Download or read book Ghost Islands of Nova Scotia written by Mike Parker and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is an aura that cloaks islands in mystique and stirs the imagination. Nova Scotia would be an island if not for a narrow isthmus linking Canada's second smallest province to New Brunswick. The ocean waters surrounding Nova Scotia have proportionally more islands than anywhere else in the Atlantic. In fact, there are more than 3,800 islands that lie “scattered like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle” along nearly 5,000 miles of coastline. For Ghost Islands of Nova Scotia, Mike Parker has selected a treasure trove of 330 images and maps to produce a series of pictorial vignettes accompanied by a wealth of descriptive text. Legendary islands such as Sable, Seal, St. Paul, and Scatarie come to life, as do a score of others including Sambro, McNabs, Georges, Lawlor, Devils, Melville, Little Hope, McNutts, Oak, Isle Haute, Bon Portage, Liscomb, the Tuskets, the Canso Islands, and LaHave Islands.Featured are tales of abandoned settlements and homesteads, lighthouses and keepers, storms and shipwrecks, contagious diseases and mass burials. There are stories of lost cemeteries and ghostly apparitions, pirates and buried treasure, smugglers, spies and murderers, forts, prisons and secret passageways, even picnics, carnivals and merry-go-rounds. Ghost Islands of Nova Scotia is a virtual encyclopedia of our coastal past - a look back at a rugged, adventurous, dangerous, often lonely and sometimes tragic way of life.
Download or read book Haunted Harbours written by Steve Vernon and published by Nimbus+ORM. This book was released on 2006-08-30 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scary tales from Nova Scotia, by the author of The Tatterdemon Omnibus and Where the Ghosts Are: A Guide to Nova Scotia’s Spookiest Places. This is a collection of ghost stories from Nova Scotia—from the restless spirits of Devil’s Island to the Black Dog of Antigonish Harbour. Documented and well-known stories from the provincial archives are mixed with word-of-mouth legends of strange happenings and scary sightings from across the province. Author Steve Vernon relies on his storytelling experience to create moody and terrifying tales from the annals of history. Praise for Steve Vernon “Writing with a rare swagger and confidence, Steve Vernon can lead his readers through an entire gamut of emotions from outright fear and repulsion to pity and laughter.” —Cemetery Dance
Download or read book Where the Ghosts Are written by Steve Vernon and published by Nimbus Publishing (CN). This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're from Halifax, you've probably heard that the Five Fisherman Restaurant is supposedly haunted, and that Georges Island is overrun with ghosts. If you're from Nova Scotia, you probably know about rumours of buried treasure on Oak Island, or about the UFO sighting in Shag Harbour. But what about the Grey Lady of Stoney Beach? Or the Ghost of Haddon Hall? Featuring addresses and GPS coordinates, this guide to Nova Scotian haunts maps out the origin stories of 50 spooky tales. Author Steve Vernon has covered every corner of the province in search of the spooky, bizarre, and unexplained. The perfect companion for those interested in the history of the province and thrill-seekers alike, Where the Ghosts Are is a DIY-ghost tour of Nova Scotia's most haunted spots.
Download or read book Ghosts of Nova Scotia written by Darryll Walsh and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore Nova Scotia's colourful legacy of spooks and spectres in this unique collection of traditional and contemporary tales. The author has collected over 140 mysterious stories of unexplained phenomena, including such well-known tales as the mystery of Oak Island and the ghost ship Mary Celeste. He has also uncovered a wealth of new and intriguing stories, such as the checkered lady of Annapolis Royal, the mysterious man found washed up on the shores of Capstick, and the unidentified flying object that crashed near Shag harbour.
Download or read book Buried in the Woods written by Mike Parker and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born and raised in Bear River, Nova Scotia, Mike Parker has been called Nova Scotia's Storyteller, a reference to the diversity of themes covered in his many books of popular history. The best-selling author has been researching and writing about his native province for more than twenty years. This is his thirteenth book. Mike is affiliated with the Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies at Saint Mary's University as a research associate. He is a graduate of Acadia University and a long-time resident of Dartmouth.
Download or read book More Ghost Stories of Nova Scotia written by Vernon Oickle and published by MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Incorporated. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you still afraid of things that go bump in the night? Do you still think someone is watching you even though no one is there? Do doors and windows still open and close on their own? Do you still see people in your home even though you know you are alone? If you answer yes to even one of these questions, then More Ghost Stories of Nova Scotia will make you feel not alone. Picking up where 2015's Ghost Stories of Nova Scotia left off, veteran ghost story teller Vernon Oickle brings to life more of Nova Scotia's intriguing tales of the paranormal, many of which have never been shared before.
