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Travelling in Time to Cape Breton Island in the 1920S: Protest Songs, Murals and Island Identity
Travelling in Time to Cape Breton Island in the 1920s: Protest Songs, Murals and Island Identity Richard MacKinnon and Lachlan MacKinnon Abstract Islands are places that foster a unique sense of place-attachment and com- munity identity among their populations. Scholarship focusing on the dis- tinctive values, attitudes and perspectives of ‘island people’ from around the world reveals the layers of meaning that are attached to island life. Lowenthal writes: ‘Islands are fantasized as antitheses of the all-engrossing gargantuan mainstream-small, quiet, untroubled, remote from the busy, crowded, turbu- lent everyday scene. In reality, most of them are nothing like that. …’1 Islands, for many people, are ‘imagined places’ in our increasingly globalised world; the perceptions of island culture and reality often differ. Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, in eastern North America, a locale with a rich history of class struggle surrounding its former coal and steel industries, provides an excellent case study for the ways that local history, collective memory and cultural expression might combine to combat the ‘untroubled fantasy’ that Lowenthal describes. History and methodology Coal mining has been an essential part of Cape Breton Island’s landscape since the early-eighteenth century. A steel mill was constructed in Sydney, the island’s largest city, in 1899; this steel plant provided employment for many of the island’s inhabitants throughout the twentieth century. Grid-patterned streets, dotted with company-owned homes, formed around the industrial workplaces in many Cape Breton communities. It was in these communities, from the people employed in the coal mines and steel mill, that distinctive traditions of work and leisure began to emerge. -
Sangamonian Forest History and Climate in Atlantic Canada
Document generated on 09/24/2021 8:37 a.m. Géographie physique et Quaternaire Sangamonian Forest History and Climate in Atlantic Canada L’évolution de la forêt et du climat au Sangamonien dans l'est du Canada Entwicklung des Waldes und des Klimas im Sangamonium, atlantisches Kanada Robert J. Mott The Last? Interglaciation in Canada Article abstract Le dernier (?) interglaciaire au Canada Seven of the more than twenty five buried organic deposits in Atlantic Canada Volume 44, Number 3, 1990 assigned to pre-Wisconsinan non-glacial intervals possibly relate to the climatic optimum of the Sangamon Interglaciation, that is substage 5e of the URI: https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/032828ar deep-sea oxygen isotope record. These sites are East Bay and Green Point on DOI: https://doi.org/10.7202/032828ar Cape Breton Island. Addington Forks and East Milford in mainland Nova Scotia. Le Bassin and Portage-du-Cap on the Iles de la Madeleine, Québec, and Woody Cove, Newfoundland. Except for Woody Cove, none of the sites records See table of contents a complete climatic cycle, and the sequence of events must be pieced together from their disparate records. The spectra, characterized by significant amounts of thermophilous taxa that are not as abundant or present in the region today, Publisher(s) are similar in general to Holocene spectra at sites immediately south of the lower Great Lakes. Comparison of the fossil spectra from five sites with Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal modern surface spectra from eastern North America yields modern analogs which, if valid, indicate that the climate in Atlantic Canada during the climatic ISSN optimum of the last interglacial interval was more continental in character and 0705-7199 (print) considerably warmer than present. -
Ecosystem Overview and Assessment Report for the Bras D'or Lakes
Ecosystem Overview and Assessment Report for the Bras d’Or Lakes, Nova Scotia M. Parker, M. Westhead, P. Doherty and J. Naug Oceans and Habitat Branch Maritimes Region Fisheries and Oceans Canada Bedford Institute of Oceanography PO Box 1006 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 4A2 2007 Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2789 Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Manuscript reports contain scientific and technical information that contributes to existing knowledge but which deals with national or regional problems. Distribution is restricted to institutions or individuals located in particular regions of Canada. However, no restriction is placed on subject matter, and the series reflects the broad interests and policies of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, namely, fisheries and aquatic sciences. Manuscript reports may be cited as full publications. The correct citation appears above the abstract of each report. Each report is abstracted in Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts and indexed in the Department’s annual index to scientific and technical publications. Numbers 1–900 in this series were issued as Manuscript Reports (Biological Series) of the Biological Board of Canada, and subsequent to 1937 when the name of the Board was changed by Act of Parliament, as Manuscript Reports (Biological Series) of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. Numbers 901–1425 were issued as Manuscript Reports of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. Numbers 1426–1550 were issued as Department of Fisheries and the Environment, Fisheries and Marine Service Manuscript Reports. The current series name was changed with report number 1551. Manuscript reports are produced regionally but are numbered nationally. -
