Fiddlers, Pipers, Singers, Poets and Celtic Dancers in Concert On Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island, the cultural heritage of early Scottish settlers continues to be preserved through the educational programs at the local Gaelic College located near the town of Baddeck. For visitors to the area who often come to drive the Cabot Trail, experiencing …
Author: Deann Watson
Two Sources for Nova Scotia Ancestors
Lineages for American Loyalist and Scottish Immigrants Yarmouth Nova Scotia Genealogies, by George S. Brown, and Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, by Leonard Smith Jr. and Norma H. Smith, are two prime sources for tracking ancestors in or from Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia’s earliest immigrants included Loyalists from America’s Thirteen Colonies and families from …
Developing An Internet Marketing Campaign: Research
Building an internet marketing campaign for a startup is about targeting the right customer. To do that it takes research conducted by a credible marketing agency. The first part of creating an internet marketing campaign is research-based. To be successful at marketing a product is to first understand what that market is and where the …
Age Related Macular Degeneration: A Chronic Eye Disease
A chronic eye disease that occurs as you age is called macular degeneration, which is often called age related macular degeneration or ARMD. Your central vision is controlled by the retina which is located on the back side of your eyeball. The macula is a layer of tissue that is part of the retina and …
Nova Scotia’s Expanding Wine Industry
Although grape growing in Nova Scotia can be traced back to 1611, eight years after the first known vineyard graced American shores, Nova Scotia’s commercial wine industry had its beginnings with the Domaine de Grand Pré winery, opened in 1978 by Roger Dial, managing director of California’s Davis Bynum Winery. While Ontario was still struggling …
Nova Scotia Settlement After Acadian Expulsion and Before Loyalist Influx
In Elizabethan terms, ‘planters’ denotes the people who planted colonies, not crops. In particular, it refers to the Annapolis Valley settlers. Their settlements were in the area that was called Nova Scotia and now includes New Brunswick Nova Scotia Governor Plans for Colonization Governor Charles Lawrence, responsible for the Acadian expulsion, developed a plan to …
Nova Scotia Wildlife Parks: Bears, Moose, and Wolves in Canada
A chance encounter with a bear or moose can be special or dangerous because wild animals are just that: wild. Safely watch Canadian wildlife and non-native animals at farms and wildlife parks in Nova Scotia. Be it a dam-building beaver, slow-moving moose, or lumbering bear, families and Nova Scotia visitors will delight in a day …
The Antigonish Highland Games – A Nova Scotia Festival of Scottish Culture
The Antigonish Highland Games are the longest running games of their kind held outside Scotland, and they’ve been attracting travellers since their official beginnings in 1863. Each July, hundreds of athletes, musicians and dancers congregate in this small town to celebrate their highland heritage in grand fashion, with parades, concerts and competitions, and if …