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Lucy Maude

Sweet Suburb 
A History of Prince’s Lodge, Birch Cove and Rockingham
by Sharon and Wayne Ingalls

This lavishly illustrated history traces the little-known story of how a wilderness was transformed into a pleasant leafy suburb, weaving together many stories of the people who chose to make it their home. 

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Lucy Maude
Imperoyal Village
Our Place in the Past
by John D. Hartley

Imperial Oil built Imperoyal Village between it’s refinery in Dartmouth Nova Scotia and the Shearwater Naval Air Station just as WW I was ending. We experience “the Wonder Town” through the villager’s stories, and archival and personal photographs.

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Lucy Maude
Glen Margaret
by Anita Crathorne Legalley

Located on St. Margaret's Bay near Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia, Glen Margaret is noted for its islands and sheltered coves. Most residents now commute to Halifax for employment, but previous generations made a living from a mixture of agriculture, fishing and tourism.

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Lucy Maude

Life on Croucher's Island
by Maggie B. Boutilier

Maggie Beatrice Slauenwhite married Wentworth Willis Boutilier on April 13, 1918. After the war he took the job of lighthouse keeper on Croucher's Island in Saint Margaret's Bay. They would live on the island until 1944.

This is a chronicle of their lives during that period, as written by Maggie from her memory of the events.

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Lucy Maude
Nova Scotia's Ethnic Roots
by Alfreda Withrow

During the past two hundred and fifty years, numerous ethnic groups have continued to emigrate to Nova Scotia from their homelands.This book reveals why the various immigrants decided to settle in this province, what happened to them during their flight and where they decided to put down their roots.

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Lucy Maude
Outposts of Celtica
History and Heroes of the Celtic World
by J.P. MacLean

The surviving Celtic world of today, though vibrant and engaging in itself, is only a remnant of the culture that once dominated most of Europe and parts of Asia. From the Anatolian plains in present day Turkey to the Highlands of Scotland, the tribal Celts reigned supreme across this vast expanse for over four hundred years.

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