Geocaching Sites in the Annapolis Valley

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Caution Clarence Cliff
Please be aware that a nasty man traps and snares coyotes and bobcats along the route to Clarence Cliff. I own property nearby and have asked him to …

The Look out in Granville Ferry Not rated yet
To all Geocacher's in the area. Please Note: The lookout in Granville Ferry in front of the church is private property. There is no longer a geocache …

A Haven Called Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia Not rated yet
For those who haven’t been into Annapolis Valley, I would love to share you a short memoir of what is known locally as the North and South Mountains. From …

My cemetery experience Not rated yet
Hi, I've been working on a huge project on cemeteries in Annapolis County. I'm photographing all the headstones in their entirety. Hubby & I were in …

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During the 1990 Western Days in Annapolis Royal the song "Your Cheating Heart" was played at Fort Anne in an attempt to have the most guitars playing the same song together at one time.

Because of its position sitting halfway between two counties Bear River was referred to as "The Bridge" for several years.

The first export of apples in Nova Scotia is believed to have been made in 1849 by Benjamin Weir of Halifax and Ambrose Bent of Paradise who exported from Halifax to Liverpool, England.

A native of Welsford in the Annapolis Valley, Alfred C. Fuller established a door-to-door sales empire which gained international success and still bears his name.

October 29, 1926 - Weather today - brilliant sunshine, rain, a flurry of snow, heavy wind, and at 11 in the morning a hailstorm, accompanied by lightening and several crashes of thunder! This is definitely a full day of weather.

A Cape Island fishing boat is also known as "the workhorse of the Nova Scotia fishing fleet"

If you are seeing "flankers" then you are seeing sparks coming from the chimney.

The musical variety show "Sing Along Jubilee" replaced the "Don Messer Show" on Halifax's CBC-TV.

In January, 1922 Miss Mildred Orde of Graywood had a twin apple - one stalk but two cores and pits. Was quite a freak.

In 1840 there were sixteen stores in Granville Ferry and shipbuilding was the main industry.

Prior to the completion of the Dominion Atlantic Railway run from Halifax to Yarmouth in 1893, a traveller had to buy four separate tickets for the trip. One from Halifax to Windsor where he changed cars; another from Windsor to Annapolis Royal via the Windsor to Annapolis Railway; then a ticket to Digby via a steam boat or coach; and then the fourth from Digby to Yarmouth by the Western Counties railway.

Edna Lockhart Duncanson was the only female Canadian to play in the United States Professional Baseball League. A native of Avonport, she suited up for the New York City Bloomer Girls in 1935.

On July 28, 1921 the temperature at the Annapolis Train Station at 1 p.m. was 93 degrees in the shade, which was a new record for that day.

The scallops harvested by the Digby scallop fleet are sea scallops. These sea scallops are only found in the northwest Atlantic Ocean from Cape Hatteras north to Labrador.

Small railed platforms found on top of many houses along the coast are called a "Widow's Walk".

Nova Scotia used to enter prize-winning floral floats in the Rose Bowl Parade in California until the government change in 1978.

The summer and autumn of 1815 saw an invasion of mice such has never been seen before in the history of the province or country. They caused much destruction before it was brought under control, including enough damage to crops to threaten a famine throughout the valley.

In 1993 one hundred and twenty-five buildings were designated as heritage properties in Annapolis Royal, which is believed to be the most for any one town.

In 1838 the Western Stage coach Company was formed to operate four-horse drawn coaches from Halifax to Annapolis Royal three times a week during the summer and two or three times a week during the winter.

Having volunteered her services to enforce curfews and patrol the wharves in Annapolis Royal, Rose Fortune, a black loyalist is believed to have been the first police woman in Canada.

In 1959 an unnamed hurricane swept across Nova Scotia killing 33 people, mostly lobster fishermen. Hurricane gales reaching 120 km per hour were reported causing considerable property damage.

In sailor's terms if you are "feeding the gulls" then you are being seasick.

Nova Scotia was the first province to issue coinage, the halfpennies in 1823.

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For many years the large, slow moving rodent, porcupines were a protected species in Nova Scotia.

Abundant in Nova Scotian coastal waters, Pollock is commonly retailed as Boston Bluefish.

The first regular ferry crossing between the important seaport of Saint John and Nova Scotia's fertile Annapolis Valley was by the "Sally" in 1784.

In 1838 an ice bridge formed across the Annapolis River enabling people to cross to and from Granville and Annapolis Royal, but it broke up on the returning tide leaving most people stranded on the wrong side.

A native of Welsford in the Annapolis Valley, Alfred C. Fuller established a door-to-door sales empire which gained international success and still bears his name.

In 1956 a bag of Roasted Peanuts would cost you .35 cents a pound; Mixed Nuts - .49 cents a pound; and Moirs' Fresh made Chocolates - .89 cents a box.

Until 1803 the Annapolis Valley community of Lawrencetown was known as Dunn’s Mills.

The very first Queen Annapolisa, Queen of the Apple Blossom Festival in 1933, was Mary Armour representing Middleton.

The Sissibo Sizzler Flume Ride was one of the original rides at the Upper Clements Park and was purchased for $450,000 from Expo ’86 in Vancouver.

Hick’s Ferry & The Bridge are two names that used to be used for the community of Bridgetown.

The first steamer believed to have carried apples was the "Neptune" which sailed from Annapolis Royal in 1881 for England. It is said it took 14 days for this voyage.

The "Dukes of Kent" were a well-known music group from Kentville, Nova Scotia that played Barbershop music.