The Wellington Dyke
by Whitelaw, Marjory
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1551092328
- ISBN 13
- 9781551092324
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Halifax, NS: Nimbus Publishing and the Nova Scotia Museum, 1997. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. This booklet (54 pages) looks new, with a crisp clean interior and fresh covers. A very nice copy. Synopsis: "This is the story of the Wellington Dyke, in what was the Cornwallis Township , King's County, Nova Scotia. for more than 160 years it has been a bastion against the waters of the Minas Basin, protecting the rich fertile marshlands of the Canard River system from invasion by the great surging tides that sweep up the Bay of Fundy into the basin." Contents: 1. Natural history of the Minas Basin; -- 2. Arrival of the Acadians; -- 3. The Planters learn their trade; -- 4. Building the Wellington Dyke. -- 5. As time goes by; -- 6. The Dyke today.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Granny Goose Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006916
- Title
- The Wellington Dyke
- Author
- Whitelaw, Marjory
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1551092328
- ISBN 13
- 9781551092324
- Publisher
- Nimbus Publishing and the Nova Scotia Museum
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Nova Scotia, Acadians, Planters, History, Canard River, Fundy Basin, Cornwallis Township, King's County, Kings
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadiana; Nova Scotia;
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Ottawa, Ontario
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