Author: Robert Montgomery MartinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Brunswick
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
History of Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, the Sable Islands, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, Newfoundland, &c., &c
Author: Robert Montgomery MartinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Brunswick
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The Miramichi Fire
Author: Alan MacEachernPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0228002850
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
On 7 October 1825, a massive forest fire swept through northeastern New Brunswick, devastating entire communities. When the smoke cleared, it was estimated that the fire had burned across six thousand square miles, one-fifth of the colony. The Miramichi Fire was the largest wildfire ever to occur within the British Empire, one of the largest in North American history, and the largest along the eastern seaboard. Yet despite the international attention and relief efforts it generated, and the ruin it left behind, the fire all but disappeared from public memory by the twentieth century. A masterwork in historical imagination, The Miramichi Fire vividly reconstructs nineteenth-century Canada's greatest natural disaster, meditating on how it was lost to history. First and foremost an environmental history, the book examines the fire in the context of the changing relationships between humans and nature in colonial British North America and New England, while also exploring social memory and the question of how history becomes established, warped, and forgotten. Alan MacEachern explains how the imprecise and conflicting early reports of the fire's range, along with the quick rebound of the forests and economy of New Brunswick, led commentators to believe by the early 1900s that the fire's destruction had been greatly exaggerated. As an exercise in digital history, this book takes advantage of the proliferation of online tools and sources in the twenty-first century to posit an entirely new reading of the past. Resurrecting one of Canada's most famous and yet unexamined natural disasters, The Miramichi Fire traverses a wide range of historical and scientific literatures to bring a more complete story into the light.
Author: Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385613361
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
The British Colonial Library: Nova Scotia, cape Breton, the Sable islands, New Brunswick, Prince Edward island, the Bermudas, Newfoundland, &c., &c. 1837.-v. 7. British possessions in the Mediterranean: comprising Gibraltar, Malta, and the Ionian islands. 1837
Author: Robert Montgomery MartinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The Slave in Canada
Author: Thomas Watson SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Black people
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
History of Halifax City
Author: Thomas Beamish AkinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Halifax (N.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
A History of Nova-Scotia, Or Acadie
Author: Beamish MurdochPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acadia
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
This is the third of a three-volume series that discusses, in great depth, the history of Nova Scotia, including its history as Acadie, the first visit of Frenchman DeMonts, the province's early fishing and trading economy and much more. This volume begins in the year 1782 with the arrival of the governor, John Parr, and continues through the political state of the province in 1826.
Birding Sites of Nova Scotia
Author: Blake MaybankPublisher: Nimbus Publishing (CN)
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Nova Scotia is a birder's paradise- the trick is knowing where to go to catch sight of the dainty piping plover, stately blue heron, or cheeky blue jay. This problem is solved within the pages of this invaluable guidebook, which divides Nova Scotia by county, pinpointing the best birding sites, how to reach them, and on-site orientation. Complete with maps and chockfull of useful information such as special birds to see, species of note, and key details for each site (i.e. amenities, points of interest, and habitats), this guidebook is sure to delight the bird fancier in your life, or be a welcome addition to your own feathered pursuits!
History of the County of Annapolis, Including Old Port Royal and Acadia
Author: William Arthur CalnekPublisher:
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Category : Annapolis (N.S. : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Canada Under British Rule, 1760-1905
Author: John George BourinotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description