East Bay Hills Wind Project Mi'kmaq Ecological Knowledge Study
East Bay Hills Wind Project Mi’kmaq Ecological Knowledge Study Prepared for: Cape Breton Hydro Inc. December 2012 – Version 1 M.E.K.S. Project Team Jason Googoo, Project Manager Dave Moore, Author and Research Craig Hodder, Author and GIS Technician Mary Ellen Googoo, MEKS Interviewer John Sylliboy, MEKS Traditionalist Prepared by: Reviewed by: ___________________ ____________________ Craig Hodder, Author Jason Googoo, Manager Executive Summary This Mi’kmaq Ecological Knowledge Study, also commonly referred to as an MEKS or a Traditional Ecological Knowledge Study (TEKS), was developed by Membertou Geomatics Solutions (MGS) on behalf of Cape Breton Hydro Inc. (CBHI) for the proposed East Bay Hills Wind Power Project. This MEKS mandate is to consider land and water areas which the proposed project will utilize, and to identify what Mi’kmaq traditional use activities have occurred, or are currently occurring within, and what Mi’kmaq ecological knowledge presently exists in regards to the area. In order to ensure accountability and ethic responsibility of this MEKS, the MEKS development has adhered to the “Mi’kmaq Ecological Knowledge Protocol”. This protocol is a document that has been established by the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs, which speaks to the process, procedures and results that are expected of a MEKS. The Mi’kmaq Ecological Knowledge Study consisted of two major components: • Mi’kmaq Traditional Land and Resource Use Activities , both past and present, • A Mi’kmaq Significance Species Analysis , considering the resources that are important to Mi’kmaq use. The Mi’kmaq Traditional Land and Resource Use Activities component utilized interviews as the key source of information regarding Mi’kmaq use in the Project Site and Study Area. -
Monitoring the Bras D'or Lakes: 2009-2012
Monitoring the Bras d’Or Lakes: 2009-2012 A. Drozdowski, E. Horne and G. L. Bugden Coastal Ecosystem Sciences Division Maritimes Region Fisheries and Oceans Canada Bedford Institute of Oceanography P.O. Box 1006 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada B2Y 4A2 2014 Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 3087 Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Technical reports contain scientific and technical information that contributes to existing knowledge but which is not normally appropriate for primary literature. Technical reports are directed primarily toward a worldwide audience and have an international distribution. No restriction is placed on subject matter and the series reflects the broad interests and policies of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, namely, fisheries and aquatic sciences. Technical reports may be cited as full publications. The correct citation appears above the abstract of each report. Each report is abstracted in Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts and indexed in the Department’s annual index to scientific and technical publications. Numbers 1 - 456 in this series were issued as Technical Reports of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. Numbers 457 - 714 were issued as Department of the Environment, Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Reports. The current series name was changed with report number 925. Technical reports are produced regionally but are numbered nationally. Requests for individual reports will be filled by the issuing establishment listed on the front cover and title page. Out-of-stock reports will be supplied for a fee by commercial agents. Rapport technique canadien des sciences halieutiques et aquatiques Les rapports techniques contiennent des renseignements scientifiques et techniques qui constituent une contribution aux connaissances actuelles, mais que ne sont pas normalement appropriés pour la publication dans un journal scientifique. -
Overview of the Ecology of the Bras D'or Lakes with Emphasis On
PROC. N.S. INST. SCI. (2002) Volume 42, Part 1, pp. 65-99. OVERVIEW OF THE ECOLOGY OF The Bras d’Or Lakes WITH EMPHASIS ON THE FISH TIMOTHY C. LAMBERT Marine Fish Division Fisheries and Oceans Canada Bedford Institute of Oceanography Dartmouth, Nova Scotia In this review of biological research in the Bras d’Or Lakes, groundfish trawl surveys from 1952, 1967 and 1999/2000 are compared and changes in abundance and distribution of major groundfish species are noted. The most common species were winter flounder (Pseudopleronectes americanus) and cod (Gadus morhua). The biggest change over the nearly 50 year span of these investigations was in the abundance of American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) which used to be very common in the Lakes but were rare in recent surveys. The Lakes contain at least one, and probably two, resident populations of cod and are home to a population of spring-spawning herring. The unique nature of the Bras d’Or Lakes is emphasized in relation to the diversity of species they contain. Glacial relicts, survivors since the last ice age, can be found within a few kilometres of warm temperate species, persisting since the ‘climatic optimum’. The Lakes are ideally suited for ecosystem studies, for in addition to their unique biology, they are readily accessible and can be easily sampled on a daily basis. Ce document passe en revue les recherches biologiques effectuées par le passé dans les lacs Bras d’Or et présente les résultats d’études récentes et en cours. Nous comparons les relevés du poisson de fond réalisés en 1952, en 1967 et en 1999/2000 en notant les changements dans l’abondance et la répartition des principales espèces de poisson de fond. -
