Truro's Wood Statues
Dutch Elm disease devastated Truro's Dutch Elm population. Truro's City Council decided to make art out of the diseased trees and commissioned a number of artists to carve wooden statues of local citizens and celebrities.
MacElmons Pond- Hiking in Nova Scotia
This was a short hike, right off the highway before Truro. This is mainly a picnic day use site but offers a short hiking trail. A Ducks Unlimited project established the pond and now is an important migratory fowl location.
This is quite a nice spot to stretch or walk the dog after driving for a while
The McElmons Pond Trail is approximately a mile long loop beside a pond and
through a wildlife sanctuary. It traverses a forest of red pine plantations and
a black spruce swamp. Maple, birch, balsam fir and red spruce are also found
here. The interpretive trail is mainly flat with some poorly drained areas.
The park is a popular stop-over area for Canada Geese.
The park has washrooms, picnic areas and parking.
Small picnic park and short walking trail adjacent to a headpond and wildlife sanctuary. The rich waters of the headpond supports a small population of American widgeon as well it is an important staging area for migratory waterfowl.
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Tidal Art Aug 6 time-lapse Bay of Fundy
Time-lapse sequence of Tidal Art event, Aug 6, 2011, plus time-lapse of the advancing tide on Alma Beach, Fundy National Park, New Brunswick, Canada.
This is my most ambitious time-lapse project to date. It is actually two separate, but related, time-lapse sequences put together. Plus, it was photographed with 3 different time-lapse cameras at once, as well as with regular video and stills. The three different time-lapse vantage points allowed me to switch views if one became blocked or to show alternate aspects of the event. The super-wide views are from the GoPro camera. The high stepladder views were made with my iPod. All the participants were model released allowing me to add some close-up details and a group photo. Then I made a time-lapse of the advancing tide until it covered the sculptures, erasing them for all time.
Tidal Art is a program in Fundy National Park led by artist, Karin Bach, in which children and their families create Ephemeral Art (short-lived) on Alma Beach. They make sculptures using seaweed, seashells and different coloured rocks found on the beach. When the tide comes in these sculptures will be washed away leaving no trace of their artwork. Each week the sculptures are different. The designs are related to the shore, in this case a fish called a sculpin. Another sculpture is made showing the current phase of the moon. Karin enjoys introducing people to ephemeral art in which the joy of creating and living in the moment are paramount.
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The Coastguard’s Daughter: finding a story lost at sea | Olivia Lowry | TEDxTruro
When the coastguard of one Cornish village enlisted at the outbreak of the First World War, it was his wife and two teenage daughters who took up his mantle. They became the coastguards, keeping watch over the boats and the bay, staying strong and lighting the way. Explore the stories to be found and the significance of sharing them.
Olivia is a Cornish writer and performer who is inspired by the role of storytelling in heritage, conservation and community.
Olivia set up a theatre company Oh My Clementine to write and produce a lyrical theatre production, ‘The Coastguard’s Daughter’. The production brought to life the true story of the previous inhabitants of her home in Cornwall one hundred years ago - those who lived by the rhythms and the rules of the sea and the changing tides of time.
Olivia graduated with a degree in English Literature from the University of Exeter in 2011 and then completed a Masters in English Literature from the University of Bristol in 2014.
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CapeCast: A driftwood wonderland
Coast Guard Beach in Eastham looks more like a ravaged forest than a coastal paradise these days. Watch this dramatic video of all the driftwood that landed on the beach after this weekend's noreaster.
Helen Creighton's Bluenose Ghosts
standardbred evergreen park track record salute
a salute to all the current track record holders at evergreen park. harness racing
The Curse of Oak Island: A Curious Discovery at Smith's Cove (Season 6) | History
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Sawing & Planking a 6ft WIDE Green Oak Tree!
Sawing & Planking a 6ft WIDE Green Oak Tree! Sawn in half with our Stihl Chainsaw, then using the Stenner Sawmill we planked the tree to the required widths!
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Snowshoeing in Oakfield Provincial Park - Hiking in Nova Scotia
After the February Blizzard of 2013, decided to grab my snow shoes and head out for a quick trek at Oakfield Provincial Park.
The park itself is a popular day-use location during the summer with its green picnic space, beach and boat launch. In the winter,the hiking trails and the gated road becomes part of a larger network where you can enjoy snow shoeing or cross country skiing.
We started off the journey at the gates, the blizzard dropped about 30cm of snow on the ground and the brisk winds blew the snow across the open areas. At first, the snow was hard, making the usage of snow shoes not necessary, but you'd run into spots where it was still soft.
