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Nova Scotia

Chapter 4: ILLUSTRATIONS
By Beckles Willson
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A descriptive tour of a maritime province that blends history, geography, and economic survey with lively regional sketches. The author traces settlement origins and outlines natural resources and industries, including fisheries, coal, agriculture, mining, and shipbuilding. Individual chapters profile major towns, rural valleys, coastal communities, and historic sites while noting local institutions, customs, and the role of technical education. Illustrations and an appendix accompany practical observations aimed at visitors and prospective settlers, offering both travel impressions and usable information about daily life and economic opportunity in the region.

ILLUSTRATIONS

“A full-fed river winding slow” frontispiece
Facing Page
Martello Tower at Halifax 20
Halifax, Boating on the North-West Arm 27
Halifax and Harbour from the Citadel 36
Entrance to the Citadel, Halifax 43
In the Public Gardens, Halifax 48
In the Environs of Windsor 55
Bedford Basin 55
Victoria Park, Windsor, N.S. 60
Near Lochaber Lake 60
St. Eulalie, The Residence at Grand Pré of Hon. Sir Robert Weatherbe 73
The Scene of the Grand Pré Raid of 1754 78
A Joy-Ride in “The Valley” 81
Annapolis—The Oldest Graveyard on the Continent 87
Annapolis Royal—The Home of Thomas Chandler Haliburton 87
Off the Pier at Digby 93
Low Tide at Yarmouth 93
The Home of Evangeline 95
At Evangeline’s Well 95
The Old Governor’s House, Shelburne 122
A New Scotland Idyll—In the Annapolis Valley 139
Main Hall—Nova Scotia Agricultural College 145
At Kingsport 148
“Calling” a Moose 148
Truro—The “Joe Howe Falls” 154
The End of Bruin 158
Pictou—Norway House 161
View on the Outskirts of Antigonish 171
Strait of Canso, Port Mulgrave 176
A Splendid Moose near Lake Rossignol 178
King Street, Shelburne (the Town of the Loyalists) 183
The Road to Louisbourg 210
Louisbourg—The Last of the Dauphin Gate 210
Louisbourg—The Obelisk Commemorating the First Siege 217
La Bras d’Or Lake (Cape Breton) 220
Landscape near Stellarton 227
The Site of Fort Lawrence 239
On its Last Legs—Cumberland House, near Amherst, N.S. 240
A Fine Catch near the Mira River 242