Linda Peterson-Blades
I Love Nova Scotia Winter #8
"I Love Nova Scotia Winter" is the 8th in my Nova Scotia series. I wanted to represent Winter in this painting like I had previously with my "I Love Nova Scotia Spring, Summer and Fall" works. I painted Snowmen playing Hockey, Ice Fishing and a few other outdoor activities that we enjoy here in Nova Scotia. There are lots of mittens in this winter painting, with some hidden for you to find. I love sharing Nova Scotia's history in my art, so I painted the oldest surviving lighthouse in Canada, the Sambro Island lighthouse, built in 1758, which stands at the entrance of Halifax Harbour. I painted a couple of the "Concrete Fairy Cottages" of Huntington Point, which are near Halls Harbour on the Bay of Fundy. There were five cottages built between 1934 and 1938 by Charles Macdonald to make work for his employees during the Great Depression. I next painted the world's smallest wooden drawbridge, the "Sandford Drawbridge", built in 1915, this just happens to be on the outskirts of my hometown of Yarmouth. How many mittens can you find in my Winter painting?
I Love Nova Scotia WInter #8
Click on the painting to enlarge and enjoy the hunt for mittens.
The Hunttington Point Cottages
Charlie and Mabel had been camping at Huntington Point since 1919. When business was slow in the 1930’s, Charlie embarked on a make-work project for his worker/partners building five cottages of concrete, wood and stone. Four remain to this day.
SAMBRO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE
Sambro Lighthouse is the oldest standing and operating lighthouse in the Americas. Legislation to establish the lighthouse was passed at the first session of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia in 1758.
Worlds Smallest Drawbridge
The Sandford Drawbridge has the unique distinction of being the smallest drawbridge in the world. Located at the Sandford Wharf in Yarmouth County, it was built so that the fishermen and visitors could cross from one side of the Sandford wharf system to the other without having to travel back on the road.
