 1814 from the Peninsular War against France to command the British army on the east coast of the United States, opening a second front to relieve the pressure on the Niagara Pen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H62_passage-to-a-new-beginning-passage-a-un-nouveau-monde_Halifax-Nova-Scotia.html
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Celebrating Canada's Immigrants
In the 1940s and 1950s, Canada opened its doors wide to European immigrants. With haunting wartime memories still fresh in their minds, men, women and children from diverse countries and cultures arrived a…