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HARBOUR HOUSE [6 records]

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Record 1 2012-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • National History
  • Heritage
OBS

The fashion trend of the day was for the ladies to line their grey cloaks with red velvet, the colours of the British military uniform. In a show of force, [Captain Jonathan] Prescott assembled the women and had them reverse their cloaks and hold their brooms so as the broom handles looked like musket barrels as they marched on the grounds of Capt. Prescott's house. The privateer's thought it was a garrison of British soldiers and wasted no time in hightailing it out of the harbour in their three ships.

Key term(s)
  • Turncoat Victory reenactment
  • reenactment of the Turncoat Victory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoires nationales
  • Patrimoine
OBS

Le mot anglais «Turncoat» renvoie aux capes que des femmes, des jeunes gens et des personnes âgées de Chester, Nouvelle-Écosse, ont retournées le 30 juin 1782 pour faire croire à des corsaires américains qu'ils étaient des militaires britanniques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • History (General)
OBS

The Bronte Historical Society commissioned a unique heritage coin in 1997 to mark the opening of the Sovereign House and the dedication of the Heritage Harbour at the mouth of Bronte Creek.

Key term(s)
  • BHS

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Histoire (Généralités)
OBS

Appellation et abréviation confirmées par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
OBS

Transition home for battered women located in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
OBS

Maison d'hébergement pour femmes violentées établie à Bridgewater(Nouvelle-Écosse).

Spanish

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Record 4 1995-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Transition home for battered women located at the YWCA of Lethbridge, Alberta.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
OBS

Maison d'hébergement pour femmes violentées située au YWCA de Lethbridge (Alberta).

Spanish

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
OBS

harbour head wall mur de soutènement. head house(laboratory)-salle de service bâtiment de tête(102, p. 302) head piece-chapeau. head way-échappée(Ramée) nail head-tête de clou, pointe de diamant(Ramée)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
OBS

(Illustration, mai 1925)

Spanish

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
OBS

Magdalen Islands

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique

Spanish

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