Events and Incidents
The Moose River Mining Disaster
Posted on September 14, 2009 by Tom Mason
It is one of the smallest and most isolated provincial parks in the Nova Scotia. But Moose River Gold Mines Provincial Park is also a memorial of sorts: a tribute to an event that, for a few days in 1936, put this quiet corner of Atlantic Canada at the center of world-wide attention: a mining [...]
Read moreThe Invasion of Chester
Posted on September 3, 2009 by Tom Mason
In June 1782, the American revolution visited Nova Scotia’s South Shore in the form of three American privateering ships that sailed into Chester’s Front Harbour and opened fire on the town.
In those days, Chester was protected by a blockhouse and a militia made up of local men. Unfortunately, on that day most of Chester’s men [...]