In 1923 the Good Ship Hector sailed in Pictou Harbor to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the landing of the Ship Hector from Scotland in September 1773. The original ship arrival initiated the wave of Scottish immigrants to our shores.
50th anniversary booklet of Trenton, Nova Scotia, "The Birthplace of steel in Canada" 1911-1961. Includes historical articles, photographs, information about the town at time of publishing, and advertisements of Trenton businesses and...
Canadian ballads and songs ; Sea songs ; Canadian literature (English)--Nova Scotia ; Folk songs, English--Nova Scotia--Texts ; Ballads, English--Nova Scotia--Texts
A collection of ballads and folk songs from Nova Scotia preserved by William Roy Mackenzie. Some forwarded by history of origin and include one or more variations of the same ballad.
Shipbuilding -- Nova Scotia -- Pictou (County) -- History ; Sailing ships -- Nova Scotia -- Pictou (County) -- History ; Seafaring life -- Nova Scotia -- Pictou (County) -- History
For Pictonians in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, shipbuilding, ships and seamen were an important part of everyday life. For this reason, Cameron has attempted to assemble as much of Pictou County’s marine lore as possible....
Cooking Over Time: A Collection of Recipes and Stories of Women from Antigonish Town and County provides small biographies, personal reflections and insights from many talented Antigonish women. Each of these stories is followed by a recipe which...
Cruise ship S.S. North Star visited the port of Pictou in 1939 with passengers visiting points of interest such as Pictou Lodge and the Green Hill lookoff. The North Star had been one of the Prince Line of cruise ships, operated by the CNR, and...
In 1868, surveyor and Pictou Academy teacher Peter Crerar commissioned River John master shipbuilder Duncan Johnson to build the 628- ton Peter Crerar. This ship lived long because of the copper fastened below the draft line. The ship remained in...
CSS Acadia is a former hydrographic surveying and oceanographic research ship of the Hydrographic Survey of Canada and its successor the Canadian Hydrographic Service. Acadia served Canada for more than five decades from 1913–1969, charting the...
Ship Theodor was built in 1868. It was a wooden three-mast barque, 643 gross, 588 net tons. Originally built as the Peter Crerar for John Crerar, registered in Pictou.
On Sept. 19, 2004, Hurricane Juan blasted Nova Scotia, snapping the Hector’s moorings and driving the ship across the cove onto the rocks bordering Caladh Avenue.
1879 Illustrated Historical Atlas of Pictou County, Nova Scotia created by J.H. Meacham and Company. Detailed section by section maps including names of landholders as well as historical information regarding the settlement of the County, native...
