Nova Scotia, on Canada's Atlantic Coast, is also called "Canada's Ocean Playground". The Province is steeped in a rich and varied history, as its original Mi'kmaq people were joined by French Acadian settlers, British Loyalists, Scottish Highlanders, German and French Protestants, Irish peasants fleeing famine and later by Italian and Polish miners.

          The Province boasts many firsts, including the first responsible government (as opposed to British colonial government) in Canada, the first free press in Canada and the oldest university outside Britain in the former British Empire. Nova Scotians have a rich maritime history having built the world's largest wooden ship and the North Atlantic's fastest fishing schooner. Samuel Cunard, founder of the Cunard Steamship Company was born in Halifax. Fortress Louisburg and the Halifax Citadel are excellent restorations which portray life two hundred, or more, years ago.

          Nova Scotia also has a rich and varied railway history, boasting one of the earliest railways in Canada to use steam locomotives (at the Albion Mines in Pictou County) and what was once North America's most intensively worked coal railway (the Sydney and Louisburg RR). "The Ocean Limited" was introduced in 1904 by the Intercolonial Railway to provide first-class passenger service between Halifax and Montreal. Remarkably, history can still be experienced today in Nova Scotia. Now thoroughly modernized, VIA Rail's "Ocean" continues to provide this service and is perhaps unique in being a named passenger train that has run for over a century.

          The Nova Scotia Railway Heritage Society is delighted to help introduce you to some of the railway history of Nova Scotia and to some of the museums in which you can relive past railway glories of one of Canada's most history-rich provinces. Kindly browse through the remainder of this site to learn about these museums. If you need more information, please contact the President, Jay Underwood.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: We are proud to announce that the Nova Scotia Railway Heritage Society's website was the winner of the Canadian Railroad Historical Association's 2005 Media Award.

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EVENTS CALENDAR:

11 June 2009
NSRHS slide show

20 June 2009:
Orangedale Show & Sale, form 10am until 4pm with a barbarque and guided tours.

10 September 2009:
NSRHS slide show

8 October 2009:
NSRHS slide show

17 October 2009:
Annual Model Railroad Show, Truro, Nova Scotia. For info visit the club website: http://www.truromodelrailroaders.com/

7 Novemeber 2009:
25th Annual Model Railroad Show, Saint John, NB. For info visit club show website: http://sites.google.com/site/sjfallshow/

12 November 2009:
NSRHS slide show

14 & 15 November 2009:
Annual Model Railroad Show, Dartmouth, NS. Saturday and Sunday. For info e-mail: capcitymrc@ns.sympatico.ca. Marc (902) 426-8812 or (902) 465-2983

5 December 2009:
Second Annual Fredericton Model Railroad Club Show. Saturday December 5, 2009
at the Fredericton High School, Priestman St., Fredericton NB. For info call Paul Bourgoin at 455-4479 or email p.bourgoin@rogers.com

10 December 2009:
NSRHS slide show

20-23 MAY 2010:
The local club is preparing to host the Maritime Federation of Model Railroaders Convention from Thursday to Sunday, May 20-23, 2010 here in Saint John, New Brunswick. We have invited members of the Northeastern Region (NER) of the NMRA to join us for a joint convention that will enable model railroaders from both sides of the border to meet and enjoy an exceptional convention program.