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A mower and his team cutting hay overlooking Cobequid Bay.41
Fossil flour plant Castle Reagh1900
Castle Reagh, Nova Scotia, Canada
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This plant was located at Silica Lake, Castle Reagh. A seven mile pole railway conveyed the fossil flour to the ships. The plant burned in 1905.43
Employees of Bayne and Soley barytes mine1902
Five Islands, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Baryte mining and the previous five slides depict industries that provided employement for the area.45
The Site of fish processing plant.1950
Economy Point, Nova Scotia, Canada
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A petition of fishermen and others of Falmouth in relation to the shad fishery.1845
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Page two of the petition.1845
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Weir fishing of shad had provided fish for the local inhabitants since Acadian settlement. Native inhabitants had trapped shad in a similar fashion but it was with the introduction of the drift-net that shad fishing became a viable industry. The potential of the area attracted an American, Tristram Halliday, who is credited with introducing the drift-net. He set up a fishing camp on Taylor Cove on Economy Point. There is some controversy about his place of origin but it was finallly concluded that he was from Saint John, New Brunswick.49
Page three of petitioners.1845
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Page two of petitioners.1845
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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A list of petitioners who signed the previous request.1845
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Tristram Halliday fished as many as sixty boats, and it from these boats that the Cobequid Bay Shadboat evolved, with hull shape and rigging being very similar to the American boats. Fishermen who fished shad in the rivers thought this way of fishing was damaging the stocks and requested government intervention. Fishermen from the township of Falmouth objected to the use of drift nets, especially to outsiders from New Brunswick. After investigation Halliday was permitted to continue his fishery. The approximate time of his unwelcome arrival was 1840. The last series of slides show the wording of the petition, followed by three pages of petitioners signatures.53
Alosa Sapidissima (Shad)22 August 2003
Cobequid Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
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