Barachois Evolution in the Bras D'or Lakes
Report of Activities 2013 113 Barachois Evolution in the Bras d’Or Lakes Under Past, Present and Future Sea-level Rise: Progress to Date F. C. Nixon Introduction Natural Resources (UINR) and the BDL Collaborative Environmental Planning Initiative (CEPI), the Nova Scotia Department of Natural ‘Barachois’ is a term used in Atlantic Canada that Resources (NSDNR) aims to develop a basic refers to coastal ponds and lagoons that are either understanding of the age of the barachois, the fully or partially separated from the open sea by a nature of the sediments underlying them and the barrier beach. Approximately 12% of the Bras geodynamics of the barriers (i.e. how quickly they d’Or Lakes (BDL) shoreline in Cape Breton, Nova evolve from growing or stable phases, to landward- Scotia, is formed by barachois (Taylor and Shaw, migrating or submerging phases; see Taylor and 2002). Many of these barriers have been developed Shaw, 2002). This information will provide into harbours, roads and recreational areas. Under baseline data with which modern and future coastal present rates of sea-level rise (36.7 cm/century, dynamics may be compared, including barrier based on tide gauge data recorded in Charlottetown response to both faster and slower rates of sea-level and North Sydney between 1970 and 2005; Shaw rise (documented for the Holocene) with respect to et al., 2006) and future estimates (115.1 cm/century modern rates. This paper outlines the approach to by 2100; Shaw et al., 2006; Church et al., 2001) this study and progress made in 2013. barrier beaches in the BDL will migrate landward and/or drown. -
Cape Breton Highlands National Park Is Administered by Y (Dingwall Road) Constructed to Scenic Points in the Park Offer Fine Outings on North America
THE NATIONAL PARKS OF CANADA CAPE BRETON 1. MOUNT REVELSTOKE, British Columbia. Rolling mountain- top plateau on west slope of Selkirk Mountains. Area, 100 square miles. 2. GLACIER, British Columbia. Superb alpine region in Selkirk Mountains. Great peaks, glaciers, forests. Area, 521 square miles. HIGHLANDS 3. YOHO, British Columbia. On west slope of Rockies. High peaks, beautiful lakes, Yoho and Kicking Horse Valleys. Area, 507 square miles. 4. KOOTENAY, British Columbia. Encloses Vermilion-Sinclair sec NATIONAL PARK tion of the Banff-Winder mere Highway in Rockies. Broad valleys, deep canyons, hot mineral springs. Area, 587 square miles. 5. JASPER, Alberta. Mountain playground and game sanctuary. NOVA SCOTIA Contains majestic peaks, ice-fields, beautiful lakes, and famous resort, Jasper. Summer and winter sports. Area, 4,200 square miles. 6. BANFF, Alberta. Magnificent scenic playground in central Rockies Contains noted resorts, Banff and Lake Louise. Summer and winter sports centre; big game sanctuary. Area, 2,585 square miles. 7. WATERTON LAKES, Alberta. Canadian Section, Waterton- Glacier International Peace Park. Mountain playground with colourful peaks; varied flora and fauna. Area. 220 square miles. 8. NEMISKAM, Alberta. Fenced preserve near Foremost, containing a herd of pronghorned antelope. Area, 8-5 square miles. 9. ELK ISLAND, Alberta. Fenced preserve near Edmonton containing a large herd of buffalo; also deer, elk, and moose. Recreational and camping resort. Area, 51-2 square miles. 10. WOOD BUFFALO, Alberta and N.W.T. Immense region of forests and open plains between Athabaska and Great Slave Lakes. Contains a large herd of buffalo and other game. Area, 17,300 square miles. -
Boutilier and Hannah Elizabeth Boutilier "Ann"
1 Descendants of John Peter Boutilier and Hannah Elizabeth Boutilier "Ann" 1. John Peter 1 Boutilier , born 28 Oct 1773 in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 18 Nov 1853 in Lingan, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, son of Jacques James Boutilier "aka James Boutilier" and Suzanne Elizabeth Rigoleaux. He married on 23 May 1803 in St. Paul's, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Hannah Elizabeth Boutilier "Ann" , born 22 Jul 1784 in St Margarets Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 30 Dec 1864 in Lingan, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada; buried in St. Luke's Anglican, Donkin, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, daughter of Jean George Boutilier and Catherine Elizabeth L'Eau. Notes for John Peter Boutilier Sources: Charles Buchanan, John Howie and Kim Stevens' web page on the Lunenburg County Personal and Family Genealogy Pages. He moved his family from St. Margarets Bay to Cox Heath Cape Breton in 1811. His parents had purchased Captain Cox's Farm in Cox Heath. His family eventually moved to Lingan. Notes for Hannah Elizabeth Boutilier "Ann" Sources: George Lawrence, Charles Buchanan, John Howie and Kim Stevens' Web Page Children of John Peter Boutilier and Hannah Elizabeth Boutilier "Ann" were as follows: + 2 i John Nicholas 2 Boutilier , born 11 Apr 1804; died 16 Apr 1890. He married Margaret MacDonald . + 3 ii John David 2 Boutilier , born 1805. He married Margaret MacLellan . + 4 iii John William 2 Boutilier , born 1807 in St Margarets Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 8 Mar 1889 in Port Caledonia, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married (1) Mary Whalen ; (2) Thankful Shephard . -
