The Story Behind ‘Farewell to Nova Scotia’
‘Farewell to Nova Scotia’ is a Maritimes anthem that has been performed by everyone from Stan Rogers to Stompin' Tom Connors; from Anne Murray…
June 22, 2026
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Clara Dennis Comes Home to Confront Her Halifax Explosion Legacy
Here we see Clara Dennis during her solo Nova Scotia roadtrip that formed the backbone of her internatsional bestselling book "Down In Nova Scotia."…
December 2, 2025
1900s Nova Scotia Women Long Read Popular
Comedy on the Rocks: A Maritime Tale of Ice and Improv
A map of Pictou Island in 1879, from the book "Illustrated Historical Atlas Of Pictou County Nova Scotia." Pictou Island, Nova Scotia, is so…
May 27, 2025
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Unfinished Dreams: Rise and Fall of the Chignecto Ship Railway
An ambitious project to build an oversized railway to carry ships along the New Brunswick/Nova Scotia border from the Northumberland Strait to the Bay…
May 15, 2024
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Liberty On The Rocks (Part Two) Initiation Of A Rum Runner
LISTEN to the full version of this story on the Backyard History Podcast! Read Part One: Liberty On The Rocks: Shootout At Bouctouche Listen…
April 3, 2024
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The Second Halifax Explosion
On 18 July 1945, an ammunition barge blew up at the Naval Magazine jetty on Bedford Basin. Fire spread quickly to piles of ammunition.…
November 19, 2023
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The Saxby Gale Was Predicted A Year Before Devastating Maritimes
A tapestry titled ‘The Saxby Gale’ from the ‘New Brunswick Legends’ series, designed by Michael J. McEwing and woven by Ivan H. Crowell. (Provincial…
June 20, 2023
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Principality Of Outer Baldonia, Nova Scotia’s Whimsical Kingdom
In 1949, a little Canadian island off of the coast of Nova Scotia declared itself to be its own country. Calling itself The Principality…
May 6, 2023
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The Year Of The Mice
Nova Scotia’s Year Of The Mice was a one off incident that happened before cameras. This photograph is from Australia, where rodent invasions are…
February 13, 2023
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Nova Hollandia: When The Maritimes Were A Dutch Colony
We’re always taught in school that ever since European colonists arrived in what is now Canada, that it was always a colony of either…
January 11, 2023
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The Lost Colony
This 1893 photograph is of a reconstructed caravel, one of the two ships that carried settlers overseas to the lost colony which, if the…
June 24, 2022
1600s and Before Forgotten Ruins Nova Scotia Strange Tales Long Read Popular
The Mysterious Isle Haute
Photgraph taken by Mark Pulsifier during his wildlife research on Isle Haute in the 1980s. In the middle of the Bay of Fundy, between…
March 12, 2022
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