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Plan of Location, Board Landing Bridge over Salmon River
Plan of Location, Board Landing Bridge over Salmon River
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Plan of location for Board Landing Bridge over the Salmon River, Colchester Co., NS. Shows the bank of the river and creek flowing into same on the south west side of the bridge. Distance about 3 miles from Truro, on the Parrsboro/Amherst highway. Unknown creator and date. 2012.17.8
Frank Fulton Collection
Collection · 1896 - 1973
The fonds consists of materials related to the history of Truro and Colchester County, NS that were collected by Frank Fulton throughout his lifetime, including directories, scrapbooks, books. The collection of 118 photographs show the Fulton family's activities during World War II, including images taken overseas. They also show the family spending time at Spencer's Point, NS; Big Cove Camp and Melmerby Beach, Pictou County, NS; businesses around Truro, NS during the 1970s; Frank's ironworks collection; and several postcards of scenes around Truro. 2012.6.1 - 46
Marshes Along Cobequid Bay and Minas Basin
Marshes Along Cobequid Bay and Minas Basin
Item · 1956
Copy of map drawn by H. Linneborn, Feb. 20, 1956. Map shows marsh locations along the Cobequid Bay & Minas Basin including roads, highways, trails, waterways, towns, railways and a legend. 2013.60.6A
Marshes Along the Shubenacadie & Stewiacke Rivers
Marshes Along the Shubenacadie & Stewiacke Rivers
Item · 1956
Copy of map drawn by H. Linneborn, Feb. 28, 1956. Map shows marsh locations along the Shubenacadie and Stewiacke Rivers in both Hants and Colchester County, NS. Includes roads, highways, trails, waterways, towns, railways and a legend. 2013.60.6B
Colchester Photographers Collection
Collection · [2015]
The collection consists of files on various photographers that operated in Colchester County, containing newspaper clippings, photographs, and biographies. Items were compiled internally for an exhibition. 2015.22.1 - 9; 2021.40.1 - 19
Women's Foreign Missionary Society Certificate
Women's Foreign Missionary Society Certificate
Item · 1910
An original certificate which "certifies that Mrs. Daniel Hyslop (Hannah) is a Life Member of the Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, Eastern Division, in accordance with the terms of its Constitution. Halifax, June 1910. Signed by President and Treas. Sec.The Hislops (note spelling) lived in Onslow, NS. 2015.32.1
Captain Jonathan Borden Marsh Map Collection
Captain Jonathan Borden Marsh Map Collection
Collection · 1934
A collection of 5 maps which include: Approaches to St. John's Harbour (1921), The North Atlantic (1919), East Coast of North America (1880), Bay of Fundy, Southern Part (1934), and St. Martins, New Brunswick and NS (1934).These maps all belonged to Captain Jonathan Borden Marsh, who was from Economy, Colchester County. 2016.14.1 to 2016.14.5
Plan of Drains for Kenneth Crowe, Central Onlow
Plan of Drains for Kenneth Crowe, Central Onlow
Item · [ca. 1940 - 1950]
Plan of field drains for property owned by Kenneth Crowe (B. 1893), in Central Onslow, Colchester County, NS. Prepared by the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and shows fences, drain location and dimensions, grades, tile and the main road. 2016.73.2
Nova Scotia Teachers College Collection
Collection · 1951 - 1997
The fonds contains records that demonstrate the academic activities of the staff and students of the Nova Scotia Teachers College, as well as some materials from the previous Nova Scotia Normal College. The series include: calendars, student directories, guide books, essays, examinations, commencement programs, convocation programs, banquet programs, “Teachers Views” newsletters, “Normal Bulletin” newsletters, while all other records are arranged in no particular order. Dominant record types include awards, certificates, Principal’s reports, addresses, and newspaper clippings, letters, newsletters, and records of the Alumni Association. The records provide information on some of the special events of the school, including Athletic Awards banquets, Honours banquets, convocation, commencement, Christmas concerts, Winter Carnival. Also included are materials on Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Agricultural College convocations in 1993. 2016.82.1 - 147