The On-line Magazine for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
Thank you for visiting our Internet site. Our aim is to bring you a range of magazine items on the ancestral and cultural heritage of Maritime Canada. Our features and articles are packed with pictures to show the best and most interesting places and people we can find.
JULY 2010
We now have our own video clip Channel on YouTube called MaritimeCanada. Click the logo to see our latest clips of the Mi'kmaq Pow-wow and the Queen's visit and also clips of the Canada Day Parade in Halifax Nova Scotia.
Maritime-Canada was often in YouTube's TOP 100 most popular local news channels in the month of July (we even made it into the top 50 for a couple of days) - we have had nearly 10,000 video views in the last month - thank you all for your support and interest.
Because of our success on YouTube our next project is to put some of our extensive photo library on flickr. You can click on the flickr logo to visit the Maritime Canada Photo Stream. There you will find our albums of photographs - some of these albums will be linked to stories and text in the Maritime Canada Magazine. 'RAW' photo files will be available to other publications under licence direct from us. Also, personal photo prints can be obtained from us in orginal camera quality. Photos on flickr are in a reduced pixel format for web purposes.
The World's Most Famous Bus Shelter –
Unst Bus Shelter in Shetland Scotlandis to be 'Twinned' with the
proposed Bus Shelter in Seaforth, Eastern Shore Nova Scotia!
This summer students from Dalhousie
University are designing and building a splendid Bus Shelter at
Teresa and Heather's Country Store on Highway 207. A quote from the student proposal
states:
“The
Shelter would give a protected
place to wait for the bus (much needed in this neck of the woods) as
well as a place for people to stop to sit and chat with their coffee
or ice cream. Not only would the shelter add to the social fabric of
the village but it would also be a unique sign of home for people
arriving in the community by bus or by car. The
shelter will be beautiful and useful.”
Seaforth
is east of Halifax on Highway
207 (also know as Marine Drive) between Lawrencetown and Porters
Lake.
Dalhousie School of Architecture students giving the thumbs up to their
Seaforth Bus Shelter Project.
The
Seaforth Bus Shelter will celebrate it's opening on July 29 at 6pm –
come and join the BBQ and help us celebrate!
Watch
this space for further news.
Unst Shetland Isles
The
Unst Bus Shelter is a community
jewel, it attracts visitors from around the world and has an
astounding website with plenty of pictures. Go to
www.unstbusshelter.shetland.co.uk
Every
year it is given a theme and is decorated but the visitor is always
welcomed by a comfy sofa, TV, computer, books, fresh flowers, a
cuddly toy and so so much more!!
Unst
is a Scottish Island – the furthest north in the British Isles. The
Unst Bus Shelter is in the furthest north community on that island.
In
winter when the island has a power cut and is plunged into darkness –
fairy lights decorating the Bus Shelter sparkle in the gloom - and
there is a bottle of whisky and a glass to cheer the spirits!
Go
to their website – read the story of how all this evolved.
'Intrepid reporter' Lynda Mallett sitting comfortably in Unst Bus Shelter April 2010.
Unst Bus Shelter Shetland 2009
Decorated in pink to raise awareness for the Breast Cancer Campaign!
Click on the bus shelter picture to go to their website >
The Most Northerly Bus Shelter in Britain becomes a Cinema to Celebrate the Shetland Film Festival. Click on the picture for the full story by Mike Grundon, Shetland reporter, BBC News.
Our reporter Lynda Mallett has just had an article on Short Rotation Coppice published in the
Chronicle Herald Newspaper
in Nova Scotia. She also gave an interview on CBC Radio 1 on Woodland
Coppice practices in the UK and their potential use in Nova Scotia.
Lynda also co-writes and publishes www.sherwoodforest.info
OPEN 1st July. Come and
explore the Acadian House Museum. West Chezzetcook Nova Scotia
This museum is dedicated to the Acadian
way of life, as it once existed in the area. A community was
established at West Chezzetcook-Grand Desert after the expulsion of
the Acadians in 1755.
The early settlers developed a thriving
community through fishing and small-scale farming and eventually
other industries were established.
