Scotia Collection

French Acadians Deported
The French Acadians of Nova Scotia are deported by the English to various east coast locations

The Great Halifax Explosion, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Great Halifax Explosion, Halifax, near Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Date: 1917

Railway Station at New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Intercolonial Railway of Canada (ICR) Station at New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada Date: circa 1910s

A Fish Auction in Columbia Market
In 1869 Baroness Burdett-Coutts paid for the building of the great Columbia Market (for fish) between Hackney and Bethnal Green Roads on the site of Nova Scotia Gardens

The Sprays, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Date: circa 1905

Crossing Northumberland Strait by Ice Boat. These boats were operated in the Northumberland Strait during the 19th century and early 20th century

Iron & Steel Co, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Blast furnaces and open hearth, Dominion Iron & Steel Company, Sydney Harbour, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Date: circa 1905

Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mahone Bay, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Date: circa 1910s

Redwood Highway, Scotia, California - Pacific Lumber Company
Redwood Highway, Scotia, California, USA - Pacific Lumber Company, Redwood Mill. Date: 1936

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White Star Line, RMS Titanic, Jacob Milling postcard
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. An exceptional handwritten postcard postmarked 11pm on 9 April 1912 sent by Second Class passenger Jacob Christian Milling (1863?1912)

Titanic postcard from passenger and victim Alfonzo Meo
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - postcard written by Third-Class passenger and victim Alfonzo Meo-Martino from Queenstown, Ireland, on 11 April 1912

RMS Titanic - RMS Virginian Christmas card
RMS Titanic - unusual RMS Virginian Christmas card for December 1912. The Virginian was one of the vessels that took Titanic's distress calls

The Cunard Steamer Scotia, in its day the largest transatlantic paddle-wheel boat Date: 1879

L'egare II - North Atlantic expedition raft, at Falmouth
L'egare II, a raft used by a French crew in 1956 to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The expedition, led by Henri Beaudout, departed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, arriving 88 days later at Falmouth

Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, KCMG
Vintage 19th century photograph: Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, KCMG (10 April 1803 - 19 March 1883) was a British military officer

Two aboriginal men, named Garicha and Boyguda, of Cape York, Australia, who were brought to Britain in 1853 after accidentally remaining on board Captain Stricklands ship

85th (Nova Scotia Highlanders), Can Inf Bn, Memorial Date: 2016

Evangeline is an epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published in 1847 which describes the separation of Evangeline and her beloved Gabriel during the expulsion of the Acadian community from Nova

Busy station scene, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Busy station scene at Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada, with the arrival of the Flying Bluenose train. Date: circa 1910

America - Naval Action
H.M. Brig " Observer", Engaging the American Privateer " Jack", Off the Harbour of Hallifax, Nova Scotia. on the 29th of May 1782, Date: 1782

Dry dock, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, with a German warship. Date: circa 1908

Jollymore Settlement, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Jollymore Settlement, N W Arm, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Date: circa 1900s

Main Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Date: circa 1920

Haliax, Nova Scotia, Canada, circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

King Street and LaHave River, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada Date: 1912

SMS Scharnhorst, German armoured cruiser, WW1
SMS Scharnhorst, German armoured cruiser, seen here off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, around the beginning of the First World War. Date: circa 1914

George Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
View of George Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, leading down to the Custom House, Post Office and Dartmouth Ferry. Date: circa 1920

Ufos / Nova Scotia
A fishing crew off Nova Scotia report strange lights, which seem to match radar signals picked up at the same time Date: 4 October 1967

Illustration, A Song of the English, Halifax
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). Halifax -- Into the mist my guardian prows put forth

A map of Britain, mid 16th century
A map of Britain in the mid 16th century, detailing Edinburgh, Dover, Cornwall, Waterford and London. Date: Mid 16th century

Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
Main Street in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Date: C.1905

RMS Caronia, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada, WW1
RMS Caronia, British ocean liner, seen here at Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada, after being requisitioned as an armed merchant cruiser on the outbreak of the First World War. Date: circa 1914

William S. Fielding, Vanity Fair, WHO
WILLIAM STEVENS FIELDING (1848-1929) Canadian Liberal politician. Eighth Premier of Nova Scotia (188496), and federal finance minister 1896-1911 and 1921-25

Canada Nova Scotia
An old fort overlooks the sea, a relic of the days when France and Britain were competing for Canada. Date: circa 1835

Nova Scotia Apples
Barrels of apples in Nova Scotia, Canada. Date: early 1930s

Corner of Church and Victoria Streets- Amherst, Nova Scotia
Corner of Church and Victoria Streets, showing the Maritime Block - Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada. Date: circa 1910s

Canada - Halifax - Garrison Chapel, Public Gardens, Indians
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - A Sunday Church Parade of troops in front of the Garrison Chapel, Public Gardens, Indians in the Market Square and the City and Harbour viewed from the Park Date: 1898

Heraldic Shields of the Provinces of Canada. Date: circa 1907

Nova Scotia Steel Co Pier, Wabana, Belle Isle, Newfoundland
Nova Scotia Steel Companys Pier, Wabana Iron Mine, Belle Isle, Newfoundland, Canada. Date: 1902

Prince of Wales Martello Tower, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Prince of Wales Martello Tower in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. Nine of the fourteen Martello towers built in Canada still survive

The Great Halifax (Nova Scotia) Explosion (4 / 4)
Disaster at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 6th December 1917, when a French cargo ship, the SS Mont-Blanc caught fire in the harbour and drifted inland

The Great Halifax (Nova Scotia) Explosion (2 / 4)
Disaster at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 6th December 1917, when a French cargo ship, the SS Mont-Blanc caught fire in the harbour and drifted inland

The Great Halifax (Nova Scotia) Explosion (1 / 4)
Disaster at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 6th December 1917, when a French cargo ship, the SS Mont-Blanc caught fire in the harbour and drifted inland

St. Peters, Nova Scotia, Canada
A view of St. Peters, Nova Scotia, Canada Date: circa 1910s

The Great Halifax (Nova Scotia) Explosion (3 / 4)
Disaster at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 6th December 1917, when a French cargo ship, the SS Mont-Blanc caught fire in the harbour and drifted inland

Canadian Salmon Fishing
Anglers take thousands of salmon each season from the Nova Scotia waters, Canada. Date: 1950s

Canada - Halifax, Nova Scotia - City Hall Date: 1910s

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