In 1953 Nova Scotia zoologist Sherman Bleakney made a surprising discovery. He found a female Blanding’s turtle living near Kejimkujik Lake. Until then, scientists did not know that the freshwater Blanding’s turtles lived in Nova Scotia. In 1990, this small population of Blanding’s turtles in southwestern Nova Scotia became a protected species and three years later was designated a threatened species.
Set in Nova Scotia’s Kejimkujik National Park, this remarkable story is about a young Mi’kmaw girl and her family’s encounter with a Blanding’s turtle hatchling. Richly illustrated by the award-winning artist Jeffery C. Domm, The Hatchling’s Journey provides us with first-hand experience observing the turtle hatchlings emerging from their nests and their fascinating journey into the Kejimkujik woods for winter. Nominated for a 2005 Hackmatack Award.
[…] the Seven Districts that comprised the main Mi’kmaq government in what is today Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and parts of Maine. For France, Cornwallis was entering “Acadie,” […]
Everything Manitoba will take you on a wild romp across the province. From Dave Baxter’s 10 Manitoba cold cases to Adam Kelly’s 10 favourite Manitoba landscapes to Charles Burchill’s 10 favourite Manitoba canoe routes and Joanne Kelly’s 11 favourite books written by a Manitoba author … it is all here.
From the top 10 things that make Manitoba a great place to live to the 10 most successful recording artists from Manitoba, 10 Manitoba records according to Guinness and top 10 must-have items for surviving a Manitoba winter, this is a book that wow and entertain you on every page. In addition to Chris Rutkowski’s top 10 Manitoba haunts and Shanley Spence’s 8 favourite stops on Manitoba’s pow wow circuit, we get well-known Manitobans to weigh in on their favourite things about Manitoba. In Everything British Manitoba you’ll also find lists by Ace Burpee, Mike Green, Niigaan Sinclair, Chris D. and many, many more.
If you love Manitoba (and we know that you do), you’ll love Everything Manitoba. Whether you are a lifelong resident or visiting for the first time, there’s no more complete book about Manitoba and no book is more fun!
National bestselling author Lesley Crewe’s new novel explores widowhood, complicated family dynamics, and growing up at any age. Well, Dick’s dead. Now what? Margo, his widow, is trying to dodge […]
Wayne Curtis was born and raised in the rural Miramichi community of Keenan. A high school dropout, he has worked at many jobs in the woods and in factories, including six years with General Motors. He has also been a storekeeper and a river guide. Returning to school during his adult years, he took night courses to get his high school diploma, followed by three years of university, eventually earning an honorary doctorate from St. Thomas University. Wayne has written for The Globe and Mail and The National Post and is the author of three novels, four books of short stories and a screenplay for the CBC. Long Ago and Far Away is his thirteenth book.
The Loyalist ascendancy in the Maritimes was short-lived but pervasive. Included here are the buildings, the institutions and the culture that they left behind.
St.Andrews-by-the-Sea is a much photographed little town, beloved by visitors and residents.The visual heritage of the town and the surrounding community has been documented by many photographers and reproduced here with historical context.
When New Brunswick became its own colony in 1784, the government concluded several peace treaties with the Mi’kmaq and Maliseet in the territory that protected First Nations lands. But as […]
Stephen Pearl’s new translation of Goncharov’s Obyknovennaya istoriya, will introduce English speakers to a Russian classic just as amusing and fascinating as the author’s better known Oblomov, which probably owes […]
Nova Scotia can largely, and perhaps fairly, be considered a sleepy little corner of the country; with its rocky shores, winding rural roads, and abundance of small towns with deep roots […]