Page updated 13 June , 2011

Introduction

The web pages on this site began as a result of a presentation given at the Cobequid Planters 250 Society Conference held at Truro, Nova Scotia on Saturday, June 11, 2011. During the presentation the pages were retrieved from a laptop and projected on to a screen. This method is an alternative to using one of the commonly used presentation software packages and it has the advantage of providing conference attendees with a record, on the web, of important images and text presented during the lecture. Furthermore it allows for the possibility of adding material to the web site at a later date.

Links to presentation topics.

1. The Study Area
   
   
2. The Agricultural Roots of the New England Planters
   
   
3. Commissioners of Sewers and Dykeland Farming: An agricultural that “depends entirely on co-operative labour”.
   
   
4. Surveyors Maps Showing Cobequid Bay Dykelands
   
   
5. McCurdy Creek Aboiteau on the Glenholme Salt Marsh Salt Marsh
   
   
6. Annotated References for Dykelands and Salt Marshes