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| 14:35, 14 October 2019 | CPR DAR ETT 90, 1936 Yarmouth sub .jpg (file) |  |
1,018 KB | Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection | 1 |
| 14:34, 14 October 2019 | CPR DAR ETT 90, 1936 Kingsport, Weston subs .jpg (file) |  |
1.28 MB | Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection | 1 |
| 14:32, 14 October 2019 | CPR DAR ETT 90, 1936 Truro sub .jpg (file) |  |
1.28 MB | Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection | 1 |
| 14:31, 14 October 2019 | CPR DAR ETT 90, 1936 Halifax sub .jpg (file) |  |
1.17 MB | Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection | 1 |
| 14:30, 14 October 2019 | CPR DAR ETT 90, 1936 special instructions .jpg (file) |  |
1.37 MB | Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection | 1 |
| 14:28, 14 October 2019 | CPR DAR ETT 90, 1936 .jpg (file) |  |
242 KB | Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection | 1 |
| 12:02, 14 October 2019 | SS Prince Arthur Back.jpg (file) |  |
46 KB | Dominion Atlantic Steamer Ship Prince Arthur c1910 Postcard - back<br> source: eBay auction - October 2019<br> Category:EBay Sales Images Category:Postcards | 1 |
| 11:50, 14 October 2019 | SS Prince Albert Postcard back.jpg (file) |  |
355 KB | eBay Sales Image - October 2019<br> Pencil writing says:"This is just a view of my hometown, B."<br> Category:EBay Sales Images Category:Postcards | 2 |
| 11:46, 14 October 2019 | SS Prince Albert at Parrsboro NS.jpg (file) |  |
431 KB | eBay Sales Image - October 2019<br> Category:EBay Sales Images Category:Postcards | 1 |
| 11:36, 14 October 2019 | SS Boston back.jpg (file) |  |
41 KB | Yarmouth Nova Scotia Steamer Ship SS Boston c1910 Postcard #4 source eBay auction October 2019<br> Category:EBay Sales Images | 1 |
| 11:34, 14 October 2019 | SS Boston.jpg (file) |  |
58 KB | Yarmouth Nova Scotia Steamer Ship SS Boston c1910 Postcard #4 source eBay auction October 2019<br> Category:EBay Sales Images | 1 |
| 11:26, 14 October 2019 | SS Acadia.jpg (file) |  |
861 KB | ''Courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives''<br> 'Canada's Ocean Playground'<br> The Tourism Industry in Nova Scotia, 1870-1970<br> <br> S.S. Acadia<br> Operated by the Eastern Steamship Line. Sailed between Yarmouth and New York.<br> Date: 1932<br> <br> Refer... | 1 |
| 11:22, 14 October 2019 | SS Acadia 02 Back.jpg (file) |  |
135 KB | SS ACADIA Eastern Steamship Lines 1930-1945 New York - Nova Scotia Ship Postcard source - eBay auction - October 2019<br> Category:EBay Sales Images<br> Category:EBay Sales Images | 1 |
| 11:20, 14 October 2019 | SS Acadia 02.jpg (file) |  |
186 KB | SS ACADIA Eastern Steamship Lines 1930-1945 New York - Nova Scotia Ship Postcard source - eBay auction - October 2019<br> Category:EBay Sales Images<br> Category:EBay Sales Images | 1 |
| 11:11, 14 October 2019 | Second SS Yarmouth.jpg (file) |  |
195 KB | ''Courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives''<br> 'Canada's Ocean Playground'<br> The Tourism Industry in Nova Scotia, 1870-1970<br> S.S. Yarmouth<br> Operated by the Eastern Steamship Line. Launched in 1927, running between Yarmouth and Boston. In this picture... | 1 |
| 10:15, 14 October 2019 | Station to Hotel Ride.jpg (file) |  |
194 KB | ''Courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives''<br> 'Canada's Ocean Playground'<br> The Tourism Industry in Nova Scotia, 1870-1970<br> Well-Dressed Couple in a Chauffeur-Driven Automobile leaving an unidentified train station, Annapolis Royal. The car was owned b... | 1 |
| 08:59, 10 October 2019 | Dar-windsor191402.jpg (file) |  |
77 KB | The Dominion Atlantic Railway station at Windsor, Nova Scotia<br> This postcard was postmarked in February 1914.<br> The tall smokestack seen in the distance at the left side of this photograph is beside the factory of Nova Scotia Textiles Lim... | 1 |
| 18:17, 8 October 2019 | Windsor and Annapolis Railway Eng 2 Gabriel.jpg (file) |  |
378 KB | from: Clarke's History of the Earliest Railways; Will W Clarke; 1924; Hants Journal Press.<br> Above, is the second Windsor and Annapolis Railway engine - Gabriel. The railway's first two locomotives were named after the main fictional characters in Lo... | 1 |
| 18:10, 8 October 2019 | SS Evangeline.jpg (file) |  |
254 KB | from: Clarke's History of the Earliest Railways; Will W Clarke; 1924; Hants Journal Press.<br> In olden tymes, they didn't have as many different 'names' for ships/engines as we do today ... it seems.<br> Did the restroom doors bear signs 'Evangelines'... | 1 |
