East Hants Historical Society Newsletter Articles

EHHS uploads a newsletter by email on the first of the month. Its purpose is to inform our members and others interested in upcoming events/programs and information about Lower Selma Museum & Heritage Cemetery. Also, we use the newsletter to present articles, or excerpts of articles if they are too long, about East Hants history, written by our staff or by other earlier sources. We share them here for your convenience.

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Where the heck is Douglas !? - by Patricia Whidden--an article about the history of the naming of districts/locations/communities in East Hants.

Hayes Cave--A Memoir  by Elizabeth Ann Forsaith.--Hayes Cave is a well-known bat sanctuary out  off Old Rock Road in the community of Lattie's Brook (near South Maitland) along the Five Mile River. The area was also well-known for its gypsum mining.

History of Lumbering in Nova Scotia with a Portable Saw Mill from 1900 to 1930   Author is unknown. This article covers the earlier days and processes of lumbering, with reference to tools and their function. Photos added from EHHS collection.

Normandy Bound 3rd Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery--A Memoir. Author Unknown. This document was given out to members of the 3rd Regiment at a reunion. It details the arrival of the Regiment in France and their military movement east and eventually into the Netherlands during WWII.

Captain John Alexander Pratt Captain John A. Pratt was a Master Mariner with Macumber and Pratt family connections in Maitland and Selma. This article recounts his receiving a medal from the Italian king for his action in saving lives in a shipwreck, ca. 1888.