Download or read book 100 Things You Don t Know About Nova Scotia written by Sarah Sawler and published by Nimbus+ORM. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of 100 Things You Don’t Know About Atlantic Canada for Kids shares 100 intriguing facts about the Bluenoser Province. Did you know that the Halifax–Dartmouth ferry was once operated by a team of nine horses? Or that Babe Ruth used to visit Yarmouth regularly for hunting and fishing vacations? Enter journalist Sarah Sawler: your guide to discovering 100 fascinating things you don’t know about Nova Scotia—from robberies and murders to famous landmarks, events, and people. Inspired by the success of her popular Halifax Magazine column “50 Things You Don’t Know about Halifax,” Sawler has expanded her focus to include interesting anecdotes and facts about the social, political, economic, and cultural history of the entire province. Arranged in chronological order, each “thing” is accompanied by a contextual write-up explaining its historical significance. Includes twenty-five black and white photos.
Download or read book Where the Ghosts are a Guide to Nova Scotia s Spookiest Places written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're from Halifax, you've probably heard that the Five Fisherman Restaurant is supposedly haunted, and that Georges Island is overrun with ghosts. If you're from Nova Scotia, you probably know about rumours of buried treasure on Oak Island, or about the UFO sighting in Shag Harbour. But what about the Grey Lady of Stoney Beach? Or the Ghost of Haddon Hall? Featuring addresses and GPS coordinates, this guide to Nova Scotian haunts maps out the origin stories of 50 spooky tales.
Download or read book Canada s Haunted Coast written by Vernon Oickle and published by . This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Maritimes has a long and treasured history of ghostly appearances and mysterious disappearances. Join ghost writer guru Vernon Oickle as he scours Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island for skeletons, sunken ships and buried treasures, as well as the moving human drama provided by centuries of back-stabbing, greed, romance and love, all tinged with the paranomal:the home of Aaron Churchill—the “hero of the sea†— near Yarmouth features pulsating orbs, missing objects and images of a young girl Henry House is a popular restaurant and inn in Halifax named after its original occupant, but the Father of Confederation, William Alexander Henry, seems reluctant to depart the Lunenburg Academy rattles with the eerie sound of more than mere mortalsaudiovisual equipment at the Halifax Citadel has inexplicable interruptions, and ghostly images regularly make their appearance on the screensghostly “pink ladies†appear at night and tickle a small boy whose night fears disturb the whole familyin Dayspring, NS, an eerie presence appears to cuddle with people sleeping in a particular rooma farmhouse in New Brunswick has pounding noises from a bedroom closet, severe temperature fluctuations and odd, mellow music coming from no identifiable sourcePrince Edward Island has a buried treasure of gold coins—but don't bother trying to find it unless you want to face its fierce, ghostly guardsin Rustico, PEI, a poker game is interrupted by a ghostly, grinning figure in chains who snatches both cards and money before vanishing …and more.
Download or read book Strange Saskatchewan written by Carson Demmans and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange Saskatchewan is as much history as a fascinating walk through what makes this great province and its people so compelling. Strange Saskatchewan weaves our province’s history into an often eclectic tapestry of farming, football and passions. Who knew that this land-locked province was named after a body of water, or that the offence and defense of the 1945 Roughriders had so few jerseys that they had to share. Come on along with us, it will be a wonderful ride.
Download or read book Gold Rush Ghost Towns of Nova Scotia written by Mike Parker and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gold Rush Ghost Towns of Nova Scotia tells the fascinating stories of abandoned communities, not haunted buildings and paranormal encounters, although the occasional resident spirit does make an appearance. Ghost towns generally begin as industry-based communities of convenience for mining but when resources were depleted, marks slumped or demand outstripped production, their reason for being ended. The story of mining in Nova Scotia is one of Canada's oldest, yet is perhaps the province's best kept heritage secret. More gold was mined worldwide in the 1800s than during the previous five thousand years. Since Canada was one of the worlds largest gold producers, auriferous tales and legends abound from that era of motherlodes found and fortunes lost. Nova Scotia heralded the first of its three gold rushes 37 years before men braved Yukon's Chilkoot Pass heading to the Klondike. Adventurers from the world over were drawn to Nova Scotia's burgeoning nineteenth-century gold districts as was "a motley crew of day labourers, farmers, fishermen, ruined mechanics, drunkards and gamblers." An air of mysticism shrouding ghost towns holds a fascination for historians, social scientists, treasure and relic hunters, geocachers and nostalgia buffs. Mike Parker tells the story of characters and con men, industry and labour, prosperity and recession. Although abandoned gold mining settlements are the book's central theme, ghost towns built upon coal, iron ore and copper are featured as well. Scores of exhaustively researched images, supported by informative, entertaining text, tell the sad story of a great heritage that has been nearly erased from our history books.
