Planters 2010

2010 marks the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the New England Planter in Nova Scotia. A number of events celebrating Planters' heritage are planned, from academic conferences, to reenactments to museum exhibits. 

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  • Planter past comes to life

    Planter past comes to life

    June 26, 2010 - 8 h 51

    BY TREVOR NICHOLS Kings County Advertiser/Register On the banks of the Minas Basin amongst grazing cows, “historic apparitions” are scattered around, telling the...


    Content type: Article
    Section: Travel

  • Privateers and Planters and how they got on - or didn’t

    Privateers and Planters and how they got on - or didn’t

    June 30, 2010 - 8 h 19

    BY WENDY ELLIOTT  Kings County Advertiser/Register “With the tide running in, they were caught at the Cape; We hammered their sloop, and in haste to...


    Content type: Article
    Section: News

  • Grow a Planter rose

    Grow a Planter rose

    June 21, 2010 - 18 h 49

    This year, 2010, is the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the New England Planters in Nova Scotia.  Artifacts from that time period are very scare and...


    Content type: Article
    Section: Home

  • Planters come to life at Acadia

    Planters come to life at Acadia

    July 6, 2010 - 8 h 27

    BY WENDY ELLIOTT Kings County Advertiser/Register The 18th century came to life on the front lawn of Acadia University in Wolfville. The Planter Studies Centre...


    Content type: Article
    Section: Cultural activities | 1 Comment

  • Museum exhibitions offer Planter info

    June 9, 2010 - 14 h 47

    BY WENDY ELLIOTT  Kings County Advertiser/Register Many museums in Western Nova Scotia have special exhibitions this summer related to the Planters. The Kings...


    Content type: Article
    Section: Travel

  • Planter ghosts and tales

    June 9, 2010 - 13 h 44

    BY WENDY ELLIOTT  Kings County Advertiser/Register On three Saturdays (in June, July and August), Maynard Stevens will bring different aspects of Planter...


    Content type: Article
    Section: Travel

  • Planters 2010 big history happening

    Planters 2010 big history happening

    June 9, 2010 - 11 h 38

    BY WENDY ELLIOTT  Kings County Advertiser/Register Many view this is as a special year in Canadian history: 2010 marks the 250th anniversary of the arrival of...


    Content type: Article
    Section: Cultural activities

  • Historic hood shows Planter heritage

    Historic hood shows Planter heritage

    May 31, 2010 - 13 h 47

    BY KIRK STARRATT Kings County Advertiser/Register By far the earliest textile in the Kings County Museum collection, a New England Planter hood believed to have...


    Content type: Article
    Section: Cultural activities | 1 Comment

  • ED COLEMAN: The Planter migration to Kings County

    April 21, 2010 - 13 h 13

    BY ED COLEMAN October 13, 1758, the Boston Gazette published a proclamation by Nova Scotia Governor Charles Lawrence that, in effect, invited New Englanders to...


    Content type: Article
    Section: Opinion

  • Shaped by the soil

    Shaped by the soil

    March 25, 2010 - 8 h 43

    BY JENNIFER HOEGG   Kings County Advertiser/Register The Planters may have enjoyed more wealth and agricultural success if they’d stayed in New England,...


    Content type: Article
    Section: Cultural activities

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