Destination Victoria County
WELCOME TO Victoria County WELCOME TO Victoria County Table of Contents Community Profile ..............................................................3 By the Numbers ...................................................................11 Business Resources & Partners ..............................16 More Business Resources & Partners ...............17 Just the Facts .........................................................................................................5 Population by Age ............................................................................................11 The Cape Breton Partnership Baddeck & Area Business and Tourism Association Location, Location, Location ................................................................... 6 Education Levels ...............................................................................................11 Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Destination Cape Breton Wagmatcook ......................................................................................................... 6 Participation, Employment, Unemployment The Cape Breton Regional Chamber of Commerce Ingonish Development Society & Full-time/Part-time Rates ....................................................................12 CBDC InRich Municipality of Victoria County A Compelling, Competitive Employment by sector: Community Economic Development Investment Fund Business Environment .....................................................7 Goods ..........................................................................................................................12 -
ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT SFM Indicators and High Conservation Values
2019 ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT SFM Indicators and High Conservation Values ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT WOODLANDS PORT HAWKESBURY PAPER 2019 Annual Monitoring Report 1 Executive Summary Safety Environment Forest Management The 2019 Annual Monitoring Report provides a summary of Port Hawkesbury Paper’s safety, environmental, and forest management progress in the Woodlands Unit. Since 2002, Port Hawkesbury Paper (PHP) has been monitoring and reporting on a suite of sustainable forest management indicators to measure its progress towards achieving targets regarding social, economic, environmental, and cultural forest values. Long-term monitoring of these values allows the public to better understand PHP’s forest management activities, and the goals and objectives we set to ensure our forest management is having a positive impact and to implement action items in areas that we are not. This is an important element of continual improvement, which PHP strives for every day. This report also summarizes the effectiveness monitoring program for High Conservation Value Forests (HCVF). These values were first identified in 2008 for Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certification and updated in January 2018 to include new knowledge and information related to species at risk and protected areas. Annual monitoring is conducted to assess the effectiveness of the measures used to maintain or enhance the identified values. 2019 Annual Monitoring Report 2 Contents Executive Summary ........................................................ 1 Contents ........................................................................ -
DCBA Winter Product Proposal
26 Brandy Point Road Grand Bay-Westfield, N.B. Canada E5K 2W6 Tel: 506.217-0110 www.tourismsynergy.ca CAPE BRETON ISLAND WINTER PRODUCT SITUATION ANALYSIS, INVENTORY and OPPORTUNITIES ASSESSMENT Prepared for by Tourism Synergy Ltd. Revised May 4, 2016 24 Sunset Crescent Grand Bay-Westfield NB Canada E5K 2W4 Tel: 506.217.0110 www.tourismsynergy.com Cape Breton Island Winter Product Situation Analysis, Inventory & Opportunities Assessment ii CONTENTS Executive Summary………………………………………………………………………………………………………… iv 1. Introduction……………….………….………………………………………………………………………………. 1 2. Purpose and Objectives…………………………………………………………………………………………. 1 3. Approach ………………………….…..……………………………………………………………………………… 2 4. Winter Product Situation Analysis……………………………………………................................ 2 4.1 Atlantic Canada Winter Tourism and Activities.…………………………………………….. 2 4.2 Nova Scotia Winter Product..……………………………………………………………………...... 3 4.3 New Brunswick Winter Product..…………………………………………………………………… 8 4.4 Newfoundland and Labrador………………………………………………………………………… 9 4.5 Prince Edward Island…………………………………………………………………………………….. 11 5. Market Readiness Criteria…………………………………….................................................... 12 6. CBI Winter Tourism Product/Experience Inventory………………………………………………… 14 6.1 CBI Winter Accommodations………………………………………………………………………. 14 6.2 Food & Beverage Establishments/Restaurants……………………………………………. 17 6.3 Outdoor Activities……………………………………………………………………………………….. 19 6.3.1 Non-motorized Activities…………………………………………………………………. 19 6.3.2 Motorized Activities…………………………………………………………………………