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Introduction

Nova Scotia is a province of Canada, located on its east coast. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and most populous province in Atlantic Canada, with an estimated population of over 1 million as of 2024; it is also the second-most densely populated province in Canada, and second-smallest province by area. The province comprises the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island, as well as 3,800 other coastal islands. The province is connected to the rest of Canada by the Isthmus of Chignecto, on which the province's land border with New Brunswick is located.

Nova Scotia's capital and largest municipality is Halifax, which is home to over 45% of the province's population as of the 2021 census. Halifax is the twelfth-largest census metropolitan area in Canada, the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada, and Canada's second-largest coastal municipality after Vancouver.

The land that makes up what is now Nova Scotia was inhabited by the Miꞌkmaq people at the time of European colonization. In 1605, Acadia—France's first New France colony—was founded with the creation of Acadia's capital, Port Royal. The Scots, English, then British, fought France for the territory on numerous occasions for over a century afterwards, having gained it from them in the 1713 Peace of Utrecht, which ended the War of the Spanish Succession. In subsequent years, the British began settling "foreign Protestants" in the region and deported the French-speaking Acadians en masse. During the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), thousands of Loyalists settled in Nova Scotia. (Full article...)

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St. John River Campaign: "A View of the Plundering and Burning of the City of Grimross" (1758)
Watercolor by Thomas Davies

The Expulsion of the Acadians was the forced removal of inhabitants of the North American region historically known as Acadia between 1755 and 1764 by Great Britain. It included the modern Canadian Maritime provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, along with part of the US state of Maine. The Expulsion occurred during the French and Indian War, the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War.

Prior to 1758, Acadians were deported to the Thirteen Colonies, then later transported to either Britain or France. Of an estimated 14,100 Acadians, approximately 11,500 were deported, of whom 5,000 died of disease, starvation or shipwrecks. Their land was given to settlers loyal to Britain, mostly immigrants from New England and Scotland. The event is largely regarded as a crime against humanity, though the modern-day use of the term "genocide" is debated by scholars. A census of 1764 indicates 2,600 Acadians remained in the colony, having eluded capture. (Full article...)

