Nimbus Pub, Halifax Nova Scotia, 2007. Paperback. Part of the "Images of our Past" series. Book Condition: Like new with pages clean & bright, binding tight. 186 pages.

Drawing upon powerful images and stories of the past, John Boileau takes readers on a journey through the Eastern Passage region, including Imperoyal, Shearwater, Southeast Passage, Cow Bay, McNab's Island, Lawlor's Island, and Devil's Island. From fortifications and quarantine sites to aviation bases and even to Bill Lynch's amusement rides and buried treasure, Historic Eastern Passage illuminates the history of the region to the end of the Second World War. Follow Helen Creighton on her search to record folk music and stories or learn how the air base played a role in the first flight across the Atlantic. With attention to both the special and everyday events, a full picture of what life was once like in Eastern Passage is vividly depicted.

John Boileau served in the Canadian Army for thirty-seven years, retiring as a colonel in 1999. In retirement he has devoted himself to research and writing. He has written dozens of articles for magazines and newspapers in Canada, Britain, and America, as well as three books: Fastest in the World: The Saga of Canada's Revolutionary Hydrofoils, Valiant Hearts: Atlantic Canada and the Victoria Cross, and Half-Hearted Enemies: Nova Scotia, New England, and the War of 1812. John Boileau lives on a small island in St. Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia.

ISBN: 9781551096315

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