http://www.capebretonfoods.com Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:09:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Picture to yourself, M. le Gouverneur, our plight: without a guide in the heart of the wild, not daring to retrace our steps to Quebec, knowing nothing of what lay before us, our food and ammunition low. Besides, we feared the vengeance of the tribe, for the two men ... http://www.capebretonfoods.com/2008/02/26/annals-of-nova-scotia-knew-them-no-more/ Again the three men at the board head consulted in whispers. "This is also very strange," said the governor. "Why did you not sail to old France or to the government of Cape Breton?" "It was not for want of effort," said the Frenchman. "I approached the master of every ... http://www.capebretonfoods.com/2008/02/26/this-shirt-belonged-to-aeneas/ The governor frowned. "Who and what are you?" he demanded, "and what is the reason of your coming to this place?" As the governor said this, he stared hard at the man. Me. Adams translated the question into French. Mr. Shirreff, stood at the foot of the table with standish, ... http://www.capebretonfoods.com/2008/02/26/cafe-near-the-palais-royal/ On the 9th of December, 1725, the monotony of garrison life at Annapolis Royal was broken by an unusual event. Early that morning, a shivering sentry in his watch-coat on the snowy ramparts of Fort Anne had observed a black speck far down the Basin, creeping along the northern shore. ... http://www.capebretonfoods.com/2008/02/26/the-slaying-of-aeneas/ These true tales are drawn from the romantic past of Nova Scotia, and have been studied from authentic documents. In each case, the reader is referred to the original authority. Pains have been taken to verify details. For example, in preparing the narrative of the loss of ... http://www.capebretonfoods.com/2008/02/26/cape-breton-nova-scotia-the-romantic-past/ It was Saturday, May 1, 1908, and two small New Ross, Lunenburg County, boys had just finished eating dinner. The boys were brothers, Fred, seven and a half years old, and Ira, nine years old, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Meister. The day was dark and rather cold, ... http://www.capebretonfoods.com/2007/12/16/new-ross-lunenburg-county-what-happened-to-little-freddy-meister/ Halifax, the ancient and picturesque capitol of Nova Scotia, is visited every summer by thousands of American tourists. They enjoy their escape from the torrid heat of August at home, to the cool sea air, the clear blue days, and the peaceful sleep-filled nights, and they find no little ... http://www.capebretonfoods.com/2007/12/16/halifax-ancient-picturesque-capitol-of-nova-scotia/ Some time between seven and fifteen years after the original discovery, operations at the Pit were resumed. Most accounts say "seven years," which would place the resumption of work about 1803; although the account in the Colonist of January 2, 1864, gives the time as "fifteen years" after the ... http://www.capebretonfoods.com/2007/10/26/money-pit-discoveries-1804-1805/ In his history, DesBrisay gives a shortened but circumstantial account of the discovery of the Pit in 1795 and its later history, based mainly upon an account in The Colonist, a Halifax newspaper, published on December 20, 1863, and from other sources of information. Some time in the spring or ... http://www.capebretonfoods.com/2007/10/26/discovery-of-the-money-pit/ The most reliable account of the discovery of the Money Pit, so-called, is given by Judge Mather B. DesBrisay in the second or 1895 edition of his History of the County of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, first published in 1870. DesBrisay lived in Chester in the days of his childhood ... http://www.capebretonfoods.com/2007/10/24/discoverers-of-oak-island/