Yeah, I am thinking we have to *capture* the bird before something gross happens. I think there is a big black bird in the Legends of the Mic Mac, I will...
Just got back from camping (Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, SW AB) and catching up on my NS Explore. I had several initial reactions to this story: Related?...
Thank goodness, finally, for some commonsensical comments on the "big bird". Thanks, Kevin To: nsexplore@yahoogroups.com From: kmscouts@... Date: Sat,...
Try to relax Richard and take your be nice pill, we were kinda kidding about the horrifying creatures of legend, however, folks around the world are wondering...
I came across a tree last weekend that looked a lot like an alder, but had these very unusual seed pods, like an elongated teardrop with a flared tail. The...
... I have seen hazelnuts in several places around NS. There is a patch near the beach area at Lumsden Pond. I also saw them along a brook in Dollar Lake...
... PS The "peaked" husks are covered in prickly hairs- I found them very itchy on my bare hands. There may also be American Hazel, C. americana in Nova Scotia...
... Thanks, David, I found the same thing. By the way, you wrote "peaked" instead of "beaked". I find this very interesting because I have this mild dyslexia...
There used to be a beaked hazelnut tree in Point Pleasant Park. I have no idea if it’s been destroyed with all the rest but it was not large so it might...
My friend said that the hazelnuts he pointed out along the Shubie canal were, he thinks, near the entrance at Lock 6 Park at Horne's Settlement not far from...
Picture and comments at the link. Lisa * Holding back the rising tides * Many of our province's dikes no match for changing climate By TOM McCOAG Amherst...
... From: Mysterious NS To: NSExplore@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:29 AM Subject: [NSExplore] Holding back the rising tides Picture and...
... Interesting! As it happens, I also toured the construction site one Sunday morning last summer as they were putting in that aboiteau. I remember marvelling...
In the event any of you are in the vicinity of Windsor on the afternoon of Sunday, August 24,(1:30 - 3:30 p.m.), you may wish to drop in at Fort Edward...
*Historian: Explorers owed their lives to help from New World’s natives *http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1073675.html* *Sinclair says early settlers...
A very interesting topic. Too bad I couldn't catch the conference. But the early Natives also benefited from the newcomers' technology and skills. Firearms,...
Sometimes I wonder what the big deal is about Columbus. They say he discovered America. Really, I think America was discovered over 10,000 years before...
... A lot of people are now asking questions like that. One speaker at the conference, Benjamin Olshin, who is one of the top researchers in European voyages...
... I was there, and I didn't catch that. Perhaps the reporter spelled it wrong. I think Niven Sinclair simply said "voyager" (i.e., one who undertakes a...
*Museum showcases world treasures * 1764 salt box house filled with array of art, furnishings and collectibles By GORDON DELANEY Valley Bureau Mon. Aug 18 -...
The fact that the propane company in Dartmouth is located at the entrance to Highway 111 in South Woodside, our main Highway out of the city and is also...
*There’s no place like home * With rising fuel prices and airfares, readers tell us they are taking day trips and vacationing in our own beautiful province. ...
Something for the history buffs :) Interesting to say the least! Lisa * 1859 election marred by murder Tension between Protestants, Catholics boiled over at...
If it hadn’t been for the presence of aboriginal people, European settlers could not have endured life in Nova Scotia centuries ago, a conference in Halifax...
Interesting discussion on the value/history of European explorers. A few comments: 1. It's been said history is written by the victor. Certainly that was...
*MLA: My constituents fear propane blast * http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1073850.html x Tue. Aug 19 - 4:46 AM A New Democrat MLA is calling for a full...
Those who lived in the north end in the early-mid 1970's will remember a propane explosion and fire up near Dutch Village Road. I lived on the corner of...
Wow, did not know that! Is it still a propane storage place I wonder? Truth is coming out now from a former employee of the propane facility in TO. Need to...
