McNabs Island (N.S. : Island)

Vegetation inventory of McNabs Island, Lawlors Island and Devils Island : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 33, Folder 2
File
1985

File contains a draft manuscript compiled for Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests, Parks and Recreation Division, gathering information on the flora of three islands in Halifax Harbour. Marked in Freedman's hand as being "Anon (1985)".

Typed notes about McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 60
Item
September 8, 1966

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a collection of notes about McNab's Island that are typed on blue paper with corrections written in pencil. The notes are about the history of the island.

To protect & preserve : McNabs Island : [pamphlet]

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 62
Item
[after 1988]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a pamphlet published by the Friends of McNabs Island Society. The pamphlet is called "To Protect and Preserve: McNabs Island." The pamphlet is about how the area is threatened by a proposed sewage plant. It appears that a membership form that was included with the pamphlet has been detached.

Friends of McNabs Island Society

The rucksack : Newsletter of the Friends of McNabs Island Society

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 74
Item
1993

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is the Autumn 1993 issue of The Rucksack: Newsletter of the Friends of McNabs Island Society. The newsletter is edited by Anne Marie Feetham. The newsletter includes some photographs taken on the island and information about membership and meetings.

Friends of McNabs Island Society

The rucksack : Newsletter of the Friends of McNabs Island Society

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 63
Item
1992

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item consists of two copies of the Autumn 1992 issue of the Rucksack, the newsletter of the Friends of McNabs Island Society.

Friends of McNabs Island Society

Provincial conservation, recreation association compiles chronological history of controversial McNabs Island : [article from the Mail Star]

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 51
Item
December 24, 1965

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a page from the December 24, 1965 issue of the Mail-Star. The page features an article called "Provincial Conservation, Recreation Association Compiles Chronological History of Controversial McNabs Island." The articles was compiled by F. J. Kelly, the chairman of the research committee of the Nova Scotia Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Association.

Proofs of two photographs taken on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 20
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a contact sheet with proofs of two photographs taken on McNab's Island. One photograph shows an unidentified woman looking through binoculars at a wooden pier. The other photograph shows a small abandoned shed.

Proofs of two photographs of people on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 16
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a contact sheet with proofs of two photographs taken on McNab's Island. One photograph shows three women and two men sitting on a bench or a dock. The other photograph shows an unidentified woman bending over a bag on a rocky shoreline.

Proofs of two photographs of abandoned structures on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 19
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a contact sheet with proofs of two photographs taken on McNab's Island. One photograph shows an abandoned stone foundation or wall. The other photograph shows an abandoned and broken wooden staircase.

Proofs of two photographs of a shoreline on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 17
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a contact sheet with proofs of two photographs taken on McNab's Island. One photograph shows and unidentified man standing on a rocky shoreline near some wooden structures. The other photograph shows some abandoned buildings or boats by a rocky shoreline.

Proofs of two photographs from McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 4
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a contact sheet with proofs of two photographs taken on McNab's Island. The photographs show tombstones and a field with tall grass.

Proof sheet of photographs from McNab's Icland

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 2
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a contact sheet with proofs of 12 photographs taken on McNab's Island. The photographs show Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant, other unidentified people, cannons, the landscape, and other scenery from the island.

Proof sheet of photographs from McNab's Icland

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 3
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a contact sheet with proofs of photographs taken on McNab's Island. The photographs show Ernest Arthur Farrant gardening, other unidentified people, tombstones, a dirt road, and blackberry bushes.

Preliminary survey of the natural history of McNab's Island, Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 22, Folder 10
File
1966

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript compiled staff of the Nova Scotia Museum, the Nova Scotia Bird Society, the Dalhousie Biology Club, and the Nova Scotia Research Foundation, and used by Freedman.

Photograph of trees on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 25
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of a row of trees by a forest on McNab's Island.

Photograph of the tombstones of Peter, Joanna, and John Henry McNab

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 12
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of two tombstones from the McNab family in a graveyard on McNab's Island. The first tombstone says "Erected / In Memory of / The Hon [?] Peter McNab / Died 1st June 1817 / Aged 80 Years." The second tombstone says "This Stone is Erected / in the Memory of / Mrs Joanna McNab / Wife of Peter McNab Esq. / who departed this life / 30th[?] May 1827 Aged 61 Years / And / John Henry / Son of / Peter and Joanna McNab / who departed this [life] / June [?] Aged 18 [Years]."

Photograph of the tombstone of Peter McNab

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 13
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of a tombstone in a graveyard on McNab's Island. The tombstone says "In Memory of / Peter McNab Esq. / Who Died / October 6, 1856, / Aged 63 Years." The stone is a pale colour and there are some other tombstones behind it.

Photograph of old machinery on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 35
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of a large cannon or some other kind of machinery on McNab's Island. It is next to a stone wall and surrounded by vegetation.

Photograph of old cannons on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 36
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of seven old cannons sitting in two rows by a forest on McNab's Island.

Photograph of Mrs. Farrant with hollyhocks

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 34
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant wearing a floral dress and standing next to some hollyhocks. She is standing near a house on McNab's Island.

Photograph of Mrs. Farrant

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 30
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Mrs. Farrant wearing a floral dress and sitting on the front step of a house on McNab's Island. Her husband, Ernest Arthur Farrant, is standing next to her with his hand on her shoulder. His face is not visible.

Photograph of Mr. Farrant standing in a garden in front of a house

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 15
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Ernest Arthur Farrant standing between rows of plants in a garden in front of a large wooden house. The photograph was taken on McNab's Island.

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant with lettuce and a pitchfork

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 33
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant standing by a garden next to a large wooden house on McNab's Island. Mrs. Farrant is holding a head of lettuce and Mr. Farrant is leaning on a pitchfork.

