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 Nova Scotia Quotations
        http://ns1758.ca/quote/quotes.html


 Nova Scotia History - Chapter One
        http://newscotland1398.ca/hist/nshistory01.html


 Nova Scotia in the War of 1812
        http://ns1758.ca/1812war/war1812-atlantic.html#war1812-novascot


 Nova Scotia Historical Biographies
        http://newscotland1398.ca/hist/nshistory00.html#ns-historical-biog


 History of Electric Companies in Nova Scotia
How many separate public utility companies have operated electricity generating and/or distribution systems in Nova Scotia?  100?  200?  Here's a list, from the Acadia Electric Light Co. Ltd. to the Zwicker Electric Power Co. Ltd.
        http://ns1758.ca/electric/electric.html


 History of Automobiles in Nova Scotia
A history, mostly excerpts from contemporary sources, of the early days of automobiles in Nova Scotia: The first few autos, speed limits, laws relating to autos, highway conditions, the ways people reacted to the new machines, etc.
        http://ns1758.ca/auto/automobiles.html


 History of Railway Companies in Nova Scotia
This is a history of all railway companies in Nova Scotia.  How many have there been?  20?  50?  100?  Here's a list, from the Amherst Street Railway, to the Great American & European Short Line Railway, to the Yarmouth & Digby Electric Railway.
        http://ns1758.ca/rail/railways.html

Photographs of the Moose River railway bridge
       http://newscot1398.net/rail/dar-bridge-mooseriv.html

Photographs of the Bear River railway bridge
       http://ns1758.ca/rail/dar-bridge-bearriv.html

Photographs of the Sissiboo River railway bridge
       http://ns1758.ca/rail/dar-bridge-sissiboo.html

Photographs of the Kentville Roundhouse
A major heritage building, the last remaining railway roundhouse in Nova Scotia, demolished by the Town of Kentville on 9 July 2007.
        http://ns1763.ca/rail/kenround.html

 Nova Scotia's Electric Scrapbook another website specializing in Nova Scotia history
        http://ns1763.ca/index.html

Nova Scotia's Electric Gleaner and another
        http://ns1758.ca/index.html

Planter 2010 Celebration and another
        http://planter2010.ca/index.html

Nova Scotia's Electric Garrett and another
        http://marconi100.ca/index.html

Nova Scotia's Electric Flotsam and another
        http://newscotland1398.ca/index.html

 Military Memorials in Nova Scotia
        http://ns1763.ca/remem/military-memorials.html


 Timeline of the First Thirty Years of Radio
        http://ns1763.ca/radio30/radio-first-30yrs.html


 Marconi Wireless Telegraph in Nova Scotia
        http://ns1763.ca/radio30/marconi-novascotia.html


 Marconi's Three Transatlantic Radio Stations in Cape Breton
        http://ns1763.ca/marconi100/marconi1.html





Cape Breton Marconi Centennial
1907 - 2007
October 1907: contemporary clippings

 Interior Description...Operator's Room...Marconi Wireless
Sydney Daily Post, 16 Oct 1907
        http://marconi100.ca/clip/marconi-sydpost19071016.html


 Trans-Atlantic Wireless Today
Halifax Morning Chronicle, 17 Oct 1907
        http://marconi100.ca/clip/marconi-chronicle19071017.html


 Wireless Message Across the Atlantic
Halifax Morning Chronicle, 18 Oct 1907
        http://marconi100.ca/clip/marconi-chronicle19071018.html


 Marconi...Sent 10,000 Across the Atlantic
Halifax Herald 18 Oct 1907
        http://marconi100.ca/clip/marconi-herald19071018.html


 Wireless Joins Two Worlds
New York The New York Times, 18 Oct 1907
        http://marconi100.ca/clip/marconi-nytimes19071018.html


 Wireless from King Edward
Halifax Morning Chronicle, 19 Oct 1907
        http://marconi100.ca/clip/marconi-chronicle19071019.html


 Congratulations for Marconi
Halifax Morning Chronicle, 21 Oct 1907
        http://marconi100.ca/clip/marconi-chronicle19071021.html


 Marconi's Achievement
Halifax Morning Chronicle, 21 Oct 1907
        http://marconi100.ca/clip/marconi-chronicle19071021m.html


