Bluenose II and Tall Ships Festivals Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Tour Lunenburgs Bluenose II, part of Nova Scotia's heritage. Our bi-annual Tall Ships Festival descends on Halifax.
Bluenose II, Nova Scotia, Canada
Get up close to the schooner famously seen on the back of the Canadian dime. Visit the Bluenose II, Nova Scotia’s sailing ambassador, while she is in port on your trip to Nova Scotia.
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Bluenose 2, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
On Friday 21st September 2007, we went on a trip on the Bluenose 2. It left from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Thanks to the English language department at Acadia University.
The English language students go on trips to places in Nova Scotia as part of their course. We got to go with them on this trip.
Music:
artist: Manu Cornet
album: Distance & Temps
track: Place d'Italie
Used with permission from jamendo.com
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2017 Halifax Tall Ships Festival | Bluenose II | El Galeon | Spirit of South Carolina | Alexander II
The Tall Ships Regatta is a transatlantic race of 7,000 nautical miles which takes place over the course of five months in six countries. The Tall Ships will be in Halifax from July 29th – August 1st, 2017.
In the video:
1. El Galeon
2. Bluenose II
3. Spirit of South Carolina
4. Alexander Von Hamboldt 2
There is so much going on in Halifax and Dartmouth to celebrate this historic event. Explore George’s Island, have a picnic on McNab’s – or just have a fun time bouncing with Pirates at Alderney Landing! Plus, there are fireworks on all three nights: Saturday, Sunday and Monday!
The festival ends with the spectacular Parade of Sail on Tuesday, August 1st at noon
Canada 150: The Bluenose
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Every Canadian knows what you are talking about when you say Bluenose. It is a piece of our history, and it has become iconic thanks to its legendary abilities on the water, earning the name, the Queen of the North Atlantic.
Built in 1921, it would become one of the greatest racing ships in the world and an important symbol of Canada for the next 20 years. Taking its name from the term used to describe Nova Scotians in the 18th century, it was designed to both fish and race. The purpose was to compete with American schooners and the ship was made with Nova Scotian pine, spruce, birch and oak. The masts were created from Oregon pine. Victor Cavendish, governor general of Canada, would drive the golden spike that would mark the completion of the ship’s construction.
Officially launched on March 26, 1921 it was christened by Audrey Smith, who was the daughter of shipbuilder Richard Smith.
Performing her first sea trials out of Lunenburg in April, the ship began fishing for the first time on April 15.
When the fishing season ended, the Bluenose began racing, and what a racer it was. She would take part in the 1921 International Fishermen’s Trophy race off Halifax in early October. She defeated the American challenger, the Henry S. Ford, and captured the trophy.
In 1923, Bluenose would take on Columbia, a ship that had been designed to defeat Bluenose. Held in Halifax, new rules were put in place that prevented ships from passing marker buoys to landward. While Bluenose won the first race, the ship broke the new rule in the second race and lost. After a great deal of debate and protest, it was decided that the vessels would tie and share the prize. The race would be gone for the next eight years due to anger over these events.
For the next several years, several Canadian and American businessmen would have ships designed to beat Bluenose, but Bluenose would continue to defeat them, often winning very easily against its competitors.
By the 1930s, Bluenose stopped fishing as its style had become obsolete due to motor schooners and trawlers. At this point, the ship would spend much of its time being an ambassador for Canada. In 1933, it was invited to the World’s Fair in Chicago. Two years later, it sailed to Plymouth to be part of the Silver Jubilee of King George V. In 1936, the ship returned to fishing thanks to diesel engines that had been installed.
In 1937, Bluenose was challenged to a race by the American schooner Gertrude L. Thebaud in a best-of-five series of races for the International Fisherman’s Trophy. The race would start on Oct. 9, 1938, with the ships splitting the first two races. Bluenose then won the third race by a larger margin than the second race. She would lose the fourth race. With the fifth and deciding race, Bluenose would win. The race would be the last one of the fishing schooners of the North Atlantic.
With the outbreak of the Second World War, the vessel was sold to the West Indies Trading Company in 1942 and was stripped of its masts and rigging. Made a coastal freighter in the Caribbean Sea, she would meet her end on Jan. 28, 1946 when she struck a reef and broke apart.
While the vessel is gone, it still lives on in the 1963 replica called Bluenose II that was built to similar specifications of the original Bluenose, and it used to teach students about the sea and to serve as an ambassador for Nova Scotia.
The Bluenose has been featured on several stamps including the 50-cent issue from 1929, the 60-cent stamp from 1982 and the 37-cent stamp from 1988. Bluenose also appears on the Nova Scotia licence plate, and in 1937 it was put on the Canadian dime. Angus Walters, captain of the Bluenose, was included in the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1955 along with Bluenose. Bluenose was the first non-human inductee into the museum. A passenger-vehicle ferry was also named the MV Bluenose.
Setting Sail on the Bluenose II
When visiting Halifax, Nova Scotia we spotted the famous boat that appears on the Canadian dime and got to sail on the Bluenose II. Get a full review on the Tag Along Travel blog.
Bluenose II sail past Cape Smokey, Nova Scotia
Caught a glimpse of the Bluenose II sailing schooner, sailing North along Cape Breton Island on the way to Ingonish beach
The Bluenose Story 0002
This summer we hope our ocean Ambassador Bluenose II will once again be on the sea. I look forward to seeing her at her birth in Halifax once again. This is my way of lifting her up. Hope you enjoy.
Bluenose II Mobile Exhibit
The Bluenose II trailer was parked next to the Bluenose II at Rdv2017 Canada 150 event in Halifax! This was our first completed build, out of our Windsor, ON office. The mobile museum talks about the rich history of the schooners and their significance on Canadian history.
Bluenose II Launch in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia -- Bluenose Coast
On Sept. 29, 2012, the world-famous Bluenose II returned to the water. It's completely refitted and now enters the final stages of its reconstruction.
Bluenose II Visits
The Bluenose II visits West Head, Nova Scotia, in 2006 It takes thousands of government parasites to manage our travelling emblem sucking millions of dollars out of Canadian taxpayers. Good work if you have the lips for it.
Bluenose II Relaunch Celebration 2012
Hosted by Lunenburg's own Tom Gallant, the show's headliners include Alan Doyle of Great Big Sea, Lennie Gallant and Matt Mays. Other performers include John Gracie, Catherine McKinnon, Chad Hatcher, Anne Ludlow, Samantha Gracie and the Bridgewater Fire Department Band. Finally, Michael Stanbury will perform The Bluenose Song; a piece he originally wrote and performed for the vessel's launch in 1963.
The magnificent Bluenose II.
The magnificent Bluenose II.
Nova Scotia's Bluenose II
Bluenose II Visits West Head, Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada Summer 2003
The Bluenose II On The Lunenburg Waterfront
The Legend Of The Bluenose
Hello my friends, This song is from my latest CD, On The Road To Seventy which will be released in April of this year. Many of the songs on this CD have sea themes and are recorded in the traditional Newfoundland style. Please contact me at songmangospel@yahoo.ca for more information. Thanks for watching.
Petro-Canada - Bluenose II (1985)
The restoration and preservation of a piece of Canadian history is the focus of this Petro-Canada commercial.
The Bluenose and its Masonic Connection
Unknown to many there is a direct connection between the original Bluenose and the Freemasons of Nova Scotia.
Bluenose
In their Halifax headquarters the Sea Hunters discuss the Bluenose's history, its importance to Canada, & plan a dive they won't be able to attend.