Category: MYSTERIES, MYTHS & MONSTERS

BAY OF FUNDY, Campobello, HISTORY, LOOKING BACK, MYSTERIES, MYTHS & MONSTERS, Native American, pirates, vikingsLeave a comment

MYSTERIES: Fundy Mystery – Can You Identify This Object?

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These images are of an object found on the beach below Friar’s Head at Campobello. Because the object predates the island’s aquaculture industry, it may have been used in the weir fishery. Older area residents can likely identify it if … Continue reading MYSTERIES: Fundy Mystery – Can You Identify This Object?

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EXPLORE – This Map Of Ghost Towns Across Canada Will Guide You Through The Ultimate Haunted Road Trip

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You’ll need brave friends to embark on this journey… Alexandra Toutant If you have a penchant for horror, the grotesque and the macabre, chances are you already have a special place in your heart for abandoned building. There’s something thrilling about … Continue reading EXPLORE – This Map Of Ghost Towns Across Canada Will Guide You Through The Ultimate Haunted Road Trip

EXPLORE, HISTORY, LOOKING BACK, MYSTERIES, MYTHS & MONSTERS, Nova Scotia, PLACES TO EXPLORE, TREASURESLeave a comment

MYSTERIES – Halifax, NS – Bayer’s Lake Mystery Walls

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THE STORY The Bayers Lake Mystery Walls are a series of stone structures and walls of unknown origin and uncertain age in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The ruins consist of walls outlining a small five-sided building and a 150-metre wall with … Continue reading MYSTERIES – Halifax, NS – Bayer’s Lake Mystery Walls

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MYSTERIES: New Hampshire mystery stone baffles the experts

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Lake Winnipesaukee Mystery Stone at the New Hampshire Historical Society For its size New Hampshire seems to have a large number of mysteries and many of these are found in numerous writings online and offline. The current situation is keeping me close … Continue reading MYSTERIES: New Hampshire mystery stone baffles the experts

HISTORY, LOOKING BACK, MYSTERIES, MYTHS & MONSTERS, New England, SHIPS & SHIP WRECKSLeave a comment

MYSTERY: 150 years ago the Ghost Ship Mary Celeste was found empty and adrift at sea. What happened?

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This great article outlines the mystery of the Mary Celeste … a vessel from Atlantica that was found abandoned on its way to Italy. There are many theories. What do you think happened? Art MacKay *********************** On December 4, 1872, … Continue reading MYSTERY: 150 years ago the Ghost Ship Mary Celeste was found empty and adrift at sea. What happened?

Cape Breton, EXPLORE, HISTORY, LOOKING BACK, MYSTERIES, MYTHS & MONSTERS, Nova ScotiaLeave a comment

MYSTERIES: The 500 Year Old Chinese City on Cape Breton Island

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The Story: Back in 2002, architect, amateur historian and native Cape Bretoner Paul Chiasson went for a hike up Kelly’s Mountain on Cape Dauphin near Sydney on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. What he found has been the subject of … Continue reading MYSTERIES: The 500 Year Old Chinese City on Cape Breton Island

EXPLORE, HISTORY, LOOKING BACK, Maine, MYSTERIES, MYTHS & MONSTERS, New Brunswick, New EnglandLeave a comment

MYSTERIES: Can you find the lost city of Norumbega … Is it somewhere in New England?

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PLANNING YOUR SUMMER? How about a trip to Norumbega? This fantastic and great Native American city, Norumbega, was first discovered by a lost Englishman back in the fifteen hundreds and folks have been looking for it ever since. It is … Continue reading MYSTERIES: Can you find the lost city of Norumbega … Is it somewhere in New England?

Birds, FISHERIES, HISTORY, LOOKING BACK, MYSTERIES, MYTHS & MONSTERS, Newfoundland, WhalesLeave a comment

MYSTERIES: What’s A Woggin? A Bird, a Word, and a Linguistic Mystery

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Great Auks, drawn by John James Audubon in Birds of America. UNIVERSITY OF                                            PITTSBURGH/PUBLIC DOMAIN On December 20, 1792, … Continue reading MYSTERIES: What’s A Woggin? A Bird, a Word, and a Linguistic Mystery

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HISTORY: Did You Know? The Calais Observatory provided the final piece of the puzzle required to establish longitude values around the world.

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Continue reading “HISTORY: Did You Know? The Calais Observatory provided the final piece of the puzzle required to establish longitude values around the world.”

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MYSTERY: In 1872 the Mary Celeste was found adrift at sea. What happened?

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This great article outlines the mystery of the Mary Celeste … a vessel from Atlantica that was found abandoned on its way to Italy. There are many theories. What do you think happened? Updated December 1, 2021 *********************** On the … Continue reading MYSTERY: In 1872 the Mary Celeste was found adrift at sea. What happened?