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Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Island The Outdoor Classroom

Friends of McNabs Island Located at mouth of Halifax Harbour

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs and Lawlor Islands Provincial Park includes all of Lawlor Island and most of McNabs Island Fort McNab National Historic Site of Canada operated by Parks Canada

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Island larger and more diverse 5 km long & 1.5 km wide 400 ha (1000 acres) Lawlor Island 55 ha Not open to the public

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Island historical & natural features recreational & educational opportunities

Friends of McNabs Island How to get to McNabs Island accessible by commercial or private boat from Halifax, Dartmouth, Eastern Passage & Purcell's Cove –25 minutes from downtown Halifax –10 minutes from Eastern Passage

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Island History Pre-European contact –5000 year-old shell midden (refuse heap) is evidence of Mi’kmaq use of McNabs Island.

Friends of McNabs Island French Settlement French fishing centre in 1690s –plan to build a fortress similar to Louisbourg on McNabs –In 1713, French lost mainland Nova Scotia to British, and Fortress Louisbourg built on Cape Breton Island

Friends of McNabs Island British Settlement In 1749 Edward Cornwallis established Halifax granted most of McNabs Island to his nephews and called the island Cornwallis Island

Friends of McNabs Island Cornwallis (McNabs) Island (1750)

Friends of McNabs Island McNab Family In 1782, Peter McNab paid Cornwallis family £1000 for McNabs Island James McNab Peter McNab

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Family Island was cleared by tenant farmers McNabs clan remained a presence on the island for over 150 years until 1930 W.W Lyttleton View of McNabs Homestead

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Island in 1860s W.W Lyttleton View from Hugonin Hill

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Family McNabs Family Cemetery

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs and the Military In1860s, British Admiralty bought land from the McNab Family to better defend Halifax –Ives Point Battery –Fort McNab –Hugonin Battery Fort McNab 1880s

Friends of McNabs Island Fort Ives Built at north end of McNabs Updated in 1890 and WWI

Friends of McNabs Island Fort Ives Rifled Muzzle- Loading guns –Unique to British fortifications –Fired a warning shot in 1915 – landed on a house in Halifax

Friends of McNabs Island Fort McNab Fort McNab National Historic Site built most powerful fort to guard Halifax

Friends of McNabs Island Fort McNab breech-loading guns only fort in Halifax to fire shots “in anger” at a boat that skipped inspection during WWI

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Island Strategic Importance During WWI and WWII, island under military control. –Controlled access to Halifax Harbour –Searchlights on McNabs Island patrolled the Harbour –Submarine nets laid between island and mainland

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Island Lighthouses Sherbrooke Tower –Built 1820s –Martello tower –Abraham Gesner Inventor of kerosene Lighthouse test site for kerosene fuel in 1852

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Island Lighthouses Maugers Beach –Lighthouse built 1941 on Sherbrooke Tower site

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Island Lighthouses McNabs Island Lighthouse –Off Military Road –Built in 1903 –Colin Cleveland lighthouse keeper –Torn down 1976

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Island Residents Most of the northern end of the island remained in private hands McNabs Family holdings sold off over the years Peter McNab IV Cottage 1880s

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Island Residents Fredrick Perrin Hugonin Perrin House 1890s

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Island Recreation McNabs Island popular recreational destination During the 19 th century, thousands attended picnics & socials on McNabs Two popular island fair grounds Recreation continues today

Friends of McNabs Island Merry-go-round Findlay Picnic Grounds McNabs Island Recreation

Friends of McNabs Island Bill Lynch 1920s Bill Lynch bought Findlay Fair Grounds Moved fair off island & created Bill Lynch Shows

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Island Recreation today –Hiking –Beachcombing –Bird watching

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Island

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Island Outdoor Classroom Outdoor education for all ages Friends of McNabs Guided tours Discovery Centre Camps

Friends of McNabs Island Historical Resources Fort McNab National Historic Site Lynch House -built on foundation of Peter McNab IV cottage

Friends of McNabs Island Historical Resources Davis-Conrad House Built by AJ Davis 1917 Home of Gladys Conrad last permanent resident of McNabs Island

Friends of McNabs Island Historical Resources Abandoned dwarf cabin near Lynch House Innes-Findlay-Farrent homestead

Friends of McNabs Island Nature Study on McNabs 8 different terrestrial wildlife habitats Diverse Flora & Fauna Beach Roses

Friends of McNabs Island Birds on McNabs Island 206 species of birds –Largest concentration of nesting osprey in North America prior to Hurricane Juan

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Island Visual resources Year-round island experience

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Island Views from the island Tall Ships 2009

Friends of McNabs Island Hurricane Juan September 29, 2003 McNabs Island in the path

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Island Hurricane Juan damage

Friends of McNabs Island Hurricane Juan Extensive damage Blowdown Erosion Breach of Lighthouse Road McNabs Pond now a tidal marsh

Friends of McNabs Island Hurricane Juan Lighthouse Road breached

Friends of McNabs Island Hurricane Juan Lynch House –150 year old Lindens planted by the McNabs uprooted

Friends of McNabs Island Hurricane Juan Trails cleared in 2004 Extensive damage to some areas Large ruts left on trails

Friends of McNabs Island Hurricane Juan Outhouse overturned

Friends of McNabs Island Hurricane Juan Trails cleared, but woods impassible Dwarf Cottage near Lynch House

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs and Lawlor Islands Provincial Park Designated a provincial park in November 2002 Management Plan approved September 2005

Friends of McNabs Island Friends of McNabs Island Society Established as a society in March 1990 Dedicated to preserving McNabs, Lawlor and Devils Islands as parkland Registered charity under Canada Revenue Agency

Friends of McNabs Island –Activities Beach cleanups Fall Foliage Tours Annual Dinner & Auction Guided tours & presentations The Rucksack newsletter Discover McNabs Island guidebook Trail Maintenance Advocacy Website

Friends of McNabs Island Annual Beach Cleanups –Garbage pollutes beaches and harms wildlife –Friends organize beach cleanups in June & Sept

Friends of McNabs Island 8,500 bags of garbage collected since 1991

Friends of McNabs Island McNabs Island Fall Foliage Tours Oct 18, 2009 Nature tour of Maugers Beach

Friends of McNabs Island Fall Foliage history tour Conrad house open for visitors

Friends of McNabs Island McNab Family Cemetery Maintenance

Friends of McNabs Island Advocacy – Fort Hugonin preservation

Friends of McNabs Island Trail rebuilding –$250,000 in funding

Friends of McNabs Island Friends of McNabs Island Society