Friends of McNabs Island Society - Rucksack Newsletter

McNABS ISLAND

Halifax Co, Nova Scotia A Historical Overview BY Brian Kinsman Parks and Recreation Division NS Department of the Environment April 1995

This Internet version is prepared by Colin Stewart for the Federation of Nova Scotia Naturalists, with the permission of the author and publisher. The footnotes were deleted in preparing this version, and not all figures will be immediately available; otherwise the contents are unchanged.

What is this and Why have we made it available?

This is an INTERNET version of the above titled booklet by Brian Kinsman. The three islands (McNabs, Lawlors and Devils) have been in the process of becoming a provincial park for decades. They have immense natural, historical and recreational significance. Posting this document makes the historical significance more widely available.

Information on the McNabs Island Park Planning process including the public discussion documents will be available through the McNabs Island Park Home Page.

Download: TEXT OF SECTIONS

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1.0 INTRODUCTION (4 K)
2.0 & 3.0 PRE-EUROPEAN to EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT (19 K)
4.0 THE MCNAB FAMILY (1782-1934) (24 K)

5.0 ISLAND RESIDENTS (1793-1867) (14 K)
6.0, 7.0 & 8.0 CHOLERA, HMS TRIBUNE & MAUGHER BEACH (12 K)
9.0 RECREATIONAL USE OF MCNABS ISLAND (17 K)
10.0 FORTIFICATIONS (21 K)

11.0 & 12.0 LAWLOR and DEVILS ISLANDS (10 K)
13.0 FOLKLORE (6 K)

BIBLIOGRAPHY (11 K)

Download: FIGURES

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Figure 1 Location Map
Figure 2 McNabs Island
Figure 3 Plan of Chibouquctou, 1711
Figure 4 A Plan of the Harbour of Chebuctou and Town of Halifax, 1750
Figure 5 Peter McNab II
Figure 6 James McNab
Figure 7 Land Ownership, McNabs Island, c.1855
Figure 8 McNabs Island and the Hugonin Home, c.1895
Figure 9 Hugonin - Perrin House, McNabs Island, c.1890, with Perrin Family
Figure 10 Halifax from McNabs Island, c.1862
Figure 11 McNabs Island, c.1885, showing Findlay House on Left and Former Innes Farm on Right
Figure 12 View on McNabs Island with Halifax in Background, c.1860
Figure 13a War Department Property, McNabs Island, 1867
Figure 13b War Department Property, McNabs Island, 1867
Figure 14 Peter McNab III Stone House, c.1870
Figure 15 Plan of the Peninsula and Harbour of Halifax, 1808
Figure 16 Southern Half of McNabs Island, 1865
Figure 17 H.M. Dockyard, Halifax, 1870, with Pyramus on Left
Figure 18 Sketch of Maughers Beach, c.1830
Figure 19 Woolnough's Pleasure Ground, August 9, 1873
Figure 20 Sherbrooke Tower, McNabs Island, c.1870
Figure 21 Fort Ives, c.1873

This Internet version of McNabs Island: An Historical Overview is provided by the Federation of Nova Scotia Naturalists (FNSN) as a contribution to the park planning process and was moved to the Friends of McNabs Island Society site for long term reference (July '97)

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