Showing posts with label old photos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label old photos. Show all posts

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Old Photo of Baxters Harbour Falls



I love this old photo of  the Baxter's  Harbour Falls . If you notice it was taken before the road construction was done.

Friday, August 24, 2012

Days Gone By !!!!




Found this photo in the Nova Scotia Archieves and loved it . It paints a picture of days gone by on the Bay of Fundy.This was a must to post !!!!!!

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Ebbtide at Kingsport, Schooner FBC in shipyard

Found this picture in the Nova Scotia Archieves , I love old photo of the old boat but I especially like this one with the lighthouse in the background . Kingsport is located along the Minas Basin in Nova Scotia

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Halls Harbour Lighthouse History



Notes:
This lighthouse was replaced by a modern structure on the end of a wharf near the location of the old lighthouse. The original wharf and lighthouse are now gone.
Description of Tower: 1911: White square wooden tower on iron pilings.
This light is not operational
Date Established: 1880
Date Deactivated: 1970
Date Automated: 1963
Current Use: Destroyed.
Keepers: Elias MacDonald, James Watson, Jesse Thorpe, William Keddy, James LeRoy Houghton (keeper for 17 1/2 years), Marion Hou  


I was searching the internet when I came across this photo and info about the lighthouse in Hall's Harbour

Friday, December 17, 2010

George Brewster

This old photo is of George Brewster who used to live in the harbour. This is how I remember George , sitting on the porch step smoking his pipe . The simple life in the harbour is what I enjoy !

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Old Photo Of The Baxter's Harbour Falls

This old photo shows the wooden bridge above the Baxter's Harbour Falls with boats below in the Bay.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

On the Rocks: Shipwrecks of Nova Scotia - Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, Nova Scotia

"Named after her owners, Fred Green and Boyd Gibson, this was the last working coastal schooner built in Nova Scotia. She was destroyed by Hurricane Edna. Her shattered hull was carefully studied by historians as an example of wooden shipbuilding in Nova Scotia.
Photo credit: Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, MP10.196.7, M76.27.7"

Friday, July 2, 2010

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Best Friends

I believe there is something special about this photo, a girl and her dog relaxing in a hammock ,best friends. I know that my dogs are my best friends.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

A Ship Build In Kingport , Nova Scotia 1882[ Kambira]

Built in 1882 at Kingsport, NS by Peter R. Creighton. Registered at Windsor, NS, registration no. 10, 1882; owned by C.R. Burgess and others. Abandoned at sea 18 May 1904.
Artist: unsigned
Found this in the Nova Scotia Archieves.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Old Photo Of Shipping Piers in Wolfville, Nova Scotia


I just had to post this picture of the Shipping Piers in Wolfville Nova Scotia.I loved the reflections on the water. Days gone by , I found this picture in the Nova Scotia Archives.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Old Photo Of Blomidon

This photo is of Blomidon , Nova Scotia . I found this old photo on the internet. I had to share it because it is a bit of local history, I myself never realized that Blomidon even had a wharf.

Friday, November 6, 2009

Older Photo Of Hall's Harbour

I found this photo on the web , it is a picture of Halls Harbour unknown date but I know it was not taken yesterday . I found this photo in The Nova Scotia Archives , it was taken by W.R. Mac Askill .

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Relaxing

I am posting this photo on a grey , dark Oct. afternoon and I thought this would be the perfect
photo to post. Now that is what you call relaxing !!!!