History of Nova Scotia
Louisbourg
Geography
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What is the Fortress of Louisbourg?
The Fortress of Louisbourg is the location of a one-quarter
partial reconstruction of an 18th-century French fortress at
Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
History of Louisbourg
The original settlement was founded in 1713 by the French and
developed into a popular center fishing and trade. As they fought
against the threat of British invasion, Louisbourg was besieged
twice before finally being destroyed in the 1760s. It became the
largest reconstruction project in North America.
What is the Fortress of Louisbourg used
for?
Today they are using what remains of 18century inventories to
provide the Fortress of Louisbourg’s visitors the chance to eat
like the ancestors did hundreds of years ago. Chefs make the
lower-class French meals like pea soup, meat pie, and fish of the
day made from recipes over very long time.
The Acadians
Geo Assignment
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Who were the Acadians?
The Acadians were the descendants of the original French
settlers and often Métis, of parts of Acadia in the
northeastern region of North America.(now the Canadian
Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince
Edward Island, Gaspé, in Quebec, and to the Kennebec River in
southern Maine.)
Why did they come to Canada?
Acadians decided to leave France to have a better
environment.
How did they make a living?
The early Acadian settlers were mostly farmers. To work on the farms, the Acadians drained the marshes
along bays and rivers by building dykes and aboiteaux to keep sea water out. After two years, when the sea
salt was wasted out by snow and rain, they could plant their crops on the new farmland.
In every spring, the men repaired the old dykes and built new ones to gain more land. They planted their
crops and kept their cattle. They often traded with the New Englanders. They got household items, sugar,
molasses, machinery and other things they needed from the New Englanders, and they gave what they
didn’t need. Over the winter, the men and older boys cut firewood and household’s furniture. They could
make some simple furniture such as tables, chairs, beds, cradles and sideboards with the woods.
The women did chores in their houses such as cooking, laundries,
making the family’s clothes, milking the cows, feeding the chickens and
tending the vegetable gardens. They kept sheep for their wool.
They could make some clothes, blankets, socks and stockings with the wool.
They also grew hemp and flax, which they wove into linen for clothes as well.
History of Hockey
by Tanner Tolliver
How it began
• This magnificent sport started on
the east coast of Windsor , NS.
The word hockey came from the
origin “hurley on ice” wich means
a stick ball game being played on
ice . This word was always said by
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
born in Windsor NS . The
development of Ice Hurley into
Ice Hockey in the 19th century is
chronicled in the newspapers of
NS .
Object of the Game
In a hockey game there are 6 players
on the ice including a goalie for
both of the two teams . There
are two defenceman, one right
winger, one left winger , and a
centerman . The goal of the game
is to put a round piece of hard
rubber (puck) into a net as many
times as possible in the given
amount of time for each of the 3
periods . Putting a puck in the is
what we call a goal in hockey and
a goal is one point . The team
with the most goals by the end of
the three periods wins the game .
The first organized ice hockey
game was played on March 3,
1875 in Montreal, Quebec ,
The Bluenose
History of the Bluenose
• The Bluenose was a fishing vessel, and racing schooner.
• It was made to beat the Bostonians in the International
Fisherman’s race.
• Launched on March 26, 1921
The End of the Bluenose
• Although it was the fastest ship on the east coast for
about 20 years, the Captain, Angus Walters lacked the
money to keep it afloat, and the ship had to be sold to
the Caribbean. It was shipwrecked during WWII carrying
bananas offshore of Haiti.
Pier 21
What is Pier 21?
• Pier 21 was a very important seaside port in Nova Scotia.
• It was opened in March 28 1928 to bring immigrants into
Canada. The first ship that arrived was the Nieuw
Amsterdam which brought 51 immigrants.
• It was closed down in the March of 1971.
Tragedies
• In 1940, two ships were torpedoed, the Volendam and
the City of Benares. The Volendam survived, but City of
Benares sunk with 80 children aboard.
• In 1944 the pier caught on fire, causing $250 000 worth
of damage.
Citadel Hill
The Hill
• Citadel Hill was built in 1749 as an army fort to protect
the city, built on a tall hill for maximum sight and
defense. It was never actually used in combat, however it
did house the 78th Highlanders and the 3rd Brigade Royal
Artillery soldiers. It also housed a gym, library and
bowling alley (or skitles as it was known back then).
Today it features many army reenactments.