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant standing in a garden in front of a house

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 14
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant, two inhabitants of McNab's Island. They are standing between rows of plants in a garden in front of a large wooden house.

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 1
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant, two residents of McNab's Island. They are standing together in front of their house.

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 29
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Arthur Farrant, two residents of McNab's Island. They are sitting together in front of a building.

Photograph of Indian Point Camp on McNab's Island, Nova Scotia

MS-2-656, PB Box 26, Folder 24
File
ca. 1898 or 1899

Part of Catherine Creighton and family fonds

Individuals in the photo are: from left to right - back row : Walter Saunders, Emma Glendenning, John R. Glendenning, Ellie Glendenning and Fred DeYoung. Middle row: Maud Johnston, Ann Young, and "B" Gossip. Front row : Laura Glendenning.

Photograph of five people walking through a field on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 28
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of five unidentified people walking through a field surrounded by trees on McNab's Island. Some industrial looking buildings are visible in the distance.

Photograph of Ernest Arthur Farrant working in his garden

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 11
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Ernest Arthur Farrant using a shovel or a hoe while working in his garden. The photograph was taken on McNab's Island.

Photograph of Ernest Arthur Farrant working in his garden

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 10
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Ernest Arthur Farrant using a shovel or a hoe while working in his garden. The photograph was taken on McNab's Island.

Photograph of Ernest Arthur Farrant digging potatoes

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 32
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of Ernest Arthur Farrant holding a potato while leaning on a shovel or a hoe. He is standing in a small garden on McNab's Island.

Photograph of cannons on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 22
Item
February 20, 1967

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of seven cannons in two rows. The photograph was taken on McNab's Island.

Photograph of an unidentifed woman looking at an old wooden pier

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 24
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of an unidentified woman looking through binoculars at a wooden pier on McNab's Island. There are trees around the shore and another shore with a house visible in the distance.

Photograph of an old wooden staircase on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 21
Item
February 17, 1967

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of an abandoned and broken wooden staircase in a forest. The photograph was taken on McNab's Island.

Photograph of an old wooden staircase

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 48
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of an old broken wooden staircase in a forest on McNab's Island.

Photograph of a small house on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 31
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of a small house on McNab's Island. It is surrounded by a field of small plants and larger trees.

Photograph of a group of people walking on the shore on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 27
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of six unidentified people walking on a rocky shore toward some trees. The photograph was taken on McNab's Island.

Photograph of a graveyard on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 8
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a negative of a photograph of a small graveyard on McNab's Island. There are some tombstones and wooden crosses in the graveyard, which is surrounded by a low fence. The name "Peter McNab" is visible on one of the tombstones.

Photograph of a dirt road

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 6
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a negative of a photograph of a dirt road on McNab's Island. The road is surrounded by trees.

Photograph of a broken gate on McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 26
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photograph of a broken wooden gate surrounded by trees and other plants. The photograph was taken on McNab's Island.

Photograph of a blackberry bush

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 5
Item
[1967?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a negative of a photograph of a blackberry bush. The photograph was taken on McNab's Island.

Photocopied map of McNab's Island

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 64
Item
[199-?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photocopied man of McNab's Island and Lawlor Island in the Halifax Harbour. The map indicates property lines, place names, and the location of houses and farms on the island. The photocopy is spread over two pieces of paper.

Not a waste of money : [letter to the editor from the Mail Star]

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 53
Item
[196-?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a newspaper clipping with two short columns. One column is a letter to the editor by M. J. Harvey called "Not A Waste Of Money." This letter is in reference to another letter by Floyd Day about the future of McNab's Island. The second column is called "Nose for News" and is from the Christian Science Monitor. The clipping is from the Mail-Star.

McNab's Island Christmas bird counts

MS-2-789, Box 32, Folder 4
File
1995-2012

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains handwritten and typed research notes compiled by Freedman and others, documenting bird counts at McNab's Island, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, between the years 1995 and 2012. File also contains correspondence.

McNab's Island : [map]

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 57
Item
[1966?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a photocopied map of McNab's Island. The map has been coloured with coloured pencils to indicate different regions of the island. The map also includes several handwritten annotations about the history of the island. There are more notes written on the back of the map.

McNab & Lawlor Islands : Sketch "B" : [map]

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 61
Item
December 10, 1965

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a map of McNab's Island and Lawlor Island in the Halifax Harbour. The map is photocopied with some details that were possibly penciled in. The map shows which areas of the islands are owned by the Navy or are privately owned.

McNab : Wildlife experts to air views : [newspaper article]

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 59
Item
[196-?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a newspaper clipping from an unknown newspaper that contains two short articles. The first article is called "McNab: WIldlife Esperts To Air Views" and is about decisions related to the recreational use of McNab's Island. The second article is called "'A Bit Out Of The Ordinary'" and is about a court case against James Herbert Messervey that was sent to the Supreme Court. There is no author named for either article.

List of names and addresses from the County Assessment Department

MS-2-130, Box 5, Folder 1, Item 52
Item
[196-?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a handwritten list of names and addresses from Halifax and McNab's Island, written on lined paper. The information is from the County Assessment Department.

Inventory of ecological values on McNab's Island, Halifax County : [draft manuscript]

MS-2-789, Box 33, Folder 1
File
1996

Part of Bill Freedman fonds

File contains the draft manuscript compiled by Freedman and others in the Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, prepared for Parks Canada.

Hugh Bell's plant collecting trips notebook, summer 1943 and summer 1944

MS-2-798, SF Box 87, Folder 3
Item
1943-1944

Part of Hugh Philip Bell fonds

File contains a notebook with details of plant collecting trips in and around Halifax by Hugh Bell and other members of the Biology Department at Dalhousie University.

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