Open 10am to 4.30pm Tuesday – Sunday.
Contact 902 827 5992
or 902 827 2248
The largest pow-wow in Atlantic Canadian history and the first national
pow-wow or Mawio'mi (Mow-ee-OH-mee) ever held east of Montreal begins
today, June 25, on the Halifax Common and will showcase competitive
dancers and drummers from across North America. The event begins at noon
and runs to Sunday, June 27 at 7 p.m.
"Membertou 400 is a colourful, joyful, spiritual celebration of our
culture," said Deborah Ginnish, executive director of Membertou 400. "It
is for people of all races and religions, and it is like nothing we
have ever seen before in Atlantic Canada. And, for many of us, it is a
life-long dream come true."
During the weekend experience a traditional Mi'kmaq village with
cultural demonstrations; native dance, including fancy, traditional,
jingle and grass dances, drum competitions, a marketplace with more than
40 aboriginal vendors and aboriginal cuisine tasting.
Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter was part of the
Welcome ceremony on Friday before an evening of music and
celebration.
Buffy Saint Marie headlines in concert.
Finishing on Friday evening with the
Pow-wow international dancing and drumming competitions.
Click to link to
site http://www.membertou.ca/about_us.asp
There are more photographs and
details of the event. Please click HERE .
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh Visit Mi’kmaq Cultural Event at Halifax Commons Nova Scotia.
June 28th 2010. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh honour the 400th
anniversary celebrations of the baptism of Grand Chief Membertou at the Mi’kmaq Cultural
Village at Halifax Common.
The Queen was presented with a basket made by Caroline Gould a Mi'kmaq Elder from Cape Breton who had been demonstrating the ancient craft of Mi'kmaq Basket Making during the Mawio'Mi on the Common
The village showcases the history, culture, and traditions of the
Mi’kmaq – the founding people of Nova Scotia. The displays and
activities, including a demonstration of the game of “waltes,”
highlight the common interests of mutual understanding, respect and
lasting relationships among all Nova Scotians. Nova Scotia is home to
13 First Nation Mi’kmaq communities.
For a short video clip of the Queen at the Mi'kmaq Cultural visit click HERE
2010 Halifax International Fleet Review
Halifax
will be the gateway to the world as Canada’s Navy hosts an
International Fleet Review as part of its Centennial celebrations. As
warships from various nations arrive, they will have on board more than
5,000 sailors who’ve come to enjoy our maritime hospitality. Halifax
will definitely be the “place to be” in the summer of 2010.
Many of the ships will be open for visitors, so members of the
general public can experience what it is like to be onboard a navy ship
and get a chance to rub elbows with some Canadian or foreign sailors.
Mark your calendars from June 26 to July 2 to participate in the
event of the summer. Click HERE for more information.
Visit our YOUTUBE site for some video clips of the Ark Royal and the USS Wasp Aircraft Carriers by clicking HERE
Talking Water Studio to Launch 'NEW' Summer Calendar
Annie and Lynda (talkingwaterstudio.com) and their new calendar will be at the Musquodoboit Harbour Farmers Market this
summer - the new
season starts Sunday 20 June 2010. Every year they collaborate on a
unique Desk
Top Calendar with stunning views of the Eastern Shore Nova Scotia. (see below).
And they have a another first this year – New
Poster Collages
featuring a selection of their original photographs on a wall poster.
This is a fantastic way of collecting original photographs of Nova Scotia's
Eastern Shore and they are very affordable! They can be rolled up and sent
through the post in a carboard tube. A great reminder of the Eastern
Shore to friends and relatives now living away - and they would not look
out of place on the wall of any college dorm. They think it will be
just the thing for tourist's too. We will try and get a picture of one of these posters on maritime-canada as soon as we can.
The 2011 Eastern Shore Calendar
will be on sale later in the season well in good time for Thanksgiving
and Christmas present buying.
On the TalkingWaterStudio stall
at the market you
will also find – matted photographs ready for framing, cards and
gift tags, bookmarks, and many other items.
