...Acadian’s Story Book Acadia, an area on the Atlantic sea-board, settled by the French in 1604, and in dispute between France and England until 1763. During these years both countries ascribed to Acadia such boundaries as the exigencies of the moment demanded. Monts had been given a monopoly of the fur-trade between the fortieth and forty-sixth degrees of north latitude, but after Antoinette de Pons had purchased the claims of Monts, Louis XIII gave her a stretch of territory from the St. Lawrence to Florida. Occupancy to establish ownership was out of the question, and generally the territory of the present provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick was regarded as the boundary of Acadia. The origin of the name Acadia is still debated. Father Pacifique claims that it comes from the Micmac name Algatig, meaning a "village" or "establishment". The termination -acadie, which is common in Micmac place-names, has been discussed by W. F. Ganong in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, vol. ix, pp. 376-448. The author claims that the name is derived from Arcadia. On Gastaldi's map of 1548 it is named Larcadie, and perhaps not without reason. When Cartier first encountered the ugly barren shore of Labrador he thought it must have been the land that God gave to Cain. Proceeding on his voyage, he became enchanted with the country, its vegetation, and its climate, more temperate than that of Spain. Champlain refers to the place as Arcadie in 1603. In Monts' commission we find...
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...Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. Caroline took her name after her mother, her mother’s full name was Caroline Phoebe Bradshaw and she was born in 1818 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia. Caroline’s mother may have had siblings, but I didn’t find any information on them. Her father was Henry Clayton Archibald born in 1813 in Truro, Nova Scotia. Caroline’s father Henry had 8 siblings----. Caroline had 11 siblings and was the second youngest in her family. Caroline met Hugh Fraser who was born 1850 in Guysborough, Caroline may have gone to school with Hugh since they both lived in Guysborough, but I can’t be sure. Caroline married Hugh Fraser on the 3rd of January in 1877 when she was 23 years old. The couple was Presbyterian and had a family bible. The same year she got married Caroline also had her first-born child at...
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...The American Civil War was definitely the most shaping and devastating war that the United States has ever had, with an estimated total military death toll of 620,000 soldiers, that is more than the death toll from every other war the US has fought in combined. This catastrophic war from within took place from 1861-1865 and it was between the Union and Confederate states. During this war an estimated 90 000 citizens, and 40 000 Canadian soldiers died.This civil war had a large impact on the start and the making of Canada's confederation. Before Canada was the glorious country it is now, it was made up of several different British colonies. There was Canada West (now Ontario), Canada East ( now known as Quebec) as well as the Maritimes provinces; Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. At the beginning of this war Britain declared itself neutral; meaning that it would not support the Union nor the Confederate states, so because of this “Canada” and the Maritimes were also neutral, but that didn’t mean that they did...
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...The division of Nova Scotia to create the province of New Brunswick in 1784 set forth a wave of migrating Loyalists to settle this new province. Many of them settled on the ruins of abandoned Acadian villages where many Acadians had settled their families. After the destruction of the “Pointe-Saint-Anne” village in the winter of 1759 by Lieutenant Moses Hazen and a group of rangers, where he was only able to capture three of its families, many of the Acadians were able to flee the village. Some of these Acadians fled west and settled near the Malecite village of Ekoupahag. Afterwards, many other Acadians started to settle nearby, and some settled at what became French Village. One of the pioneers of the French Village was Jacques Daniel Godin who was the grandchild of Gabriel Godin who was one of the founders of the Acadian village of “Pointe-Saint-Anne”.1 The French Village was situated about seventeen kilometres from what became the City of Fredericton, and is now part of Kingsclear.2 There are stills ruins of what seems to be an old church that burned to the ground, and also an old cemetery where we can find Acadian tombstones mixed with those of the Loyalists’.3 1. G. Alain and M. Basque: "Une présence qui s’affirme-La communauté acadienne et francophone de Fredericton, Nouveau-Brunswick" (Moncton, Les éditions de la francophonie, 2003), 75-77. 2. Retrieved online on April 2nd, 2012 from: http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/Communities/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&community=1378 ...
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...24 years after his birth, Douglas was sent to botanize in the northeastern United States as far as Amherstburg, Upper Canada by the Horticultural Society of London. Douglas ignored orders and went as far as Sandwich, now known as Windsor, Ontario. In 1833, slavery in the British Empire was abolished by the Slavery Abolition Act. Unfortunately, Douglas’ life was cut short at the age of 35 in Hawaii. He was found dead at the bottom of a cattle trap nearby an enraged bull. This lead to surreptitious contexts surrounding his death was speculated to either have been homicide or suicide, but it was later concluded by psychological study of Douglas that the cause of death was most likely murder. Douglas was considered a celebrity and was admitted to the Linnean, Zoological, and Geological societies of London, with honours. An expedition to the Pacific coast was organized for Douglas by the Hudson’s Bay Company and the Horticultural Society and he left for Fort Vancouver (now Vancouver, Washington) in 1829 and arrived in 1830 where he was greeted warmly by traders. Douglas had damaged eyesight from his last expedition, however he was known for having great eyesight for small plants and objects on the ground, in which would make him a natural and great botanist. Although Douglas died at a young age, most vital historical events that occurred...
