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Nova Scotia stuff


Seven Years War 1754-1763
 The period 2004-2013 is the 250th anniversary of the 
Seven Years War, a.k.a. the French and Indian War.
Includes important events in Nova Scotia.
http://ns1763.ca/remem/7yw-timeline-w.html

Montcalm and Wolfe by Francis Parkman
    http://ns1758.ca/parkman/14517_montcalm_and_wolfe.html

The Great Fortress: A Chronicle of Louisbourg, 1720-1760 by William C.H. Wood
    http://ns1758.ca/7yw/fortress-wood-1920.html

Nova Scotia Quotations
    http://ns1758.ca/quote/quotes.html

Nova Scotia History, Chapter One
    http://newscotland1398.ca/hist/nshistory01.html

The Halifax Military Lands Board: Civil-Military Relations and the Development of Halifax as a Strategic Defended Port, 1905-1928
Canada's most important contribution to the naval defence of the British Empire during the First World War was the fortified port of Halifax... The story of the little-known Halifax Military Lands Board, organized by the military but chaired at their invitation by a senior civil servant, sheds new light on the struggle by army officers to bring order and professionalism to the development of the garrison...
            http://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/vol12/tnm_12_2_45-68.pdf

 The period 2012-2014 is the 200th anniversary of the 
War of 1812 1812-1814
Includes important events in Nova Scotia,
New England and Newfoundland.

Nova Scotia Historical Biographies
    http://newscotland1398.ca/hist/nshistory00.html#ns-historical-biog

History of Electric Power Companies in Nova Scotia
    http://ns1758.ca/electric/electric.html

History of Telegraph and Telephone Companies in Nova Scotia
    http://ns1758.ca/tele/telephone.html

History of Automobiles in Nova Scotia
    http://ns1758.ca/auto/automobiles.html

Cunard's High-Speed Stage Coach Line between Halifax and Pictou, 1842
    http://ns1758.ca//cunard/cunard01.html

History of Railway Companies in Nova Scotia
    http://ns1758.ca/rail/railways.html

Photographs of the Moose River railway bridge
       http://newscot1398.net/rail/dar-bridge-mooseriv.html
Photographs of the Bear River railway bridge
       http://ns1758.ca/rail/dar-bridge-bearriv.html
Photographs of the Sissiboo River railway bridge
       http://ns1758.ca/rail/dar-bridge-sissiboo.html

Last Train to Windsor Junction 2 November 2010
    http://ns1763.ca/rail/whr-winjct-2010nov.html

Significant Dates in
Nova Scotia Railway History
Before 1850   1850-1899   1900-1949   1950 to now

Hank Snow Hits
            http://newscotland1398.ca/hist/nshistory82.html#hank-snow-hits

Photographs of the Kentville Roundhouse
A major heritage building, the last remaining railway roundhouse in Nova Scotia, demolished by the Town of Kentville on 9 July 2007.
    http://ns1763.ca/rail/kenround.html

Military Memorials in Nova Scotia
    http://ns1763.ca/remem/military-memorials.html

No. 2 Construction Battalion 1916 - 1920, Nova Scotia
    http://ns1758.ca/ruck/conbat2z.html

Photographs of War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
    http://ns1763.ca/remem/plaques.html

Timeline of the First Thirty Years of Radio
    http://ns1763.ca/radio30/radio-first-30yrs.html

Westray Coal Mine Disaster
    http://www.newscotland1398.ca/westray/wraymenu.html

Index to the Westray Mine Public Inquiry Transcript
    http://www.newscotland1398.ca/westray/wrpindex.html


Nova Scotia's Electric Scrapbook another website specializing in Nova Scotia history
        http://ns1763.ca/index.html

Nova Scotia's Electric Flotsam and another
        http://newscotland1398.ca/index.html

Planter 2010 Celebration and another
        http://planter2010.ca/index.html

Nova Scotia's Electric Garrett and another
        http://marconi100.ca/index.html

Nova Scotia's Electric Attic and another
        http://newscot1398.net/index.html

Fieldwood Heritage Society Canning
    http://fieldwoodhs.ednet.ns.ca/index.html

Canning, Nova Scotia
    http://canningnovascotia.ca/index.html

Canning Water Rate Increase Application
            http://newscotland1398.ca/cwu/cannwater.html

Energy Consumption Computer in Sleep Mode vs. SUV
    http://ns1758.ca/energy/energy20080307.html

Connecting Canadians A Study of the CAP Community Access Program
    http://ns1758.ca/connect-canadians.html

Controversy: Renaming Cornwallis Junior High
    http://newscotland1398.ca/99/gorhamj.html#cornwallis-jhs