Download or read book Ghosts in Nova Scotia Tales of the Supernatural written by George Young and published by Queensland, N.S. : G. Young. This book was released on 1977 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cheviot the Stag and the Black Black Oil written by John McGrath and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-02-17 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strathoykel, Sutherland. "When the Sheriff and his men arrived, the women were on the road and the men behind the walls. The women shouted 'Better to die here than America or the Cape of Good Hope'. The first blow was struck by a woman with a stick. The gentry leant out of their saddles and beat at the women's heads with their crops." (John McGrath)
Download or read book Sable Island written by Bruce Armstrong and published by Formac. This book was released on 2010-10-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sable Island is the world's most mysterious and notorious sandbar, situated 160 kilometers offshore of southeast Nova Scotia. The island is currently receiving much renewed attention because of proposals to make it a National Park, or a National Wilderness Area. Known for centuries as "The Graveyard of the Atlantic," its forty-kilometre length has claimed over five hundred ships since the earliest adventurers and fishing vessels sailed to North America. Even today Sable presents serious problems to navigators. The home of the world's last herds of wild horses, the island is a fragile, shifting crescent of sand and grass whose beauty and violence has fascinated and inspired countless adventurers, writers, artists and scientists for over three hundred years. Bruce Armstrong takes the reader on a personal journey to Sable. He brings to life the early shipwrecks, lifesaving establishments and settlement attempts that have marked the island's long and varied history. There are ghost stories, tales of exceptional bravery, and first-hand impressions of the island left by men and women such as Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Dorothea Dix and Alexander Graham Bell. Contemporary material about Sable is based on interviews with some of the people who live in this lonely place as lifesavers, wireless operators, conservationists, and scientific observers; their experiences contribute an immediate sense of Sable's spirit and power. Many new colour photographs by island researcher Zoe Lucas are featured in this new edition. Sable Island is an imaginative and exciting journey to the world's northern Galapagos. It is also an eloquent plea for the preservation of a unique and timeless part of Nova Scotia. Sable Island was awarded the Evelyn Richardson Prize, the pre-eminent award for non-fiction in Atlantic Canada.
Download or read book Great Canadian Ghost Stories written by Barbara Smith and published by TouchWood Editions. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling collection of iconic ghost stories from all across Canada. Time and place are infused with ghosts and hauntings. From coast to coast to coast, Canada’s provinces and territories teem with the supernatural—phantoms obscured in the mists of time, spectres that delight in wreaking terror, and spirits destined to linger forever at the edge of the veil. Visit the far-flung corners of Canada to discover the folklore and legends behind: the ghost of a Newfoundland outlaw that leads blizzard-blind men to safety A poltergeist infestation that gleefully tortured an entire Nova Scotia family A fleet of phantom ships that haunt the coastline of New Brunswick the haggard spectre of a murderous witch in historic Quebec City Saskatchewan’s ghost-ridden military cadet academy an Alberta cabbie’s encounter with a silent shadow of a man in black the headless railway brakeman of Vancouver a moaning, man-shaped mist that haunts a Yukon cabin From east to west to way up north, bestselling author and renowned storyteller Barbara Smith traverses Canada’s provinces and territories to unearth more than 100 supernatural tales that careen between heartwarming, horrifying, sorrowful, and spine-chilling.
Download or read book Hangman s Beach written by Thomas H. Raddall and published by Nimbus Publishing (CN). This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A skilful blend of romance and historical fact woven about Halifax, Nova Scotia, while the Napoleonic Wars were shaking the world. A few miles away on Melville Island, a French prisoner daily faces the agonizing question: What would be his fate if the British discovered that he had shot and killed Lord Nelson at Trafalgar?
Download or read book Ghost Stories of the Maritimes written by Vernon L. Oickle and published by Lone Pine Publishing. This book was released on 2002-06-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vernon Oickle serves up another riveting collection of tales of the supernatural that have arisen from Maritime Canada's historic towns, coves, picturesque back country and dark ocean waters.