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...com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/07/18/july-18-64-the-great-fire-of-nero-and-the-ancient-history-of-firefighting/). And that the flame moved quickly due to clusters of wooden structures apartments known then as Insulae. This apartments housed much of the Rome's residents. Other reasons for the way in which the fire raze as noted by Tacitus Was The instruction giving to the firemen to stand down and preventing residents from taking actions to combat the inferno. With the help of great architect and engineer named Severus and Celery, Nero started the rebuilt of the city and his palace on August 64 CE. Halifax, Nova Scotia 1917 Halifax, Nova Scotia of 1917 is reputed to be the largest man - made explosion in history. The explosion which occurred accidentally during the war time was obscured due to wartime censor by press. So many people never heard about this explosion that lead to the death of over 2,000 people and also injured over 9,000 people. The explosion left the town ruined making its port unusable for many years. The incident of this mammoth explosion started on the 6th of December, 1917 when a deadly collision took place between a Norwegian freighter and a fully loaded Mont - Blanc cargo ship filled to the gills with ammunition for the war collided in a very narrow confines off Halifax harbor. This collision lead to a huge combustion. This fire affected the highly inflammable ammunition which resulted to a very powerful explosion that is estimated to be in the range of three...
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...The Efforts of a Fisherman: ISU Essay The life of a fisherman in the early 1900's was not an easy life. Six out of seven days were spent toiling for long hours, putting oneself into extremely dangerous situations, doing the same repetitive tasks year in and year out. This is exactly what life was like for Nova Scotian fisherman, David Jung. Jung is the protagonist in the novel, Rockbound by Frank Parker Day, a story of the small, desolate island Rockbound on the south shore of Nova Scotia in the early 1900’s. The book’s plot is set around the timeline of David Jung’s life. It tells his life story from when he was a young orphan at thirteen to when he is happily married living on his own island. In a classic book like this, one can pull numerous themes away from it. Author Frank Parker Day clearly demonstrates the theme of relentless effort will eventually pay off. This is shown through the conflict, the setting, and in major events in the plot. Rockbound is filled with many literary devices to illustrate this theme, but conflict is one of the most effective, specifically person versus person and person versus nature. An example of the former surfaces right in the beginning of the novel, when David is attempting to get a job at Uriah’s fishery. When David asks for the job, he is immediately turned away, but with persistence and relentless effort, David eventually wears Uriah down. “’I knows how to work’ repeated the boy… ‘You ain’t got no place around here’, ‘Yes I is…...
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...News Stories Harleen Shahi Grade 11 World: A Kansas man named Adam Purinton open fires and shoots an Indian after yelling, “get out of my country” and injures two others. On Thursday, Purinton was charged with murder and attempt to murder. A bartender at Austin’s Bar and Grill in Olathe said that Purinton used racial slurs before he started shooting on Wednesday night, displaying that he was racially motivated. Canada: The parents of a fifteen-year-old boy named Alexandru Radita have been found guilty of first-degree murder in their son’s death. Alexandru weighed thirty-seven pounds when he died in 2003 due to untreated diabetes and starvation. His parents, Emil Radita and Rodica Radita isolated Alex from anyone who could monitor his insulin treatment and they refused to provide him with proper medical care even though they were well aware of his ill state, which resulted in his death. On Friday, a Calgary judge sentenced them to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years....
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...Evidence suggests that the investigation of crimes occurred as far back as prehistoric times when early man took fingerprints by pressing hands and fingers into clay or rock. In Nova Scotia, archaeologists uncovered an ancient drawing of the detailed ridge patterns of a hand. Additionally, the ancient Babylonians also made use of fingerprinting on clay tablets for business transactions and as a means to preserve identification for other official needs. Forensic science continued to evolve, and in 700 B.C., the Chinese began to record thumb prints on clay sculpture and documents despite having no formal classification system was in place. In 250 B.C., an ancient Greek physician, Erasistratus, created the first lie detector test when he noted that his patients' pulse rate appeared to increase when they lied. In 44 B.C., a Roman doctor examined Julius Caesar's body and discovered that of his 23 stab wounds, only one was fatal. The 1100 A.D., crime scene investigation had improved to such a degree that Roman attorney Quintilian proved that blood-covered palm prints were left at a crime scene to frame a blind man for the murder of his mother. Nearly 150 years later, in 1248 AD, the first documentation of medical knowledge aimed at solving crimes was recorded in the book "Hsi Duan Yu" (the Washing Away of Wrong). It detailed the process of distinguishing drowning from strangulation. Over the next 500 years, advancements in crime scene investigation focused on the many aspects...
