This sign marks the entrance.
Photographed on 24 June 2003
GPS location: 46°56'32"N 60°27'46"W
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24 June 1958
The Commanding Officer of RCAF Station Sydney, F/L GW Young, COpsO and F/O KM Morgan, CAdO, accompanied G/C NW Timmerman, CO of Station Chatham, who was representing the AOC, together with a party of 29 airmen, today attended the unveiling of the John Cabot Memorial at Cape North. The Memorial, which had been erected by the Cape Breton Historical Society, was unveiled by the Honourable Stephen Pyke, Provincial Minister of Labour and the occasion was marked by full participation by all branches of the Armed Forces. A fly-past by three Neptune aircraft was arranged by MACHQ and three Navy ships were standing off shore throughout the ceremonies.
Source: http://www.pinetreeline.org/other/other42/other42q.html
Links to Relevant WebsitesThe Cabot Dilemma: John Cabot's 1497 Voyage & the Limits of Historiographyhttp://etext.lib.virginia.edu/journals/EH/EH33/croxto33.html John Cabot article in the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica http://37.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CA/CABOT_JOHN.htm John Cabot, the Discoverer of North America... an 1896 book now online http://www.canadiana.org/cgi-bin/ECO/mtq?doc=05393 Cape Breton Landfall Argument http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/bretonfall.html Patent Granted by King Henry VII to John Cabot and his Sons, March 1496 http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/1496patent.html John and Sebastian Cabot by the National Maritime Museum http://www.nmm.ac.uk/site/request/setTemplate:singlecontent/ contentTypeA/conWebDoc/contentId/135/navId/00500300f005 The John Day letter http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/johnday.html Matthew of Bristol http://www.matthew.co.uk/history/jcabot.html John Cabot http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/cabot.html Who was John Cabot? http://www.italian-american.com/cab1.htm The Matthew Legacy http://janus.northatlantic.nf.ca/~ea972579/cabot.html | |
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Nova Scotia Trail commemorative plaque, Bristol, England
by the Public Monument and Sculpture Association http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/BL/BR251.htm
and the Minister of Highways was Percy C. Black. |
Transtlantic Telegraph historic site 1856 Aspy Bay
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Neils Harbour war memorial Neils Harbour
Ingonish war memorial Ingonish
Indian Brook war memorial Indian Brook
North River war memorial North River
Port Dauphin Naval Base monument, 1713-1719 Englishtown
Englishtown war memorial Englishtown
Middle River war memorial Middle River
Belle Cote war memorial Belle Cote
Cheticamp war memorial Cheticamp
French Mountain war memorial French Mountain
Inverness coal miners monument Inverness
Whycocomagh war memorial Whycocomagh
A.G. Bell National Historic Park Baddeck
Three plaques: Bell, Baldwin, McCurdy Baddeck
First Aeroplane Flight monument Baddeck
Captain James Cook monument Halifax
Rawding Captains Monument Clementsport
Donald McKay memorial Jordan Falls
Hits per calendar month
2009 Jul 34
2009 Jun 99
2009 May 145
2009 Apr 218
2009 Mar 304
2009 Feb 296
2009 Jan 303
2008 Dec 184
2008 Nov 300
2008 Oct 332
2008 Sep 226
2008 Aug 55
2008 Jul 52
2008 Jun 156
2008 May 188
2008 Apr 235
2008 Mar 198
2008 Feb 260
2008 Jan 296
2007 Dec 141
2007 Nov 120
2007 Oct 145
2007 Sep 161
2007 Aug 40
2007 Jul 35
2007 Jun 42
2007 May 65
2007 Apr 70
2007 Mar 59
2007 Feb 112
2007 Jan 82
2006 Dec 45
2006 Nov 72
2006 Oct -
2006 Sep 50
2006 Aug 26
2006 Jul 13
2006 Jun -
2006 May -
2006 Apr -
2006 Mar -
2006 Feb -
2006 Jan -
"-" means data are not available
2005 Dec -
2005 Nov -
2005 Oct -
2005 Sep -
2005 Aug -
2005 Jul -
2005 Jun 136
2005 May 249
2005 Apr 274
2005 Mar 315
2005 Feb 355
2005 Jan 360
2004 Dec 281
2004 Nov 470
2004 Oct 605
2004 Sep 432
2004 Aug 80
2004 Jul 52
2004 Jun 110
2004 May 157
2004 Apr 181
2004 Mar 173
2004 Feb 179
2004 Jan 170
2003 Dec 90
2003 Nov 147
2003 Oct 92
2003 Sep 69
2003 Aug 11
2003 Jul 11
2003 Jun 30
2003 May 53
2003 Apr 21
In the above monthly hits report, note the large traffic component attributable to students.
In July and August of each year, when the schools are closed, traffic is sharply reduced.
In the above monthly hits report, note the large traffic component attributable to students.
In July and August of each year, when the schools are closed, traffic is sharply reduced.