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Image 1Fishing boats in Yarmouth (from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia)
Image 2Lunenburg House (from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)
Image 3Joseph Howe by Henry Sandham (from Province House (Nova Scotia))
Image 4Depiction of habitation at Port Royal in 1612 (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 5Urban, suburban, and rural divisions as defined by HRM planning department. The majority of Halifax is made up of rural areas. (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 6Halifax Shipyard viewed from the Macdonald Bridge in 2013, before expansion (from Halifax Shipyard)
Image 7École Rose-des-Vents in 2009. The school is operated by Conseil scolaire acadien provincial, a French-language school board established in 1996. (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 8View of Yarmouth from Milton, Nova Scotia, by Sarah Bond Farish, 1829. (from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia)
Image 9The Victorian Gothic style Eakin / Hatfield House in Yarmouth (from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia)
Image 10Smelt Brook on the northern shore (from Cape Breton Island)
Image 11The Halifax Boardwalk, a public footpath along Halifax Harbour (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 12This American elm dates back to the opening of the Public Gardens in the 1860s. (from Halifax Public Gardens)
Image 13Headquarters of The Chronicle Herald, a daily newspaper published in Halifax (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 14Photo of Gabriel Hall, a black refugee from the War of 1812 (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 15Boer War memorial outside Province House (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 16The Cat leaving Yarmouth Harbour in 2016 (from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia)
Image 17Sydney Harbour aerial view looking towards the north-east. The Queen Mary 2 lies in the harbour. (from Sydney, Nova Scotia)
Image 18Map of select municipalities on Cape Breton Island (from Cape Breton Island)
Image 19The Halifax Town Clock overlooks most of downtown Halifax. (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 20Knaut-Rhuland House Museum (from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)
Image 21House of Assembly, Joseph Howe (left) and James William Johnston (right), both paintings by Henry Sandham (from Province House (Nova Scotia))
Image 22Depiction of Madame La Tour defending Fort Sainte Marie during the Acadian Civil War in 1645 (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 23Halifax Public Gardens, a Victorian era public garden that was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 1984 (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 24Construction for the first Citadel. British soldiers of the 29th Regiment of Foot guard against Acadian and Mi'kmaw raids. (from Citadel Hill (Fort George))
Image 25Monument to the loyalists that settled Middleton (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 26Commander John Houlton Marshall by unknown artist (from Province House (Nova Scotia))
Image 27Governor's House, built 1749 on the site of Province House (from Province House (Nova Scotia))
Image 28Halifax Provisional Battalion Plaque, Main Gate (1907) (from Halifax Public Gardens)
Image 29Town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia looking across Lunenburg Harbour from the Bluenose Golf course (from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)
Image 30Griffin Pond, named for wrongfully hanged Irishman, Lawrence Griffin. (from Halifax Public Gardens)
Image 31Cape Breton Island's most recognizable and commonly used flag (from Cape Breton Island)
Image 32The York Redoubt is a shore battery situated south of Citadel Hill, and a component of the larger Halifax Defence Complex. The Citadel served as the centre of the defence complex. (from Citadel Hill (Fort George))
Image 33Guided and self-guided tours watch the daily noon-gun firing ceremony. (from Citadel Hill (Fort George))
Image 34The waterfront side to the museum (from Maritime Museum of the Atlantic)
Image 35The Port of Halifax is North America's first inbound and last outbound shipping gateway to Europe. (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 36Halifax Transit ferry, Crain Blake, departing from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 37HMS Fantome in Halifax dry dock, 1903 (from Halifax Shipyard)
Image 38The Halifax Shipyard of Irving Shipbuilding, a major employer in Halifax (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 39Yarmouth's waterfront circa 1910 showing the railway and steamship connections which emerged in the late 19th century. (from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia)
Image 40Symphony Nova Scotia performs at the museum's Small Craft Gallery (from Maritime Museum of the Atlantic)
Image 41The Historic Properties, a collection of historical buildings on Halifax's boardwalk (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 42St. John's Anglican Church, Lunenburg – built during the war (1754-1763) (from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)
Image 43The "Largest Ceilidh Fiddle in the World". Located at the Sydney waterfront. (from Sydney, Nova Scotia)
Image 44Samuel Waller Prentice, 84th Regiment, 4 January 1780, shipwrecked off Cape Breton, Nova Scotia by Robert Pollard (1784) (from Cape Breton Island)
Image 45Raid on Lunenburg (1756) by Donald A. Mackay (from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)
Image 46Frances Willard by the local Woman's Christian Temperance Union (1939) (from Halifax Public Gardens)
Image 47Tourists enjoy a carriage ride through the historic district of Lunenburg. The landscape is dominated by rolling drumlins—a consistent feature of the region. (from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)
Image 48Replica of the ship Hector in 2009. The original ship brought 169 settlers from the Isle of Skye to Nova Scotia in 1773. (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 49The shoreline of Bras d'Or Lake at Marble Mountain, Inverness Co. (from Cape Breton Island)
Image 50Memorial to fishermen along Bluenose Drive. Unveiled on August 25, 1996. (from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)
Image 51Depiction of Alexander Keith's Brewery, c. 1865–70. The brewery was established in Nova Scotia in 1820. (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 52Colourful storefronts and signs lure tourists for visits (from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)
Image 53Statue of Samuel Cunard in 2006. Cunard started his steamship business in Nova Scotia. (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 54A Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation colliery in Reserve Mines, Nova Scotia, c. 1900 (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 55HMCS Brandon at sea in 2004 (from Halifax Shipyard)
Image 56John Bartholomew Gough, Sons of Temperance (1936) (from Halifax Public Gardens)
Image 57One of several ship models on display (from Maritime Museum of the Atlantic)
Image 58HMS Shannon leading the captured USS Chesapeake in Halifax Harbour during the War of 1812 (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 59Settlement areas of the Mi'kmaq in Miꞌkmaꞌki, which emcompassed present-day Nova Scotia (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 60Bluenose II in Lunenburg (from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)
Image 61Halifax City Hall, the seat of municipal government (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 62Seal Island Bridge in Victoria County, the 3rd-longest in Nova Scotia (from Cape Breton Island)
Image 63The original models and set from Theodore Tugboat (from Maritime Museum of the Atlantic)
Image 64Dedicated bike lane in downtown Halifax (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 65Photo of Gabriel Sylliboy in 1930. Sylliboy helped fight for recognition of a treaty signed between the Mi'kmaq and Nova Scotia in 1752. (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 66HSC The Cat in Yarmouth Harbour (from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia)
Image 67A Hero-class patrol vessel is readied for launch at Halifax Shipyard, 2013 (from Halifax Shipyard)
Image 68Portrait of Jonathan Belcher in 1757. He served as the first Chief Justice for the Nova Scotia Supreme Court from 1754 to 1776. (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 69View of the devastated neighbourhood of Richmond in Halifax after the Halifax Explosion (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 70Point Chebucto at work in Halifax Harbour, 2009 (from Halifax Shipyard)
Image 71The community of Peggy's Cove, a major tourist attraction (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 72Siege of Louisbourg (1758) (from Cape Breton Island)
