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Another reminder that the Nova Scotia Archives will be CLOSED from Monday June 8th to Friday June 12th (including Wednes...
06/05/2026

Another reminder that the Nova Scotia Archives will be CLOSED from Monday June 8th to Friday June 12th (including Wednesday evening hours) due to building maintenance. We apologize for any inconveniences. We will be open regular hours the following week, beginning Monday June 15th.

Signed in Boston, 15 December 1725, by J. Willard, Secretary of the General Court or Assembly of the Province of Massach...
06/04/2026

Signed in Boston, 15 December 1725, by J. Willard, Secretary of the General Court or Assembly of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and various leaders from First Nations in Nova Scotia and New England.

The final clause of the treaty states that it "shall be ratified at Annapolis Royal," which took place 300 years ago on 4 June 1726. No copies of that ratification exist at the Nova Scotia Archives.

This is an original document. Other copies of the original can be found at the National Archives (London UK) in the Colonial Office Papers, CO 217, Vol. 4, No. 349.

Transcript is from W. E. Daugherty, Maritime Indian treaties in historical perspective (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1981); Treaty No. 239 in their numbered treaty series.

Date: 1725
Retrieval no.: Peace and Friendship Treaties Nova Scotia Archives O/S number 511
Link: https://archives.novascotia.ca/mikmaq/archives/?ID=615

06/04/2026

Tomorrow marks the 300th anniversary of the signing of the Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1726.

Join us at Fort Anne NHS as we come together to commemorate this significant moment in Canada’s history.

Cultural programming begins at 10:00 a.m. A formal ceremony will take place at 1:30 p.m. Watch the livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/1oO1XK5WTQI

John M. BlaikieBuilt in 1885 at Londonderry (Great Village), NS by John M. Blaikie. Registered at Halifax, NS, registrat...
05/15/2026

John M. Blaikie

Built in 1885 at Londonderry (Great Village), NS by John M. Blaikie. Registered at Halifax, NS, registration no. 27, 1885; owned by McLellan & Blaikie and others; wrecked 4 May 1891.

Artist: William H. York

Reference: Documentary Art Collection Nova Scotia Archives 1979-147 364

Plan of certain lands at Lake Porter (without signature or date).Note on bottom left of page "I am a Shamed (sic) to sen...
05/14/2026

Plan of certain lands at Lake Porter (without signature or date).

Note on bottom left of page "I am a Shamed (sic) to send you so awkwardly painted a Sheet but have not time to have it Copied, nor any older boy by to do it"

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 103

Sally Ross and May Bouchard beside the Deslauriers house/café. Sally Ross is a writer, translator and researcher special...
05/14/2026

Sally Ross and May Bouchard beside the Deslauriers house/café. Sally Ross is a writer, translator and researcher specializing in the history and culture of the Acadians of Nova Scotia.

Location: Pomquet - Holy Cross Church

Reference: Sally Ross Nova Scotia Archives 2013-032 film 42 no.23

The Richard McCully Aerial Photograph Collection, 1931. Tommy Caldwell House (Amherst, Nova Scotia)Date: 27 August 1931F...
05/13/2026

The Richard McCully Aerial Photograph Collection, 1931.

Tommy Caldwell House (Amherst, Nova Scotia)
Date: 27 August 1931
Format: glass plate negative; 12.5 cm x 17.5 cm.

Today marks 100 years of CHNS radio! The CHNS was founded in 1925 by Major William C. Borrett and fellow members of the ...
05/12/2026

Today marks 100 years of CHNS radio! The CHNS was founded in 1925 by Major William C. Borrett and fellow members of the Halifax Radio Listeners' Club, Cecil Landry, Lionel Shatford and John Redmond. The group launched its first broadcast from the Carleton Hotel on 12 May 1926, with technical support from the Northern Electric Co. In the same year, the station came under the ownership of Halifax Herald Ltd.; in 1936 ownership was transferred to the Maritime Broadcasting Co. Borrett served as CHNS managing director from 1926 until his retirement in 1951. The station produced news, education, and entertainment programs. Popular among its early programs were "Uncle Mel" a children's comedy show by broadcaster Hugh Mills, "Atlantic Nocturne", a program featuring readings to organ accompaniment by J. Frank Willis, and "Tales Told Under the Old Town Clock", Borrett's own program on Nova Scotia history.

Translation request!We have had a donor approach us about having a family diary translated, but no one on staff is famil...
05/11/2026

Translation request!

We have had a donor approach us about having a family diary translated, but no one on staff is familiar with this kind of shorthand. Please reach out if you are familiar with this text!

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