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Fort Lawrence
In the 18th century, the Chignecto Isthmus played an important role in the struggle between France and Britain for North American supremacy. In 1713 the Treaty of Utrecht had failed to clearly establish the border of Nova Scotia. To…
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The First Nations
Native peoples have lived around the Chignecto Isthmus for thousands of years. Travelling in family groups and small nomadic bands, they moved from area to area harvesting seasonal food sources.
Early French explorers were quic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2491_amherst-modern-period-1800s-and-1900s_Nappan-Nova-Scotia.html
A Manufacturing Town
All major roads and rail-lines run through Amherst, making it a natural gateway into Nova Scotia. The town is also in the middle of a rich agricultural and coal-mining area.
Amherst became a major manufacturing town in 1865 …
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Geology
This area is located in the Carboniferous Lowlands of Nova Scotia. The underlying bedrock is sedimentary with varying proportions of sandstone and mudstone. In some areas where the bedrock has been folded, the sandstone has been eroded aw…
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[List of burials]
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World War I
1914 - 1918
William Baird · James Bathgate · Alexander Craib
James Crooks · Kenneth Hape · Charles MacNutt
Elmer MacNutt · Wellsley McCann · Daniel Reeves
Chester Slack &mid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21JY_willard-sterling-boyle-c-c_Pictou-Nova-Scotia.html
Bill was from Wallace, where his grandfather worked in the quarry and kept the lighthouse. His father was the village doctor until their move to the backwoods of northern Quebec. While there, Bill was home schooled by his mother until age 14, when…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21JW_nova-scotia-clayworks_Pugwash-Nova-Scotia.html
While lobster boats have filled the local wharves for generations, the community's most unique feature may have been the 130 ft. (39.6m) smoke stack belonging to Nova Scotia Clayworks on the opposite side of the harbour. Started in 1889, the compa…
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The deep harbour of Pugwash has a long and storied seafaring heritage, with many eras of ships carrying lumber and raw materials up and down the Eastern Seaboard.
[Historic Pugwash photos]
"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved …