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"Beautiful Nova Scotia"
10/08/2026

"Beautiful Nova Scotia"

"Harvest Queen" of Windsor, Nova Scotia. Built in 1887. Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Photographic Collection
10/07/2026

"Harvest Queen" of Windsor, Nova Scotia. Built in 1887.

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Photographic Collection

Tracing of a petroglyph of a full-rigged ship. Date: 1888Petroglyph tracings C: Ships and vessels #14. 4 negatives and ...
10/05/2026

Tracing of a petroglyph of a full-rigged ship.

Date: 1888

Petroglyph tracings C: Ships and vessels #14. 4 negatives and 6 positives. The tracings bear a red 'X' mark which indicates that they were found at the Port Medway River.

Reference: George Creed - Petroglyphs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 Vol. 11 C14

Yankee yacht Elmira, a two-master under sail outside Halifax Harbour, NS, August 1905.Date: 1905Photographer: C.E. Smith...
10/02/2026

Yankee yacht Elmira, a two-master under sail outside Halifax Harbour, NS, August 1905.

Date: 1905

Photographer: C.E. Smith

Reference: C.E. Smith Nova Scotia Archives 1984-58 number 44

The Navy ship, HMS Antrim.Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Photographic Collection
10/01/2026

The Navy ship, HMS Antrim.

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Photographic Collection

In addition to our closure on Wednesday, September 30th, in honour of Truth and Reconciliation Day, we have the followin...
09/29/2026

In addition to our closure on Wednesday, September 30th, in honour of Truth and Reconciliation Day, we have the following upcoming closures:

Thursday, October 1 is our regularly scheduled delayed opening. We will open at 12pm.

Tuesday October 6 we will be closing early, at 12 pm.

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

The Nova Scotia Archives will be closed on Wednesday, September 30th, in honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconc...
09/28/2026

The Nova Scotia Archives will be closed on Wednesday, September 30th, in honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Schooner making its way up Halifax Harbour to A.G. Jones' wharf. Date: ca.1885Reference: Jones-Bannerman Nova Scotia Arc...
09/28/2026

Schooner making its way up Halifax Harbour to A.G. Jones' wharf.

Date: ca.1885

Reference: Jones-Bannerman Nova Scotia Archives 1996-156

Anchors Aweigh, Nova Scotia Canada's Ocean Playground magazine. Coloured photograph on the front cover of sail boats; ''...
09/24/2026

Anchors Aweigh, Nova Scotia Canada's Ocean Playground magazine.

Coloured photograph on the front cover of sail boats; ''Main Highways of Nova Scotia are Now Paved'' on the back cover.

Date: 1939

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Library: F91 N85 N85

Fishing boats waiting at the Kenney fish plant to upload their catches. Westport, Digby County. October, 1951. Photograp...
09/23/2026

Fishing boats waiting at the Kenney fish plant to upload their catches. Westport, Digby County. October, 1951.

Photographer: John Collier Jr.

Reference: Alexander H. Leighton Nova Scotia Archives 1988-413 negative number 5460-d

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