Image 73The Scotiabank Centre, the largest multi-purpose sporting arena in Atlantic Canada (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 74Lunenburg as seen from Common Range in the 1880s (from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)
Image 75Depiction of the raid on Lunenburg in 1782 by American privateers, during the American Revolutionary War (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 76Portrait of John Leverett. Leverett launched an expedition against Acadia on behalf of England in 1654. (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 77William Pearly Oliver in 1934. Oliver led the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Colored People when it was first formed in 1945. (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 78Prisoners of war at the Halifax Citadel ca. 1917 prior to the opening of a permanent prisoner-of-war camp in Amherst (from Citadel Hill (Fort George))
Image 79Built in 1803, the Halifax Town Clock is a major landmark built on the eastern slope of Citadel Hill. (from Citadel Hill (Fort George))
Image 80Entering Cape Breton Island from Canso Causeway (from Cape Breton Island)
Image 81Political cartoon from 1868 where Nova Scotia, represented by the girl Acadia, is choosing between Charles Tupper and Canadian Confederation, or Joseph Howe and union with the US. Although Howe was only anti-Confederation, some had perceived he preferred joining the US. (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 82A plaque of John Cabot departing Bristol, England for Atlantic Canada (1497), installed at Sir Sandford Fleming Park, Halifax (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 83Frost Park in Yarmouth (from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia)
Image 84HMCS Annapolis off Pearl Harbor, 1995 (from Halifax Shipyard)
Image 85Sailboat exhibit (from Maritime Museum of the Atlantic)
Image 86Cape Breton Island's "Eagle" flag (1994) (from Cape Breton Island)
Image 87Maud Lewis Memorial in Marshalltown (from Maud Lewis)
Image 88Canadian Premier League action in June 2019 (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 89Cape Breton Highlands National Park (from Cape Breton Island)
Image 90Holy Angels High School, 2012 (from Sydney, Nova Scotia)
Image 91The former Congregation Sons of Israel synagogue, in Glace Bay. In 1902, the synagogue was Nova Scotia's first purpose-built synagogue. It permanently closed in July 2010. To the left is the also closed Talmud Torah community centre. This was the location of the Hebrew school and functions like Bar Mitzvah and wedding dinners. (from Cape Breton Island)
Image 92An elm tree in Halifax Public Gardens (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 93Members of the Halifax Provisional Battalion fording a stream near Swift Current, Saskatchewan during the North-West Rebellion (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 94Model of HMCS Sackville in Griffin Pond (from Halifax Public Gardens)
Image 95Raid on Lunenburg (1782) by A. J. Wright (from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)
Image 96Clonard Keating Plaque (1898) (from Halifax Public Gardens)
Image 97The restored Maud Lewis Home on display at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (from Maud Lewis)
Image 98Barque Noel, Halifax Graving Yard, Halifax, Nova Scotia (1890), Barque made in the Osmond O'Brien Shipyard, Noel, Nova Scotia (from Halifax Shipyard)
Image 99Cabot's Landing, Victoria County, commemorating the "first land seen" by explorer John Cabot in 1497 (from Cape Breton Island)
Image 100Engraving of the peace conference that led to the Treaty of Breda in 1667. Acadia was return to the French as a part of the terms of the treaty. (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 101Established in 1818, Dalhousie University is among the oldest English-language post-secondary institutions in Canada. (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 102Halifax, Nova Scotia c. 1762, by Dominic Serres (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 103Halifax Mooseheads prepare for a 2012 semi-final game. (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 104St. Paul's Church (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 105Royal Canadian Dragoons, Boer War Sculpture by Hamilton MacCarthy (1903) (from Halifax Public Gardens)
Image 106View of Waterfront (from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)
Image 107View of Purdy's Wharf, an office complex in Downtown Halifax (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 108Cape Breton Island's first cultural flag, the blue-and-yellow flag (1940s) incorporating Saint Alban's Cross. (from Cape Breton Island)
Image 109Depiction of Citadel Hill during the American Revolution, viewed from Fort Needham, 1780. (from Citadel Hill (Fort George))
Image 110Zion Lutheran Church (from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)
Image 111Norwegian Memorial beside the museum (from Maritime Museum of the Atlantic)
Image 112Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic (from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)
Image 113Francis Fitzgerald Bridge over Freshwater Brook (from Halifax Public Gardens)
Image 114Halifax Shipyard cranes and gantries, 1942 (from Halifax Shipyard)
Image 115Photo of William D. Lawrence being built at Maitland in 1873. The ship was the longest wooden ship built in Canada. (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 116Bluenose one-design sloop #1, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Nova Scotia, Canada (from Maritime Museum of the Atlantic)
Image 117Lunenburg Boat Yards (from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)
Image 118Lunenburg Academy (from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)
Image 119CCGS Private Robertson V.C. (from Halifax Shipyard)
Image 120Depiction of Halifax and the surrounding fortifications, 1750. The settlement was protected by city walls and several forts acting as redoubts, including the First Citadel. (from Citadel Hill (Fort George))
Image 121Artifacts in the restored ship chandlery (from Maritime Museum of the Atlantic)
Image 122The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the largest art gallery in Atlantic Canada (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 123Map of Nova Scotia and the surrounding area in 1754, prior to the outbreak of the Seven Years' War (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 124Sydney Harbour with Point Edward, Westmount, and downtown Sydney visible (from Cape Breton Island)
Image 125The Sebastopol Monument in 2007. It was unveiled in Halifax in 1860 to commemorate the British victory at the siege of Sevastopol and the Crimean War. (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 126Cape Breton Island's second cultural flag, the "Tartan" flag (early 1990s) (from Cape Breton Island)
Image 127Lunenburg Harbour (from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)
Image 128HMS Observer engages an American privateer ship Jack during a naval battle off Halifax in 1782 (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 129A map of Halifax's Community Planning Areas (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 130Site of First Legislative Assembly Plaque, Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society, Scotia Square, Halifax, Nova Scotia. (from Province House (Nova Scotia))
Image 131The Bandstand (from Halifax Public Gardens)
Image 132House flags of Yarmouth shipping companies and ship portraits at the Yarmouth County Museum (from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia)
Image 133A Black Loyalist wood cutter at Shelburne in 1788 (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 134Travel map of Cape Breton Island, with major highways and freeways marked (from Cape Breton Island)
Image 135Re-enactors depicting soldiers of the 78th Highland Regiment. The Citadel opened in 1956 as a historic site and a living history museum. (from Citadel Hill (Fort George))
Image 136Huskies Stadium in 2018 (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Image 137HMCS Nanaimo in Victoria, British Columbia for Canada Day celebrations, July 2009. (from Halifax Shipyard)
Image 138Halifax Graving Dock, 1900 with HMS Crescent (from Halifax Shipyard)
Image 139taken may 15, 2021 (from Halifax Public Gardens)
Image 140Lunenburg's World War I memorial (from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)
Image 141Headstone and signage marking Viola Desmond's grave in 2018. In 2010 she was posthumously pardoned by the provincial lieutenant governor. (from History of Nova Scotia)
Image 142A bulk carrier in the Strait of Canso docked at the Martin Marietta Materials quarry at Cape Porcupine (from Cape Breton Island)
Image 143Libel trial of Joseph Howe, Supreme Court (base of Joseph Howe Statue, Court Yard) (from Province House (Nova Scotia))
Image 144Philippe de Pastour de Costebelle, 1st Governor of Île Royale, only known image of a French Governor (from Cape Breton Island)