| 18:00, 8 October 2019 | SS Prince Rupert.jpg (file) |  |
258 KB | ''Canada's Ocean Playground''<br> The Tourism Industry in Nova Scotia, 1870-1970<br> ''S.S. Prince Rupert, Digby, NS''<br> Part of the Dominion Atlantic Railway Steamship Fleet, sailed between Digby, NS and Saint John, NB.<br> Date: 1907<br> Reference... | 1 |
| 11:45, 8 October 2019 | Annapolis Royal Allain River Bridge.jpg (file) |  |
716 KB | Facebook Post October 8, 2019<br> Alan Melanson to Nova Scotia - Memories of Days Gone By<br> Explorer Guide<br> <br> Low tide at the old railroad bridge on the Allain River (formerly la rivière Allain) as one approaches Annapolis Royal from the... | 1 |
| 10:53, 7 October 2019 | DAR 24 La Tour.jpg (file) |  |
183 KB | Engine 24 La Tour, built by Baldwin in June 1898.<br> At Kentville, June 1939.<br> With their stacks capped, this is the dead line. The child is obscured by errant light during the film handling or printing steps - not live steam. The wheel arrangement... | 1 |
| 10:46, 7 October 2019 | DAR 544 Hebert.jpg (file) |  |
203 KB | 544 Hébert. Saxon Locomotive (Chemnitz), 1903.<br> There is no date or location noted on this photo.<br> <br> The stack is capped and headlight parts may have been scavenged. Perhaps the metal fabrication at the right is a former tender 'pilot'.<br> <... | 1 |
| 10:42, 7 October 2019 | DAR CPR 541 (Saxony 1903 or 1904) at Digby Oct 1949.jpg (file) | _at_Digby_Oct_1949.jpg) |
773 KB | This engine at Digby was built for the CPR by Saxon (Sachsische Maschinenbau AG, Chemnitz) in October 1903.<br> It was scrapped in August 1952.<br> L. C. Gagnon photograph<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection... | 1 |
| 10:37, 7 October 2019 | DAR 1090 DeRazilly.jpg (file) |  |
160 KB | DAR 1090, DeRazilly. Built by CLC, 1913.<br> No date or place data.<br> <br> At the 'ash pit'?<br> The worker in the fireman's seat seems to be in comfortable repose.<br> <br> - comments by David J. Gagnon<br> [[:Category:David J. Gagnon Collection|Cat... | 1 |
| 10:32, 7 October 2019 | DAR 555 Nicholson.jpg (file) |  |
119 KB | DAR 555 Nicholson. Built by Saxon 1904, ex-CPR 555<br> At Truro, July 8, 1940.<br> <br> If you squint and stare, you may see the fireman filling the tender from a standpipe. <br> The water would be coming from that water tank at the right margin.<br> <... | 1 |
| 12:07, 6 October 2019 | DAR 552 Membertou.jpg (file) |  |
170 KB | 552, Membertou. Built by Saxon, 1904.<br> No place or date noted.<br> <br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> ]]Category:David J. Gagnon Collection]] | 1 |
| 12:03, 6 October 2019 | DAR 547 Champlain.jpg (file) |  |
125 KB | 547 Champlain. Saxon Locomotive (Chemnitz) 1904, ex-CPR 547.<br> At Truro - June 4, 1939.<br> <br> It seems that some DAR locomotives sometimes had white smokebox fronts?<br> <br> - comments by David J. Gagnon. [[:Category:David J. Gagnon Collection|Ca... | 1 |
| 11:58, 6 October 2019 | DAR 534.jpg (file) |  |
210 KB | Engine 534, built North British (Glasgow) 1903. Ex-CPR 995.<br> Digby, 1938.<br> <br> My scant Digby knowledge leads me to believe that this engine is bound for Yarmouth. The fireman is probably snacking on a locally-grown apple. Having enjoyed Duncan... | 1 |
| 11:52, 6 October 2019 | DAR 45 Alexander.jpg (file) |  |
233 KB | Engine 45 Alexander (ex-CPR 503), 'Alco', November 1902.<br> Kentville, 1931.<br> <br> Before the ravages and deferred maintenance of the Great Depression and World War Two, a similar engine to 44 presented a much different appearance. I think the 'coa... | 1 |
| 11:39, 6 October 2019 | DAR 44.jpg (file) |  |
177 KB | Engine 44.<br> Truro, July 1943.<br> <br> CLC 1913? From QCR in 1943?<br> ... If my guess is correct ... this corresponds to the 'second use of 44' in Lavallee.<br> <br> There are two entries in Lavallee for Eng 44. My guess is based on the diamond-sha... | 1 |
| 16:42, 3 October 2019 | Princess Helene Folkard.jpg (file) |  |
635 KB | Collected by J. G. Gagnon<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection | 1 |
| 16:40, 3 October 2019 | Digby Pines 1950.jpg (file) |  |
1 MB | Collected by J. G. Gagnon<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection | 1 |
| 16:37, 3 October 2019 | CPR map 1947.jpg (file) |  |
1.09 MB | Collected by J. G. Gagnon<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection | 1 |
