User:CatboatCove/Mahone Bay

Introduction
Mahone Bay is a town located at the southwest corner of Mahone Bay (a body or water) along the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, in Lunenburg County.

"We love the beauty around us and welcome you to share it."

has been posted at the entrances to Mahone Bay for over 50 years.cite needed, possibly news paper article

Mahone Bay was founded in 1754 by Ephram Cook provided he build two ships. cite needed Today tourism, retirement and a home for people who work abroad cite needed, possibly news paper article, Mahone Bay has maintain approximentally the same population for over 150 years.

History
(Needs input from Settlers museum for more titles and details in each title.) 5.1 Founding of Mahone Bay Mirligueche Mi’kmaq lived in an area from Mirligueche village (Lunenburg) towards Mahone Bay. [Wicken, "Encounters with Tall Sails", chapter 2.] and  Ephram Cook in detail, ships lumber mills and forestry Father Le Loutre’s War 5.2 Architecture of Mahone Bay Churches of Mahone Bay History of the five churches and reasons for so many religions Mahone Bay School Quinline/Suttles and Seawinds Postoffice Original Stage Coach and Inn and other subsiquent Inns Other noteworthy buildings 5.3 Shipbuilding of Mahone Bay Ephram Cook to Paceship history List the Shipyards and links to their articles Mahone Bay Shipyards Cook Shipyard Ham Yachtworks Ernst Shipyard Langille Shipyard Schnare Shipyard Smeltzer Shipyard Zwicker McLean (Each shipyard page may be a copy of the Heritage Boat Yard Co-op signage project) 5.4 War Involvement Father Le Loutre's War American Revolution War of 1812 WWI WWII

Paceship to Pipe
Reasons for transition from Paceships to pipe (ABCO & RPS input)

Railway of Mahone Bay
I believe we had our own railway (local historian, railway museum in Lunenburg)

Power Cooperation
From one of NS first power companies to today’s wind project (Town Council member)

Fashion Industry of Mahone Bay
Quinlin to Suttles (a few people in this industry)

Artists of Mahone Bay
From our earliest artist through to today’s How the MB Centre interacts with artists (Amos, Worthington and MB Center)

Present Day
Tourism, inns, restaurants, Suttles, artist, MB Centre, marina RPS HUB (a group including RPS, the HUB, the Centre and Chamber of Commerce)

Geography
The Drumlins The harbour How the harbour plays a part in ship building protected by islands, wind direction etc no fishing, too far from sea. (there are a few geologists in town that may help with this section)

SHIPS articles, format like existing SHIPS project on WIKI
Ships, owners captains and crew (Many ships' data has been captured by John Taylor and Graham Duncan)

The view across the harbour is of three prominent churches: St James' Anglican; St John's Evangelical Lutheran; and Trinity United. It has become an iconic image of Nova Scotia, frequently photographed and featured on postcards and calendars. The town is filled with upscale shops and restaurants which almost universally are designed to appeal to the tourist trade, and sometimes shut down during the winter months. The town also has a plastics factory.