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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24X2_bridges-for-canada-ponts-pour-le-canada_Dartmouth-Nova-Scotia.html
In 2000, to commemorate a century of service, Canadian Military Engineers embarked on a three-year program of assisting communities along the Trans Canada Trail to construct and restore bridges. Thirty of these bridges are shown here. For the las…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24WC_canadian-military-engineers-genie-militaire-canadien_Dartmouth-Nova-Scotia.html
Proudly serving Canada and their fellow citizens at home and abroad. In a new and awesome land that was to become Canada, adventurous French and British military engineers surveyed the colossal, mapped the incredible and built the impossible. Ou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24W9_vera-b-stone_Dartmouth-Nova-Scotia.html
An avid walker, trail enthusiast, leader, mentor and diligent worker, Vera B. Stone defines the Trans Canada Trail movement in Nova Scotia. As a founding member and a longstanding Chair for the Trans Canada Trail Committee of the Nova Scotia Trail…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24W8_wild-about-roses-la-vie-en-rose_Dartmouth-Nova-Scotia.html
Wild roses add beauty and colour to roadsides, open woods, prairies, and rocky places all across Canada. They may have pink or white flowers, be with or without thorns, and stand as high as 2.5 metres. Wild roses are considered a weed in many agri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24TB_how-dartmouth-has-grown_Dartmouth-Nova-Scotia.html
In August 1750, the 504 ton ship Alderney arrived after a month's sail from England with 353 settlers, who made their first landing near the sawmill site. They laid out 184 building lots, 50 feet by 100, and named the settlement after the Earl of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24TA_starboard-propeller-of-ccgs-john-a-macdonald_Dartmouth-Nova-Scotia.html
This is the starboard propeller of the Canadian coastguard [sic - Coast Guard] Icebreaker, John A. MacDonald [sic - Macdonald]. The propeller was damaged while the John A. MacDonald was assisting the 115,000 ton oil tanker, SS Manhattan, in her hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21ZD_legion-war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Dartmouth-Nova-Scotia.html
Boer War 1899 - 1902 World War I 1914 - 1918 World War II 1939 - 1945 Korea War 1950 - 1953 Afghanistan 2001 - 2014
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21X3_totem-pole_Dartmouth-Nova-Scotia.html
This totem pole, carved by three Kwakiutl Indian carvers from a log of western red cedar, is a gift to the 1969 Canada Games Society on the occasion of the first Canadian Summer Games, held in the twin cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21X2_sullivans-pond_Dartmouth-Nova-Scotia.html
Sullivan's Pond was a vital feature of the historic Shubenacadie Canal, the traditional water route of Mi'kmaq Indians connecting the harbour at Dartmouth with Minas Pasin and the Bay of Fundy. When the Canal operated, from 1861 to 1870, water fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HD9_historic-shubenacadie-canal-system_Dartmouth-Nova-Scotia.html
Vessels entering Lock two, traveling northward, were approximately 19 meters above the level of the Harbour. This lock would raise them another three or four meters enabling them the make their way along the canal to Lock three. This present lock …
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