 Wireless Station in Constant Operation
Halifax Morning Chronicle, 24 Oct 1907
        http://marconi100.ca/clip/marconi-chronicle19071024.html


 Post Reporter Sent Message to Clifden...Short Answer
Sydney Daily Post, 23 Oct 1907
        http://marconi100.ca/clip/marconi-sydpost19071023.html


 Second Test of the Marconi Over-Ocean Wireless System...
Sydney Daily Post, 24 Oct 1907
        http://marconi100.ca/clip/marconi-sydpost19071024.html





 Cape Breton Wireless Heritage Society
    http://cbwireless.ednet.ns.ca/index.html


 Cape Breton Marconi Centennial
    http://cbwireless.ednet.ns.ca/cbwirelessp4.html


 The 1901 Transatlantic Radio Experiment Marconi in Newfoundland
    http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/henry.bradford/marconi-newf.html


 For a Canadian Wikipedia
    http://participanthistorian.blogspot.com/2006/11/for-canadian-wikipedia.html


 Oldest Newspaper in Canada
    http://newscotland1398.ca/99/news01.html



Seven Years War 1754-1763
 The period 2004-2013 is the 250th anniversary of the 
Seven Years War, a.k.a. the French and Indian War.
Includes important events in Nova Scotia.

 The 1849 Nova Scotia Pony Express
        http://ns1763.ca/ponyexpress/ponyexdx.html

1849 Nova Scotia Pony Express Monument Victoria Beach
        http://ns1763.ca/annapco/ponyexmon.html


 Photographs of War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
        http://ns1763.ca/remem/plaques.html

Robert Borden Monument The monument in Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, with a plaque commemorating Robert Laird Borden, Prime Minister of Canada 1911-1920
        http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/borden_rl.html

Abraham Gesner Monument Chipman Corner
        http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/gesnermem.html

Memorial: Commonwealth Air Training Program, 1939-1945 Middleton
        http://ns1763.ca/annapco/bcatpww2.html

Sir William Alexander monument Victoria Park, Halifax
        http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/alexwill.html

Deadman's Island Northwest Arm, Halifax
        http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/deadmansnd.html



Advertisement: Negro Man, for Nova Scotia
Ad in New York newspaper, July 1783
For sale: Negro Man, for Nova Scotia

Enlarged view



Advertisement: Land for Sale in Nova Scotia
Ad in New York newspaper, July 1783
Land for Sale in Nova Scotia

Enlarged view


 Ode to the Code 1 February 1999
As the Morse Code is officially retired, a former radio operator recalls its glory days as the communications medium of the world's oceans...
    http://ns1763.ca/tele/sgr-cbh.html

 Farewell to Morse Code Canadian marine radio operators mourned the official phasing out of Morse code as the worldwide distress call of the high seas...
    http://ns1763.ca/tele/morse01.html


 Jeff Cantwell Wolfville

 Canning, Nova Scotia
            http://canningnovascotia.ca/index.html

Canning Water Rate Increase Application
            http://newscotland1398.ca/cwu/cannwater.html

 Fieldwood Heritage Society Canning
    http://fieldwoodhs.ednet.ns.ca/index.html


 Friends of Crescent Beach, Green Bay and Area Society
    http://www.crescentbeach.ca/


 Nova Scotia Railway Heritage Society
    http://novascotiarailwayheritage.com/


 Train to New Minas 15 June 2007
    http://ns1763.ca/rail/whr-minas-june15.html


 Westray Coal Mine Disaster
            http://www.newscotland1398.ca/westray/wraymenu.html

Index to the Westray Mine Public Inquiry Transcript
            http://www.newscotland1398.ca/westray/wrpindex.html

 1849: Communications between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick A hundred clippings, originally published in 1849, describing the movement of information between these two then-independent colonies.
    http://ns1763.ca/tele/nb1849.html


 Nova Scotia's Telegraphs, Landlines And Cables by D.G. Whidden, 1938
    http://ns1763.ca/tele/whidden2.html


 History of Telephone Companies in Nova Scotia
In December 1924, there were 279 telephone utility companies operating telephone systems in various parts of Nova Scotia, according to the 1924 Annual Report of the Nova Scotia Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities.