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Margaret Sibella Brown (March 2, 1866 – November 16, 1961) was a Canadian amateur bryologist specializing in mosses and liverworts native to Nova Scotia. Early in her career she was involved with gathering supplies of sphagnum moss to be used as surgical dressings during World War I, when cotton was in short supply. After the war, she researched mosses from around the world, collecting specimens in Europe, the Caribbean, and the United States, as well as her native Canada. She published several papers in academic journals, some on materials she had collected herself and some cataloging samples collected by other investigators. Samples she collected are now housed at several major herbaria in North America and Europe.

Born into upper-class society, Brown was educated in Halifax, Stuttgart, and London. Although lacking formal scientific training, she has been recognized for her contributions to bryology and as an authority on the mosses and liverworts of Nova Scotia. At the age of 84, Brown was awarded an honorary M.A. degree from Acadia University after declining their offer of a Ph.D. She died at her home in Halifax in 1961 aged 95. In 2010, she was inducted into the Nova Scotia Scientific Hall of Fame. (Full article...)

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Image 1Halifax from Citadel Hill in 1901
Image 2The Order of Nova Scotia is the highest honour amongst all those conferred by the Nova Scotia Crown
Image 3Women walking from Africville towards Halifax
Image 4Wreckage of Fairey Swordfish aircraft HS404 at the Naval Air Gunnery School, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, 1943
Image 5Wrecked homes on Campbell Road following the Halifax Explosion
Image 6The Halifax–Dartmouth Ferry Service is the oldest saltwater ferry in North America
Image 7Université Sainte-Anne is a French-language university in Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia
Image 8Peggys Point Lighthouse
Image 9North Sydney, Nova Scotia circa 1900
Image 10The Pride of Baltimore II off the coast of Lunenburg in 2008
Image 11The Bluenose II is a replica of the fishing and racing schooner Bluenose
Image 12The Lunenburg Academy in 2008

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