Be among the first to experience the Shubenacadie Canal Marine Railway while listening to the sweet harmonies of a barbershop quartet. The reconstructed flume house at Starr Park will be open for free guided tours for the first time during Switch. The September Sound Quartet will also be giving two performances on site at 1:00 pm and 2:30 pm respectively. While there, be sure to stop by our table and enter to win a free copy of River of Dreams: The Saga of the Shubenacadie Canal by Donna Barnett.
Stakeholders Consultation Sessions
Youth Summer Job Opportunity 2019
Items Carried on the canal
The following is a list of items identified as cargo on the canal in the Findlay log.
Coal tar
Machinery
Bark
Cast iron plate
Clasp nails
Clinch rings
Logs
Limestone
Tar
Mi’kmaq canoes
Small vessels
Rafts of logs
Timber
Mumford’s rafts
Square timber
Cord wood
Stones
Sand
Staves
Hard wood
Timber deals
Passengers
Spars
Bricks
Fertilizer
Potatoes
Quartz
Tarred wire cable
-Bernie Hart