History of Nova Scotia
with special attention given to Communications and Transportation
  1. History of Nova Scotia, Before 31 December 1699
  2. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1700 to Dec 1769
  3. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1770 to Dec 1775
  4. History of Nova Scotia, 1776 Jan to Dec
  5. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1777 to Dec 1779
  6. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1780 to Dec 1819
  7. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1820 to Dec 1839
  8. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1840 to Dec 1849
  9. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1850 to Dec 1859
  10. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1860 to Dec 1869
  11. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1870 to Dec 1879
  12. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1880 to Dec 1889
  13. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1890 to Dec 1893
  14. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1894 to Dec 1899
  15. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1900 to Dec 1904
  16. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1905 to Dec 1909
  17. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1910 to Dec 1919
  18. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1920 to Dec 1939
  19. History of Nova Scotia, Jan 1940 to Dec 1949
  20. Nova Scotia History, Jan 1950 to Dec 1959
  21. Nova Scotia History, Jan 1960 to Dec 1969
  22. Nova Scotia History, Jan 1970 to Dec 1979
  23. Nova Scotia History, Jan 1980 to Dec 1989
  24. Nova Scotia History, Jan 1990 to Dec 1993
  25. Nova Scotia History, 1994 Jan to Dec
  26. Nova Scotia History, 1995 Jan to Dec
  27. Nova Scotia History, 1996 Jan to Dec
  28. Nova Scotia History, 1997 January - June
  29. Nova Scotia History, 1997 July - September
  30. Nova Scotia History, 1997 October - November
  31. Nova Scotia History, 1997 December
  32. Nova Scotia History, 1998 January
  33. Nova Scotia History, 1998 February
  34. Nova Scotia History, 1998 March
  35. Nova Scotia History, 1998 April
  36. Nova Scotia History, 1998 May
  37. Nova Scotia History, 1998 June
  38. Nova Scotia History, 1998 July
  39. Nova Scotia History, 1998 August
  40. Nova Scotia History, 1998 September - October
  41. Nova Scotia History, 1998 November - December
  42. Nova Scotia History, 1999 January - March
  43. Nova Scotia History, 1999 April - June
  44. Nova Scotia History, 1999 July - August
  45. Nova Scotia History, 1999 September
  46. Nova Scotia History, 1999 October
  47. Nova Scotia History, 1999 November
  48. Nova Scotia History, 1999 December 1-15
  49. Nova Scotia History, 1999 December 16-31
  50. Nova Scotia History, 2000 January 1-15
  51. Nova Scotia History, 2000 January 16-31
  52. Nova Scotia History, 2000 February 1-15
  53. Nova Scotia History, 2000 February 16-28
  54. Nova Scotia History, 2000 March 1-19
  55. Nova Scotia History, 2000 March 20-31
  56. Nova Scotia History, 2000 April 1-14
  57. Nova Scotia History, 2000 April 15-30
  58. Nova Scotia History, 2000 May 1-9
  59. Nova Scotia History, 2000 May 10-31
  60. Nova Scotia History, 2000 June 1-15
  61. Nova Scotia History, 2000 June 16-30
  62. Nova Scotia History, 2000 July 1-18
  63. Nova Scotia History, 2000 July 19-31
  64. Nova Scotia History, 2000 August 1-5
  65. Nova Scotia History, 2000 August 6-31
  66. Nova Scotia History, 2000 September 1-12
  67. Nova Scotia History, 2000 September 13-30
  68. Nova Scotia History, 2000 October 1-21
  69. Nova Scotia History, 2000 October 22-31
  70. Nova Scotia History, 2000 November 1-12
  71. Nova Scotia History, 2000 November 13-19
  72. Nova Scotia History, 2000 November 20-30
  73. Nova Scotia History, 2000 December 1-19
  74. Nova Scotia History, 2000 December 20-31
  75. Nova Scotia History, 2001 January 1-21
  76. Nova Scotia History, 2001 January 22-31
  77. Nova Scotia History, 2001 February
  78. Nova Scotia History, 2001 March
  79. Nova Scotia History, 2001 April - December
  80. Nova Scotia History, 2002 January - 2003 December
  81. Nova Scotia History, 2004 January - 2005 December
  82. Nova Scotia History, 2006 January onward

Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1805
Richard John Uniacke
title page  
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 A Fierce War: The Electric Telegraph Lines Between New York and Halifax
New York, January 24, 1850: — ...That the public may not be misled in this matter, the Associated Press deem it proper to make the following statement of facts ... About January 1849, the New York newspapers Journal of Commerce, Courier and Enquirer, Herald, Sun, Tribune, and Express, through their Committee, in an interview with Mr. L.R. Darrow, the Superintendent of the new Saint John Electric Telegraph Line, then nearly finished, arranged to run an express, on the arrival of each Cunard Royal Mail steamer at Halifax, from that point to Saint John, New Brunswick, the eastern terminus of the Telegraph at that time, on condition of having the privilege of transmitting a despatch of three thousand words to Boston and New York, leaving copies if wanted, at the intermediate towns and cities. The press were granted the exclusive use of the wires from the moment their despatch was offered until it was finished. This was deemed necessary to warrant the vast outlay anticipated, and as a protection to the public. Other parties, however, were not shut out from the use of the wires. If they could anticipate our agent at the telegraph office, their messages were sent through to their destination ... The Associated Press, previous to the new enterprise, had employed the express steamer Buena Vista to run from Halifax to Boston; and at the time of effecting the arrangement with Mr. Darrow, five of the associated newspapers had the steamer Newsboy employed in cruising off Sandy Hook, to meet with the steamships coming from Europe. The news brought by the Buena Vista cost nearly $1,000 each time it was transmitted to New York, and the expenses of the Newsboy were at the rate of over $20,000 per annum, which were cheerfully paid by the Courier and Enquirer, Herald, Journal of Commerce, Sun, and Express, the owners of the steamer at that time. After the overland express from Halifax to Saint John was established, the Newsboy was withdrawn, but the cost of getting the European news increased. An examination of the bills of the last year exhibited the enormous expenditure, in that short space of time of $29,700, most of which went into the pockets of the telegraph companies...
(Signed)
      Gerard Hallock, New York Journal of Commerce
      Horace Greeley & Thomas McElrath, New York Tribune
      George H. Andrews, New York Courier & Enquirer
      Moses S. Beach and Alfred E. Beach, New York Sun
      James Brooks & Erastus Brooks, New York Express
      James Gordon Bennett, New York Herald
      New York, January 24, 1850

 Energy Consumption Computer in Sleep Mode vs. SUV
    http://ns1758.ca/energy/energy20080307.html


 County maps Individual maps for each of Nova Scotia's counties
    http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/muns/info/mapping/counties.stm


 Where is Canning?
    Good map of Kings County showing Canning, Wolfville, Kentville...

 Google's Directory of Nova Scotia County websites
    http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/North_America/
        Canada/Nova_Scotia/Counties/


 Orders in Council Nova Scotia, December 1955

 Anti-Confederation Petition from Nova Scotia, 16 June 1868 House of Commons, London

 Anti-Confederation Petition from Nova Scotia, 6 July 1868 House of Lords, London

 Controversy: Renaming Cornwallis Junior High

 Map of Nova Scotia the best on-line map of Nova Scotia that I know of

 Historical Errors in The Dominion Institute's Great Questions series
    http://ns1763.ca/dominion.html


 Spring Equinox dates and times of day, for a thousand years
    http://ns1763.ca/equinox/eqindex.html


 Montcalm and Wolfe by Francis Parkman
    http://ns1758.ca/parkman/14517_montcalm_and_wolfe.html


 Connecting Canadians A Study of the CAP Community Access Program
    http://ns1758.ca/connect-canadians.html


 Slave auction advertisement, Nova Scotia 3 Nov. 1760

 Runaway Slave advertisement, Nova Scotia 1 Sep. 1772

 The John Gorham Controversy, 1998

 Planters 2010 – 250th Anniversary in Nova Scotia

 Planter 2010 Celebration in Nova Scotia





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Ivan Smith   902-542-1961
9 Balcom Drive, apt. 15
Wolfville, Nova Scotia   B4P 2N8, Canada

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