I was wearing my first pair of snow shoes, it's been with me for over 20 years. I'm surprised that they had lasted this long.
Once we got past the main road and into the boat launch area, you start to see other people who ventured out before me. Several of snow shoes were breaking trail, making my job easier. Cross country skiers crossed the lake at the boat launch and onto the nearby fields where a number of people take their dogs off-leash.
But today, I had the park to myself and I continued along the trail where I finally was entering the part of the park where no one has been yet. Ironically it was also the part where the snow changed. The wasn't hard anymore, it was nice and fluffy, perfect for my snow shoes.
We hiked along Indian Point, breaking trail with every step. My trusty companion, Keji the black lab, was ahead sniffing around as I tried to catch up to him. We saw a number of rabbit tracks and wondered what other tracks we'd run into.
It wouldn't take long, but we spotted a lone track on the edge of the lake taking a long loop around. I couldn't figure out if it was a coyote or fox, but I'm pretty sure it was a coyote.
Once around the point, we got onto the cart (carriage) trail where the cross country ski tracks were present. We decided to walk along them, still enjoying the soft and fluffy snow. There is also a coastline trail but we will have to visit that in the summer. The cart trail is very nice, rows of hemlock trees towers above you as you walk along the trail. This area also sports many bird species. Don't be surprised if you see photographers just standing with their tripod. Expect to see larger birds like woodpeckers, eagles, falcons, geese and owls
Learn more about this park
Check out the Delorme Mapshare of this hike (Feb 23)
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Woodcarving retirement show
Big burl on lathe
A big burl on my lathe
The Canadians: Sir Sandford Fleming
Churchill Mansion ( Haunted ) Port Maitland Nova Scotia
Drive by of the still occupied Haunted Churchill Mansion
The Musquodoboit Trailway, Nova Scotia.
This extensive back-country and multi-use trail system in Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia is one of the most scenic in the entire province. For more details, visit:
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Dartmouth To Bridgewater,NS (via Hwy #102/103) 1of 4
The Drive to Bridgewater NS - Part 1- Dartmouth to Hubley Center,NS
Bridgewater (2006 population 7,944) is a town in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the navigable limit of the LaHave River. It is the largest town in the South Shore region. While the majority of the South Shore's economy is based upon the tourist trade, Bridgewater is more a commercial and industrial centre and attracts far fewer visitors. One of the primary employers is a Michelin tire plant.
What is living sculpture?
Exploring the concept of art made with plants
Halifax Explosion
The Halifax Explosion occurred in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on the morning of December 6, 1917. SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship fully loaded with wartime explosives, was involved in a collision with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo in the Narrows, a strait connecting the upper Halifax Harbour to Bedford Basin. Approximately twenty minutes later, a fire on board the French ship ignited her explosive cargo, causing a cataclysmic explosion that devastated the Richmond District of Halifax. Approximately 2,000 people were killed by debris, fires, and collapsed buildings, and it is estimated that nearly 9,000 others were injured. The blast was the largest man-made explosion prior to the development of nuclear weapons, with an equivalent force of roughly 2.9 kilotons of TNT. In a meeting of the Royal Society of Canada in May 1918, Dalhousie University's Professor Howard L. Bronson estimated the blast at some 2400 metric tons of high explosive.
Mont-Blanc was under orders from the French government to carry her highly explosive cargo overseas to Bordeaux, France. At roughly 8:45 am, she collided at slow speed (1 to 1.5 miles per hour or 1.6 to 2.4 kilometres per hour) with the 'in-ballast' (without cargo) Imo, chartered by the Commission for Relief in Belgium to pick up a cargo of relief supplies in New York. The resultant fire aboard the French ship quickly grew out of control. Without adequate and accessible firefighting equipment, the captain, pilot, officers and men were forced to abandon her within a few minutes following the accident. Approximately 20 minutes later (at 9:04:35 am), Mont-Blanc exploded with tremendous force. Nearly all structures within a half-mile (800 m) radius, including the entire community of Richmond, were completely obliterated. A pressure wave of air snapped trees, bent iron rails, demolished buildings, grounded vessels, and carried fragments of the Mont-Blanc for kilometres. Hardly a window in the city proper survived the concussion. Across the harbour, in Dartmouth, there was also widespread damage. A tsunami created by the blast wiped out the physical community of Mi'kmaq First Nations people that had lived in the Tuft's Cove area for generations. There were a number of casualties including five children who drowned when the tsunami came ashore at Nevin's Cove.
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