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On December 6, 1917, two tramp steamers, the Mont-Blanc and the Imo, collided in wartime Halifax Harbour, creating what became the largest man-made explosion of its time…. Read More
By: Peggy Thompson (CA)
With more than 130 photographs, many of them seen here for the first time, Antigonish: A History in Pictures offers a stunning portrait of this one-of-a kind place.… Read More
By: Sheilah Roberts Lukins (CA)
In 1617, Lord Falkland’s colonists in Newfoundland were instructed to bring, among other things, 20 barrels of caske (ale), 90 bushels of malt, a malt mill, 4500 pounds of hops,… Read More
By: Jon Tattrie (CA)
In June of 1749, Edward Cornwallis set into motion events that would determine the destiny of tens of thousands of people across half a continent. His actions in the following three years would also determine the future… Read More
By: Brenda Thompson
A daughter of runaway slaves, a Black Loyalist, the first Black police officer, a business woman and a friend of T.C. Haliburton; as a follow-up to her best-selling A Wholesome Horror, Brenda Thompson… Read More
By: Mac Moss (CA)
<div style=”MARGIN: 0cm”> <span style=”COLOR: black”> <div style=”MARGIN: 0cm”> This book is about Newfoundland and Labrador’s response… Read More
By: David Rollinson (CA)
If you drive across Nova Scotia, you will see abandoned rail lines and sleepy towns that once hummed with mills and mines. If you look closely enough, you will see the remnants of the province’s industrial… Read More
By: Stanley Spicer (CA)
In December, 1872, the brigantine Mary Celeste was discovered at sea with sails set and everything in order; however, no one was on board or was ever found. The Saga of the Mary Celeste details this great sea… Read More
By: Steven Laffoley
Just before midnight, on November 6, 1882, the Halifax Poor House, an outsized Dickensian building situated in the south end of the city, caught fire and burned to the ground…. Read More
By: Eric Allaby (CA)
A fascinating narrative and pictorial history of over forty shipwrecks in the dynamic Bay of Fundy region, one of the seven wonders of North America, bordering Nova Scotia, New Brunswick,… Read More
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