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According to calculations, this Tuttle Creek dyke protected over 35 hectare of rich marsh, farm land18th Century. Circa 1730
Tuttle Creek, Wallace Bridge, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
Credits:Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre, Amherst, Nova Scotia
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Tuttle Creek Dyke, well over 2 metres above high water, showing interior wall and drainage ditch18th Century, Circa 1730
Tuttle Creek, Wallace Bridge, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
Credits:David Dewar
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Dyke along Tuttle Creek facing north-west18th Century, Circa 1720
Tuttle Creek, Wallace Bridge, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
Credits:David Dewar
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Top of Tuttle Creek Dyke facing north-east; dyke fronts on Wallace Bay, facing north-east gales18th Century. Circa 1730
Tuttle Creek, Wallace Bridge, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
Credits:David Dewar, Museum Curator
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Interior of Tuttle Creek Dyke, a nearly 2 km dyke proven to have preserved 35 acres of marsh land18th Century, Circa 1730
Tuttle Creek, Wallace Bridge, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
Credits:David Dewar
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Jim Reeves measuring dykes on Dewar River; dyke being measured is nearly 2 metres above high tide18th Century. Circa 1720
Dewar River, Malagash, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
Credits:David Dewar
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Jim Reeves points to end of a small drainage aboiteau still visible through the dyke18th Century. Circa 1720
Dyke on Tuttle Creek at Wallace Bridge, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
Credits:David Dewar
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Dyked land along Dewar River in Malagash18th Century. Circa 1720
Dewar River, Malagash, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
Credits:Charlotte Moody
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300 year old dyke on the Dewar River still very visable18th Century. Circa 1720
Dewar River, Malagash, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
Credits:David Dewar
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Dewar River Dyke on the west side of river, facing north18th Century. Circa 1720
Dewar River, Malagash, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
Credits:David Dewar
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Dyke along Dewar River18th Century. Circa 1720
Dewar River, Malagash, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
Credits:David Dewar
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Tuffs of grass on dyke are still very visible along the Dewar River
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Museum Assistant Jim Reeves helps measure dykes on Dewar River18th Century. Circa 1720
Dewar River, Malagash, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
Credits:David Dewar
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Flooded dykes on Dewar River during springtime18th Century, Circa 1720
Dewar River, Malagash, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
Credits:David Dewar
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