| 16:35, 3 October 2019 | CPR Lakeside Inn.jpg (file) |  |
462 KB | Lakeside Inn promotional card 1950<br> Collected by J. G. Gagnon<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection | 1 |
| 16:34, 3 October 2019 | Yarmouth Oct 1949.jpg (file) |  |
446 KB | Yarmouth DAR Station, taken in October, 1949<br> L. C. Gagnon photograph<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection | 1 |
| 16:33, 3 October 2019 | Ticket stubs.jpg (file) |  |
917 KB | Ticket stubs and hotel receipt from a trip by L. C. Gagnon taken in October, 1949<br> (The "G" in the name is a minor typo on the receipt.)<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> [[Category:David J. Gagnon... | 1 |
| 16:31, 3 October 2019 | SS Princess Helene, Digby Oct 1949.jpg (file) |  |
296 KB | SS Princess Helene at Digby Wharf. October, 1949<br> L. C. Gagnon photo<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection | 1 |
| 16:30, 3 October 2019 | SS Princess Helene Digby 1949.jpg (file) |  |
353 KB | SS Princess Helene at Digby Wharf. October, 1949<br> L. C. Gagnon photo<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection | 1 |
| 16:29, 3 October 2019 | SS Princess Helene 1949.jpg (file) |  |
544 KB | SS Princess Helene - travelling from Digby to Saint John. October, 1949<br> L. C. Gagnon photo<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection | 1 |
| 16:28, 3 October 2019 | Orchard from train.jpg (file) |  |
283 KB | Barrels of apples in a trackside orchard, October, 1949<br> L. C. Gagnon photograph<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection | 1 |
| 16:27, 3 October 2019 | Oct 1949 Princess Helene at dock at Saint John.jpg (file) |  |
456 KB | In Saint John harbour, the crew is in the process of casting off. Their uniforms were patterned after those of the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy. At the right, a cross-harbour ferry and coal-powered dock cranes can be seen.<br> L. C. Gagnon photog... | 1 |
| 16:25, 3 October 2019 | Oct 1949 at Digby NS dock.jpg (file) |  |
404 KB | The bridge, masts and single stack of the Princess Helene are seen beyond the railway's harbour facilities.<br> My father's train probably awaits the handling of baggage, mail and express before departing from the dock into Digby.<br> L. C. Gagnon phot... | 1 |
| 16:24, 3 October 2019 | Oct 1949 Arriving at Digby Princess Helene.jpg (file) |  |
392 KB | The ferry has arrived at Digby.<br> L. C. Gagnon photograph<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection | 1 |
| 16:23, 3 October 2019 | Oct 1949 Approaching Digby NS.jpg (file) |  |
470 KB | Having crossed the Bay of Fundy under calm conditions, the Princess Helene is probably approaching Digby Gut, and beyond it, the Annapolis Basin.<br> L. C. Gagnon photograph<br> [[:Category:David J. Gagnon Collection|Category:David J. Gagnon Collection... | 1 |
| 16:22, 3 October 2019 | Ferry Saint John to Digby Sep 1949.jpg (file) |  |
382 KB | The first photo is taken aboard the SS Princess Helene in the low, morning sun of early October. The coal fire is drafting nicely. You can see the three-element steam whistle mounted on the stack. This ship was built in Scotland for Saint John to Digby... | 1 |
| 16:21, 3 October 2019 | Digby NS Oct 1949 prob from train.jpg (file) |  |
412 KB | The ferry's stack and masts are still in sight as the train travels through Digby. With ship and train movements subject to blizzards and ocean storms, local accommodations would sometimes be important for waiting out bad weather and delayed transporta... | 1 |
| 16:20, 3 October 2019 | Digby from SS Princess Helene 1949.jpg (file) |  |
401 KB | SS Princess Helene at Digby Wharf. October, 1949<br> L. C. Gagnon photo<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection | 1 |
| 16:18, 3 October 2019 | Digby from Halifax-bound train.jpg (file) |  |
392 KB | The greater Digby area is seen from the train.<br> The top of an evergreen bisects the Princess Helene at the wharf.<br> To its right, descending to the right, is the white-fronted Digby Pines resort.<br> L. C. Gagnon photograph<br> [[:Category:David J... | 1 |
| 16:16, 3 October 2019 | Canadian ensign SS Princess Helene 1949.jpg (file) |  |
391 KB | SS Princess Helene - Canadian Ensign at stern - still docked at Digby, N.S. October, 1949<br> L. C. Gagnon photo<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection<br> Category:David J. Gagnon Collection | 1 |
