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Hubbards Area Heritage Collection
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About This Site In the Spring of 2003, it became clear that many of the documents and pictures that hold the stories of the communities around Hubbards were falling into decay and needed to be preserved in some way. The idea was launched to use technology to not only preserve the documents but also to provide much greater access to them for the people who lived here or who wanted to know these stories. Funding was granted through the Halifax Regional C@P Association and the Hubbards Area Heritage Collection project began. Material that had been stored in the J. D. Shatford Public Library and the Heritage Society office as well as in people’s homes was collected and digitized and loaded on the Web site so that people everywhere could see the pictures, read the articles and hear the stories that make up the rich history of this area. We hope to see the site grow as more pictures and documents are scanned to add to the stories. We are indebted to the members of the Hubbards Heritage Society who have provided much of the content for the site, for the many photographs from Ned Norwood’s collection and many others in the community who helped to make this project possible. See the pictures, read the articles and hear the stories that make up the rich history of Communities around Hubbards, NS. About the Hubbards Heritage Society The Hubbards Heritage Society was formed in 1994. Membership is open to anyone interested in preserving the past for the sake of the future. The membership fee is $5.00 for individuals and $10.00 for families. The Society would like to collect, preserve, and maintain a history of the Hubbards area. If anyone has old stories, photos, or other memorabilia that they would like to share with the Society (or to join), please contact Greg Simms 857-9222 or Judy Hopkins 857-9039 or email them at aa0db@nsaccess.ns.ca. You can see a display of some of the photographs and documents in this Web site at the Hubbards Heritage Society display at the Hubbards Visitor Information Centre, Hubbards, NS. Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge the following individuals and organizations for their support of this project: The Hubbards-Tantallon C@P Board for initiating the funding proposal for the project. Elaine Murray, Branch Manager, Hubbards-Tantallon Library for her support and guidance. Garth Smedley of the C@P Board for generous technical support. M@sson Communications, Hubbards, NS. for design and construction of the Web site, image processing, and database. Edmund (Ned) Norwood, Hubbard Heritiage Society, for generous use of the photographs by Robert Norwood. Roy and Lois Harnish for documents dating back to the early 1800's. Joanne E. Eldershaw for copies of deed from Mill Cove, c. 1800. Rhys Harnish for images and articles about The Shore Club and the Dauphinee Inn. Cherry Hunt, Jill Cochrane, and the family of Robert John Keith for photographs and documents. Greg Simms, Hubbards Heritage Society Chair. Judy Hopkins, Hubbards Heritage Society. Ann and Andy Hare, Hubbards Heritage Society. Rowyn MacLean, Hubbards Heritage Society board member. Glen Dorey, Hubbards Heritage Society. David Murdoch at NS Access. Karen Rieber, St. Margaret's Bay Region Tourism Development Association, Hubbards Visitor Information Centre, Hubbards, NS. Barbara Peart, author of As the Last Leaf Fell for permission to quote her work in the History and Timeline section. Alfreda Withrow author of St. Margaret's Bay for permission to quote her work in the History and Timeline section. All excerpts from St. Margaret's Bay by Alfreda Withrow, published in 1997 by Nimbus Publishing, Ltd are reproduced with consent of the author and publisher, February, 2004. Any other use is strictly prohibited.
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