Nouvelles
Cletus looks at the tenacity of animal life aboard the Intrinsic in 1869
The Silistria was launched by the Harley and Burchill shipyard in 1854. Ten years later, it began taking migrants to New Zealand.
Le Silistria a été lancé par le chantier naval Harley & Burchill en 1854. Dix ans plus tard, il a commencé à emmener des migrants en Nouvelle-Zélande.
A painting of James Fraser (business owner on Beaubears Island from 1788-1813) that was uncovered through research at the Nova Scotia Museum in 2015.
An amazing find!
Interesting!
Jamie Fraser? from Outlander?!
Willy has his shoes shone bright, and his tam cocked right, as Boishébert stoically looks on in 2008 #tbt
Good to know that in July 1906 the explosions on the Island were strictly aesthetic...
Anyone else think this message would have been better going in the paper the week before rather than after...
Reminds me of the first week that the military were in the Bluewater Centre!
Ken is back this week, talking about the contributions of dead wood to the Beaubears Island forest
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDSLlHDUvHk&ab_channel=BITV
Marie-Jacqueline Bellefontaine offers her reflections on Le camp d'Espérance, as part of the "Spirits of the River" program in 2010 #tbt
Cletus remembers his travels while reporting on the Rectitude from 1858
In 1985, there was hope that ferry service to the Island might be something that happened more often than once or twice a year. In less than 118 days, our daily service to the Island resumes!