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Town of Lunenburg says world will be watching its new housing development #Lunenburg #NovaScotia

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/2 Doyle said deputy mayor Peter Mosher described an ideal model as a "21st century Hydrostone," referring to the 1920s Halifax development of concrete row houses and greenery.

"It's a new side of Lunenburg — literally and figuratively," Doyle said.
/3 The property is within the buffer zone of Lunenburg's UNESCO World Heritage Site, which means any design is required to "complement" the area's heritage. Any artifacts uncovered during construction must be immediately reported to the provincial
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@cupenovascotia School Support workers across Nova Scotia have voted 97.5% in favour of taking strike action if an agreement that lifts education workers out of poverty cannot be reached. #nsed #nslab #nspoli #CUPE #canlab @BeckyDruhan @suzyhfx @DannyNSFL novascotia.cupe.ca/2023/02/28/cup…
2) “We are holding a province-wide Day of Action today, Feb. 28, to tell the @TimHoustonNS govt. that our members need to see a deal that will make a meaningful difference in their lives," @melansonchris, President, NS School Board Council of Unions
3) From 2012 to 2022, while inflation in Nova Scotia increased by 23.5%, wages in the sector rose only 14.5%, dragged down by years of legislated restraint under the previous @LiberalPartyNS government.

#WageFreezes #Bill148 #UnionBusting #NeoLiberals
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Gold was discovered in Voglers Cove, #Lunenburg County, in 1885 when John Mann found gold in a boulder. Augustus Reinhardt also found #gold there the following year.
Four small mines eventually operated along...
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #capebreton
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...Voglers Brook in the late 1890s to early 1900s in the Voglers Cove #Gold District. Records of their production are incomplete but based on what is known, output was modest.
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44 ounces of #gold are known to have been produced from two shafts at the Voglers Cove Mine which had a 5-stamp mill for separating the gold from its host rock. There is an aggregate quarry at the site now.
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #capebreton
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Mining built #NovaScotia!
Government House – the residence and workplace of Nova Scotia’s Lieutenant Governor – features stone quarried from across #NS.
Here's the story of that beautiful building!

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When he arrived in #Halifax in 1792, Sir John Wentworth (1737-1820) objected to the dank, less-than-luxurious Governor’s residence. In letters he wrote back to England, he described it as being of “green wood and rotten timbers” and “in danger of falling into the cellar.”
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So he set about arranging to build a proper country manor for the lieutenant governor’s residence. The site he chose, just off what is now the corner of Spring Garden Road and Barrington St. in #Halifax, had actually been purchased by the government to be...
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There are fingers of flysch reaching into the sea at #GreenBay Beach, #Lunenburg County. Flysch is a sedimentary rock, meaning it was formed from sediments.
Lear more about it in this thread!
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia @TourismNS @BernJordanMP @MarkFurey1 ImageImage
Flysch is a sedimentary rock, meaning it was formed from sediments such as mud, silt and sand that were compressed into rock. Much of southern #NovaScotia is underlain by flysch and you can see it at places like #theOvens, Taylor's Head Provincial Park...
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...Western Head by #Liverpool and #BlueRocks by #Lunenburg. You can recognize flysch because it has this great layered look.
Flysch forms in offshore basins adjacent to continents. Underwater sediments, like those being deposited offshore Atlantic Canada today...
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One of #NovaScotia’s earliest gold discoveries took place on June 13, 1861 when James Bowling found gold-bearing quartz veins on Drum Head at #TheOvens, #Lunenburg County.
Here's the history of The Ovens’ #gold rush!
#nspoli #cbpoli
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A month later John Lawson, then-Government Surveyor for the county, found #gold in the sand on the shore. The finds triggered #TheOvens’ gold rush!
Within two months 600 people were seeking their fortunes at The Ovens...
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...so-named because of the dozen sea caves in the cliffs. (The caves eroded naturally but one, Tucker's Tunnel, was extended by mining.) A small town with grocery stores, restaurants, a bank and a hotel quickly sprang up.
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#Gold was discovered in #Molega in June 1886, reportedly by two men from nearby #Brookfield, Robie Hunt and Hubert Spidel.
Check out this history of mining in the area!
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There was a rush of prospectors into the area, which is in #QueensCounty between the #Molega and Ponhook lakes. Molega quickly grew from a population of a dozen to over a thousand, and four general stores, a school and three hotels were built within a few years.
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Work in 1886 exposed several #gold-bearing quartz veins and mining began.
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We love getting questions about #mining, #minerals and #geology! We were asked about historical #gold mining in #Brookfield, #QueensCounty. Check out this thread!

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@GordonWilsonLNS @BernJordanMP @RegionofQueens @LHNOWnews ImageImage
While there were several mines in the #Brookfield #Gold District, almost all the gold produced came from the Brookfield mine operated by Wilbur L. Libbey, which was discovered in 1885.
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In July 1886, it was acquired by John McGuire and some American associates known as the #Brookfield Milling Company. Under McGuire's management a considerable amount of ore was mined and hauled to #PleasantRiver, #Lunenburg County, for milling.
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In 1885 a gold-bearing boulder was discovered in #Blockhouse, #Lunenburg County, but it wasn’t until 1896 that a significant #gold deposit was found. The Blockhouse #Mining Company sank two shafts but the mine closed down not long after.

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In 1898 a new owner, T. Foster, took over. The mine had produced 3259 ounces of #gold (worth $5 million at today's prices) by 1902 when it shut down again. It was mined again briefly from 1935-38.

Today the #Blockhouse gold mine is a forest.

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Blockhouse is named after forts the British built throughout #NovaScotia and across #Canada. Forts were built in the #Blockhouse/#MahoneBay/#LahaveRiver area after a 1756 raid on #Lunenburg. The blockhouse in #Windsor, #NS, is the oldest in Canada that's still standing.
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