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Point Prim wharf
The rapidly deteriorating fishing infrastructure – Point Prim
Posted in A bit of Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, black and white, Digby County, Nova Scotia, ocean
Tagged Atlantic Canada, Canada, Digby, history, lighthouse, Nova Scotia, ocean, Point Prim, Spring
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Nova Scotia Lighthouse – Point Prim
Point Prim Lighthouse
Pacific Force
The tug Pacific Force in Port Alberni
Posted in British Columbia, highway, Highway 4, ships, tugs, Vancouver Island
Tagged Highway 4, history, marina, Port Alberni, ships, Winter
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E&N Port Subdivision
Well now – this is a bit of a pickled as I can’t remember if this is the E&N railway Port Subdivision crossing of Lockport Creek or Pipeline Creek. Either way, the train doesn’t run here anymore, or anywhere … Continue reading
Posted in British Columbia, E&N, Highway 4, The train don’t run here anymore, Vancouver Island, Vanishing Vancouver Island
Tagged E&N, history, rail, rail road, rail way
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E&N Port Subdivision
Well now – this is a bit of a pickled as I can’t remember if this is the E&N railway Port Subdivision crossing of Lockport Creek or Pipeline Creek. Either way, the train doesn’t run here anymore, or anywhere … Continue reading
Posted in British Columbia, E&N, Highway 4, The train don’t run here anymore, Vancouver Island, Vanishing Vancouver Island
Tagged E&N, history, rail, rail road, rail way
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Nova Scotia Church – Lawrencetown
Another deconsecrated and empty church – this one in Lawrencetown in the Annapolis Valley. St. Andrew’s Anglican Church is a registered Municipal Heritage Property in the Municipality of Annapolis County, officially registered, August 18th, 1992.
Posted in abandoned, buildings, church, Highway 1 - Nova Scotia
Tagged Atlantic Canada, buildings, Canada, church, history, Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia Textiles Limited – a window into the past
Nova Scotia Textiles Limited, where Windsor Wear was woven… Pretty much all of the windows have been smashed or removed at the old Nova Scotia Textiles Limited factory in Windsor. There are great plans to renovate the building, but I … Continue reading
Horton Bluff Lighthouse
Constructed in 1961, the Horton Bluff Lighthouse has an 8.7-meter-high tower rising from the west corner of the flat-roofed building sited sixty-five meters above Avon River. The light served as the front light of a pair of range lights. The … Continue reading
Posted in A bit of Nova Scotia, buildings, Hants County, history, lighthouse, Minas Basin, Nova Scotia
Tagged Hants County, history, lighthouse, Minas Basin, Nova Scotia
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The train don’t run here anymore
The Windsor and Hantsport Railway railway bridge over Blue Beach Road
