#parrsboro

[zarawest]

Tides in the Minas Basin

The Tide Harbor series is set on the north shore of the Minas Basin. This body of water, a part of the Bay of Fundy, is known for having some of the highest tides in the world. The fictional town of Tide Harbor is located between Economy and Parrsboro. Tide Facts The tides move in and out as fast as a person can walk They rise and fall as much as 14-16 meters (42-56 feet) The highest tides…

[artroadtrip2023]

Summer 2023 Schedule

1. MacPhee House

22404 Nova Scotia Trunk 7, Sheet Harbour, NS B0J 3B0

July 15

2. Annapolis Valley Macdonald Museum

21 School Street, Middleton, NS, B0S 1P0

July 21

3. Colchester Historeum

29 Young St, Truro NS B2N 3W3, Canada

August 2

4. Antigonish Heritage

20 E Main St, Antigonish, NS B2G 2E9

August 4

5. Mabou Museum

11513 Nova Scotia Trunk 19, Mabou, Nova Scotia B0E1X0

August 9

6. Isle Madame

708 Veterans Memorial Drive, Arichat, N.S. B0E 1A0

August 11

7. Age of Sail

8334 Highway 209, Wards Brook, Nova Scotia, B0M 1S0

September 8

8. Ottawa House

1155 Whitehall Road, Parrsboro, NS B0M 1S0

September 10

[chernobog13]

JUSTICE, INC. (vol. 1) #2 (August, 1975). Cover by Jack Kirby.

I remember picking up this issue in a drug store in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, whilst visiting family during summer vacation.

This was my first introduction to The Avenger, via story by Denny O'Neil and fantastic artwork by Jack Kirby and Mike Royer. Unfortunately, the comic book series only lasted 4 issues, despite Kirby doing the artwork on issues #2-4.

After returning home, able to track down most of the paperback reprints of The Avenger's original pulp exploits.

[jdenvs3000w24]

ROCKS

Hello again fellow bloggers,

The most amazing thing about nature for me is the geology of an area. My main fixation in general is pollinators, as exemplified by my group's podcast, “What the Buzz?” and I love bees and ants and stuff like that. However, anytime I'm out hiking or just exploring, I can't help but get excited about rocks. The geology and topography of an area tell a story that goes back millions of years. For instance, down where I'm from in Nova Scotia there is a place called the Bay of Fundy, I'm sure you've all heard f it considering it is home to the world's highest tides.  Down near a little village named Walton there is a shale beach with a massive cliff and folds in the rocks. 

This cliff face tells the story of two landmasses colliding together to form what is now Nova Scotia. Initially happening long before the Atlantic formed. And then the Bay of Fundy itself formed from the rifting of North America from Africa and Europe. This caused the split in the mountain chain that now has pieces in Morocco, Scotland, the USA, Canada, and Norway!

(pictures taken by me, Walton Cliffs)

A little closer to campus there is a location in Hamilton called the Devil's Punchbowl. I've gone there twice now for class field trips. The Devil's Punchbowl tells a story of the ancient seas and streams that used to run through this area of southwest Ontario. The grains of sand that make up the sandstone tell stories of millions of years ago. The dolomitic capstone of the Niagara Escarpment tells another story, so long as you speak the language of rocks and sediment. 

(another photo by me, Devils Punchbowl)

Another area of Nova Scotia I've hiked through is on the Cape Split Peninsula. This region of the province is located on basaltic bedrock which formed during the same event that formed the Bay of Fundy. Magma pours out of the earth to form the north mountain range which makes up the sea sideward side of the Annapolis valley. The cape is covered in rocks filled with copper ore speckled through basaltic rock. Based on the patterns and the lack of crystallization you can tell that this magma cools very quickly, likely due to a rushing in of seawater after the rifting event. 

(another photo by me, Cape Split Point)

Further up the bay, there are a few islands, near Parrsboro, the indigenous peoples of the area, the Mi’kmaq, called these the five islands. The five islands are part of the legends passed down by the Mi’kmaq people. The story goes that Kluskap, or Glooscap as the settlers called him, who was a giant man, was fighting a giant beaver in the bay. During the fight, Kluskap hurled 5 large boulders at the beaver that formed the islands today, the beaver was said to have been trapped by the boulders and sticks causing him to turn into gold underground. Geologically these islands are exposed parts of the north mountain chain that I talked about earlier but it's neat learning about the indigenous peoples’ folklore, especially when centered around how the landscape was formed. 

Anyways, till next week bloggers!

[jeanhm]

Margaretsville lighthouse

5 Islands lighthouse

Parrsboro lighthouse

Port Grenviille lighthouse

Spencer island lighthouse

[kandsgoeast]

Early Sunday afternoon visit to the Parrsboro area.

May 28, 2023

[mostlythemarsh]

Parrsboro Golf Course

[ask-the-nova-scotians]

Happy Halloween from Nova Scotia! 🎃👻🦇

[surfingthesealand]

Inktober Day 5: Build ✒️

Although it's way past beach season now, I couldn't help but draw uncle and nephew building sandcastles! 🏰🏖️

[waterfallfallingforeveragain]

[artroadtrip2023]

8. Ottawa House

1155 Whitehall Road, Parrsboro, NS B0M 1S0

Contact - Uli Rockenbauer 

902-254-2376

Art on the Beach

Saturday, September 9 from 1 to 4 pm

Ottawa House

1155 Whitehall Road, Parrsboro, NS B0M 1S0

Join us for a group build on the beach in front of the Ottawa House. We will work as a community to create a single land art installation using the rocks and sand present at the location. This art project will be a collective experience that will only exist in photographs and memories after the tide carries it away. Come by to watch or participate. Stay for the afternoon or just 15 minutes all are invited to help or just cheer us on.

Supplies

gloves

rakes

hoes

shovels 

buckets

tape measures

stacks

rope

print out of design with measurements to scale up.

Descriptions

Create a design to be reproduced on the beach ahead of time. 

Decide how big the finished piece will be.

Create a to-scale plan of the design. Notate the sizes and distance it will be in its finished beach format.

Use rakes to smooth the area you will be creating your design.

Using rope, stakes, and tape measures outline the design to-scale on the beach.

Decide what you will use to delineate the background from the fore ground of the design.

Start to gather the rocks you will be using to create the design.

Carefully start to illustrate your design in its enlarged format on the beach. Consult your original design and retake out the design as it evolves.

Be mindful of the tide and photograph along the way.

[lazyjacks]

Four-masted Governor Parr launched at Huntley Shipyards – last schooner build in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia March 1919 Nova Scotia Archives 1984-497 number 105  

[raziraphale]

Found this game on twitter based on the 2021 census to test how much of the Canadian population (by province/territory) you can cover by listing all the cities and towns you know and... well...

Discovering I know fuck-all about BC and Nunavut and that Ontario has way too many large population centres like I named a ton and still barely broke 50%

Feel free to add your superior scores to shame me for not travelling farther west than Toronto

Edit: just changed the screenshot with the updated NS score bc as soon as I posted this like 20 towns I missed like an idiot were beamed into my brain lol

[stephangiannini]

Parrsboro Evensong, 9 x 10” or 23 x 25 cm., oil. #pipaf #parrsboro #pleinairpainting #novascotia (at Parrsboro, Nova Scotia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz2_XVKn3pI/?igshid=1oy9dz9r0tkzu