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Greenfield schools, hotels and wilderness park – Part 2

Article online since April 28th 2008
This description of the fishing on the Medway River in 1903 was written by R.R. MacLeod, a sports fisherman of the day, and tells it all: “On the Port Medway River, Queens County, N.S., there is probably the best salmon fishing in the province, from the mouth upward some 12 miles to Greenfield,...
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Greenfield schools, hotels and wilderness park – Part 1

Article online since April 21st 2008
Much of the story of the village comes from information found in Janet (Wamboldt) Wile's 1975 history, Samuel Hunt's diary and from Freda Freeman and Alan Hunt's recollections. The village of Ponoque became Greenfield in 1850. Wile surmised that the name change occurred because of the small...
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Joseph Howe had pow-wow with Greenfield chief

Article online since April 14th 2008
Joseph Howe was a famous journalist and Premier of Nova Scotia. A letter, written by Henry T. Ross of Toronto, recalls a story about Howe's visit to Greenfield, N.S. in 1857. It revealed a lot about Howe's skill as a diplomat and arbitrator. This letter, which Henry Ross wrote to the editor...
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Long lumbering history in Greenfield

Article online since April 7th 2008
The pioneer settlers of the early 1800s in Greenfield, Queens County recognized the Medway River was full of fish, a means of transportation, and beautiful. But it was not long before they realized it could also provide waterpower for industry. In 1832, the falls (just below the present bridge)...
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Floating fish plant becomes Mersey Seafoods

Article online since March 31st 2008
On June 8, 1965, a ponderous steel barge that was destined to form the basic structure of Liverpool's new fish processing plant was launched at the marine railway of Steel and Engine Products Limited, without a hitch or fanfare. The launching was scheduled for three o'clock and precisely at...

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