History of Nova Scotia
with special attention given to Communications and Transportation
  1. History of Nova Scotia, Before 31 December 1699
  2. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1700 to Dec 1769
  3. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1770 to Dec 1775
  4. History of Nova Scotia, 1776 Jan to Dec
  5. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1777 to Dec 1779
  6. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1780 to Dec 1819
  7. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1820 to Dec 1839
  8. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1840 to Dec 1849
  9. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1850 to Dec 1859
  10. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1860 to Dec 1869
  11. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1870 to Dec 1879
  12. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1880 to Dec 1889
  13. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1890 to Dec 1893
  14. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1894 to Dec 1899
  15. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1900 to Dec 1904
  16. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1905 to Dec 1909
  17. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1910 to Dec 1919
  18. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1920 to Dec 1939
  19. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1940 to Dec 1949
  20. Nova Scotia History, Jan 1950 to Dec 1959
  21. Nova Scotia History, Jan 1960 to Dec 1969
  22. Nova Scotia History, Jan 1970 to Dec 1979
  23. Nova Scotia History, Jan 1980 to Dec 1989
  24. Nova Scotia History, Jan 1990 to Dec 1993
  25. Nova Scotia History, 1994 Jan to Dec
  26. Nova Scotia History, 1995 Jan to Dec
  27. Nova Scotia History, 1996 Jan to Dec
  28. Nova Scotia History, 1997 January - June
  29. Nova Scotia History, 1997 July - September
  30. Nova Scotia History, 1997 October - November
  31. Nova Scotia History, 1997 December
  32. Nova Scotia History, 1998 January
  33. Nova Scotia History, 1998 February
  34. Nova Scotia History, 1998 March
  35. Nova Scotia History, 1998 April
  36. Nova Scotia History, 1998 May
  37. Nova Scotia History, 1998 June
  38. Nova Scotia History, 1998 July
  39. Nova Scotia History, 1998 August
  40. Nova Scotia History, 1998 September - October
  41. Nova Scotia History, 1998 November - December
  42. Nova Scotia History, 1999 January - March
  43. Nova Scotia History, 1999 April - June
  44. Nova Scotia History, 1999 July - August
  45. Nova Scotia History, 1999 September
  46. Nova Scotia History, 1999 October
  47. Nova Scotia History, 1999 November
  48. Nova Scotia History, 1999 December 1-15
  49. Nova Scotia History, 1999 December 16-31
  50. Nova Scotia History, 2000 January 1-15
  51. Nova Scotia History, 2000 January 16-31
  52. Nova Scotia History, 2000 February 1-15
  53. Nova Scotia History, 2000 February 16-28
  54. Nova Scotia History, 2000 March 1-19
  55. Nova Scotia History, 2000 March 20-31
  56. Nova Scotia History, 2000 April 1-14
  57. Nova Scotia History, 2000 April 15-30
  58. Nova Scotia History, 2000 May 1-9
  59. Nova Scotia History, 2000 May 10-31
  60. Nova Scotia History, 2000 June 1-15
  61. Nova Scotia History, 2000 June 16-30
  62. Nova Scotia History, 2000 July 1-18
  63. Nova Scotia History, 2000 July 19-31
  64. Nova Scotia History, 2000 August 1-5
  65. Nova Scotia History, 2000 August 6-31
  66. Nova Scotia History, 2000 September 1-12
  67. Nova Scotia History, 2000 September 13-30
  68. Nova Scotia History, 2000 October 1-21
  69. Nova Scotia History, 2000 October 22-31
  70. Nova Scotia History, 2000 November 1-12
  71. Nova Scotia History, 2000 November 13-19
  72. Nova Scotia History, 2000 November 20-30
  73. Nova Scotia History, 2000 December 1-19
  74. Nova Scotia History, 2000 December 20-31
  75. Nova Scotia History, 2001 January 1-21
  76. Nova Scotia History, 2001 January 22-31
  77. Nova Scotia History, 2001 February
  78. Nova Scotia History, 2001 March
  79. Nova Scotia History, 2001 April - December
  80. Nova Scotia History, 2002 January - 2003 December
  81. Nova Scotia History, 2004 January - 2005 December
  82. Nova Scotia History, 2006 January onward


Planters 2010 – 250th Anniversary in Nova Scotia

Planter 2010 Celebration in Nova Scotia

Anti-Confederation Petition from Nova Scotia, 16 June 1868 House of Commons, London
        http://ns1758.ca/antifed/newscot_anticonfed-1868june16.html

Anti-Confederation Petition from Nova Scotia, 6 July 1868 House of Lords, London
        http://ns1758.ca/antifed/newscot_anticonfed-1868july06.html

Passenger Act 1842
        http://newscotland1398.ca/99/1842-passenger-act.html

Spring Equinox dates and times of day, for a thousand years
        http://ns1763.ca/equinox/eqindex.html

Minas Tides — Eighth Wonder of the World one of Ed Coleman's columns
        http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/ecoleman/editorial/1998/e98apr17.html

The 1901 Transatlantic Radio Experiment Marconi in Newfoundland
        http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/henry.bradford/marconi-newf.html

Slave auction advertisement, Nova Scotia 3 Nov. 1760
        http://marconi100.ca/slave/slaves01.html

Runaway Slave advertisement, Nova Scotia 1 Sep. 1772

Nova Scotia Financial Review Interim Report August 2009: Information about Nova Scotia's provincial debt




Ivan Smith
PO Box 121, 9847 Main Street
Canning, Nova Scotia  B0P 1H0, Canada
902-582-1321



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