For those early eager 2011 calendar
buyers and collectors they have produced a Desk Top Calendar featuring
those most colourful of flowers 'Daylilies'
- This Calendar will be on sale at the first market in June and will
stay on sale throughout the
season.The pictures are so vibrant you can almost smell the flowers! (Who said Daylililies don't smell).
Photographers Anne MacLean and Lynda Mallett (TalkingWaterStudio) will be collaborating again in the creation of a Desk Top Calendar for 2011. The last calendar "A Year On The Eastern Shore" was a sell out success.The new calendar for 2011 will be on sale again at the Musquodoboit Harbour Farmers Market, Nova Scotia at the end of summer. The photographs (Landscapes
from the Shore) selected for both the calendars will be available as limited edition large size prints suitable for framing. Click on the logo to visit their website.
The calendar is a collection of twelve original photographs from Nova
Scotia's Eastern Shore. Packed in a clever 6 inches by 4 inches plastic
holder and stand this makes an ideal gift and it is easy to mail as
well.
Last year we were priviledged to hear an impromptu concert from Andras Barlay and Balint Balashazi at the Fisherman's Life Museum. Well watch this space as the are planning to return to the Eastern Shore this summer. We are trying this year to organise a venue for a proper concert so as soon as we have the details we will let you know. Please go to our Music page for more details of their CD and to YouTube to see them perform they have been busy adding more songs and their concert is well worth watching http://youtube.com/user/BBmuusicduo.
You are never far from an amazing view in Maritime Canada.
Do you live in the Maritimes? Do you know of an amazing view or something really interesting to photograph. Send us details and we will look it up as we pass one day.
At present, our web site is still under construction. We are making every effort to present you with our entire spectrum of items and information as soon as possible. Our in-house photo journalist is at this moment struggling with her task of walking beaches, finding the best coffee houses and idling away hours in interesting museums and farmers markets. If these topics are of interest to you then you will need to check this site out again later.
Fisherman's Life Museum. Jeddore Eastern Shore Nova Scotia Last years Antique Car Rally was a great event. We are now looking forward to this years event in July. Check out our report and photo's here.
Surf Class on Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia
History of One Life Surf School There are many versions of this story, according to their website, each beginning in a different place and meeting on Nova Scotia's Eastern shore.
It all began with a group of women with diverse talents, unique histories and one common passion: surfing. After an
inspirational lunch at a local Cafe they realized that there was a lack of
resources for women who surf and women who are interested in surfing.
One Life Surf School was born. Visit them at http://www.onelifesurf.com/ Photo Lynda Mallett
WEST CHEZZETCOOK
Our intrepid photographer Lynda
cannot resist the lure of a cold winters day. This shot is of West
Chezzetcook on Marine Drive, Nova Scotia. You can find this view by
following the 207 Highway which runs along the coast from Dartmouth
to the Acadian communities of Grand Desert and West Chezzetcook. It
is said that Grand Desert was named from the Acadian word "Desert"
which means forest land cleared away. It certainly has a more open
aspect than its neighbours. Ship building took place along this coast
and may account for some of the use of lumber. Chezzetcook or
Chezzencook was the Mi'kmaq Indian word for 'running waters divided
into many channels'.
SEAFORTH BUS SHELTER BREAKING NEWS
Canada Day July 1st 2010
This museum is dedicated to the Acadian
way of life, as it once existed in the area. A community was
established at West Chezzetcook-Grand Desert after the expulsion of
the Acadians in 1755.
The early settlers developed a thriving
community through fishing and small-scale farming and eventually
other industries were established.
Open 10am to 4.30pm Tuesday – Sunday.
Contact 902 827 5992
or 902 827 2248
Largest pow-wow in Atlantic Canada 
There are more photographs and
details of the event. Please click 
June 28th 2010. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh honour the 400th
anniversary celebrations of the baptism of 
USS Wasp coming into
Halifax Harbour
Natural Resources and the Nova Scotia Government Signs Partnership Agreement on Working Demonstration Forest
The Tea Room – La Cuisine de Brigitte - is now open!
You are never far from an amazing view in Maritime Canada.
Surf Class on Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia
WEST CHEZZETCOOK