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Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse
There’s a bit of history about 100 meters south of Highway 100 – to be precise, it’s located at Mile 33.19 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision of the Dominion Atlantic Railway. That’s smack dab in Falmouth, sort of… … Continue reading
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Tagged Falmouth, Highway 101 - Nova Scotia, history, railroad, railway
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Western Forest Products – Jordan River
I was camping across the road in the CRD campground in Jordan River, and did a bit of exploring at the abandoned building that were the headquarters for the Western Forest Products Jordan River logging operations. The buildings are slowly … Continue reading
The old concrete plant
I shot some stills of the old concrete products plant just south of the weigh station on Highway 1, near Duncan. I’m glad I did, as it was subsequently demolished. The now gone, long abandoned concrete products plant
Tractors – Windsor
A McCormick-Deering and a Cockshutt tractor at the Nova Scotia Antique Engine & Tractor Association summer show.
Posted in Highway 101, history, Nova Scotia, vehicles
Tagged Highway 101 - Nova Scotia, history, Nova Scotia, Spring, tractors, Windsor
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Across Canada – a moving experience
A bit of a mystery here, as I had a difficult time researching what I was looking at in this time-lapse video shot across Ontario Highway 11 from an interpretive trail. Google maps thinks this area is Hardrock Mines or … Continue reading
Keith Hall
In September 1863, Alexander Keith laid the cornerstone for Keith Hall, his new three-storey home on Hollis Street, just behind his brewery. Keith Hall – Halifax On 17 January 1985 Keith Hall was recognized as a Historic Place under the … Continue reading
Margaretsville Lighthouse – light on, light off
Margaretsville Lighthouse The light is on, and then the light is off – in a pattern that is unique in this area to help mariners identify the lighthouses they see. Margaretsville Lighthouse
Posted in Bay of Fundy, buildings, history, lighthouse, Nova Scotia, ocean, summer, video
Tagged Bay of Fundy, history, lighthouse, Margaretsville Lighthouse, Nova Scotia, ocean, summer
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Alberni Pacific 8427
Alberni Pacific 8427, a 1954 1600 HP Alco RS-3 120 ton locomotive
HMCS Sackville National Historic Site of Canada
HMCS Sackville (K181) – Canada’s oldest warship HMCS Sackville is the last of Canada’s 123 Flower-class corvettes, one of many convoy escort vessels built in Canada and the United Kingdom during World War II. In 1988, Sackville was designated a … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic Canada, Halifax, history, museum, National Historic Site, Navy, Nova Scotia, RCN, ships, tourism
Tagged Halifax, history, Martimes, museum, Navy, Nova Scotia, ships, tourism
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Lahave
Just some old trucks and an old car on Highway 331 heading to Lahave Islands. I stopped and looked – of course I did.