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...The History of the Telephone - Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell - Brief Biography Born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Alexander Graham Bell was the son and grandson of authorities in elocution and the correction of speech. Educated to pursue a career in the same specialty, his knowledge of the nature of sound led him not only to teach the deaf, but also to invent the telephone. In the 1870s, two inventors Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell both independently designed devices that could transmit speech electrically (the telephone). Both men rushed their respective designs to the patent office within hours of each other, Alexander Graham Bell patented his telephone first. Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell entered into a famous legal battle over the invention of the telephone, which Bell won. The telegraph and telephone are both wire-based electrical systems, and Alexander Graham Bell's success with the telephone came as a direct result of his attempts to improve the telegraph. When Bell began experimenting with electrical signals, the telegraph had been an established means of communication for some 30 years. Although a highly successful system, the telegraph, with its dot-and-dash Morse code, was basically limited to receiving and sending one message at a time. Bell's extensive knowledge of the nature of sound and his understanding of music enabled him to conjecture the possibility of transmitting multiple messages over the same wire...
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...been many debates about hemp and its legalization. There is a lot of propaganda behind marijuana, but if there is one fact that should be known about marijuana it’s that it is the most medicinal plant on our planet. With information provided by Rick Simpson from Phoenix Tears, it is obvious that Hemp is the best medicine ever presented to man. With the information provided by Rick Simpson it is evident that hemp should be legalized for medicinal purposes so people can cure themselves. Rick Simpson is the founder of the Phoenix Tears Foundation and has re-discovered a very effective healing treatment processed from the resin that grows on hemp and created that resin into hemp oil. His hemp oil has brought many terminal patients off of their death beds. Rick’s hemp oil has cured skin conditions, cancer, diabetes, infections, glaucoma, arthritis, chronic pain, burns, ulcers, warts, moles, practically anything to do with mutating cells, migraine headaches, asthma, insomnia, anxiety and depression (RFTC). The oil even helps regulate weight, heals scar tissue, and rejuvenates vital organs (RFTC). This oil can be used topically or digested, for problems such as cancer digesting the oil is the best way to go. Unfortunately due to the disinformation that has been handed down over the years many are in disbelief of the benefactors of hemp, but hemp...
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...Attempts to completely legalize the use of marijuana, whether for medicinal purposes or not, remain strongly contested in most jurisdictions. However, marijuana is safer than prescription drugs and alcohol. These two are responsible for more than 200,000 deaths a year. Marijuana is safe to use and will not kill you. Medical marijuana is now legal in a majority of states. A small but growing number of states and cities have legalized recreational pot as well. Marijuana still is the most commonly used illegal drug in the U.S. The cards would be available to any Missouri resident 18 years old or older who can provide a statement signed by a doctor stating the individual suffers from a debilitating disease and may benefit from the treatment, as well as the...
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...The origin of this effort was during the shooting of U.S. President James A. Garfield in July 1881. The bullet was lodged in the president’s back, and doctors were unable to locate it through physical examination. Bell decided to use his detector which would emit a tone when near a metal object. At the end of July, he began searching for Garfield’s bullet, but was unable to find it. Despite Garfield’s death, Bell later successfully demonstrated the detector to a group of doctors. Surgeons adopted it, and it was credited with saving many lives during the Boer War and World War...
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...Germany, with its U-boat ’wolfpacks’, threatened the steady supply line and aimed to starve Britain into surrendering. In retaliation, the British and Canada devised the convoy system, where corvettes would protect the troops and supply ships across the Atlantic. The originally tiny Royal Canadian Navy had expanded during the war, enlisting 99,688 men and about 6500 women. The expansion led to increased shipbuilding demand and the manufacturing commissions of the less inexpensive corvette warships. Along with the RCN, the Royal Canadian Air Force in the anti-submarine squadrons also provided the supply line with air support. As recognition of Canada’s efforts, the Northwest Atlantic stretching from Nova Scotia to the Arctic Circle was placed under Canadian commander-in-chief, Leonard...
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...Plankton are autotrophic, prokaryotic or eukaryotic algae that live near the water surface where there is sufficient light to support. They inhabit oceans, seas, lakes, and ponds. All plankton ecosystems are driven by the input of solar energy. Zooplankton provides carbon to the planktic food web, either respiring metabolic energy, or upon death as biomass or detritus. They are the initial prey for almost all fish larvae as they switch from their yolk sacs to external feeding. They provide a crucial source of food to larger, more familiar aquatic organisms such as fish and whales. The common jellyfish feeds by collecting medusa, plankton and mollusks with its mucus bell nematocyst-laden tentacles and bringing the prey into its body for digestion. They are found throughout most of the world’s oceans. They do not have respiratory parts such as gills, lungs, or trachea. It is a small organism, so it respires by diffusing oxygen from water though the thin membrane covering its body. It is probably rare for these to live more than about six months in the wild. The hermit crab species have long, spirally curved abdomens, which are soft. The abdomen is protected from predators by a salvaged empty seashell carries by the hermit crab, into which its whole body can retract. As the crab grows in size, it has to find a larger shell and abandon the previous one. If the hermit crab cannot find a well-fitting shell, it will most likely be eaten. Sea cucumbers are echinoderms from...
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