Some Maps in the Wild: Nova Scotia Edition

There is an entire web site dedicated to #MapsintheWild - also a social media hashtag. On a recent trip to Nova Scotia, I found some very nice examples, including last week's post. Here are a few more. 

There are many memorials throughout the province to the Acadians who were expelled from Canada (also from Maine) by the British starting in 1755. Here is a map found along the Halifax waterfront showing migration and expulsion routes.

Also on the waterfront is Cable Wharf, the endpoint of a 3,200 kilometer long cable under the Atlantic Ocean that connected Europe to North America. This large cylindrical monument (like a spool of cable) includes a map of the transatlantic cables that wraps around the entire cylinder.

Though almost impossible to adequately photograph here is my attempt at a close up of part of the map. The cables are dashed lines that are very hard to see.

Finally, in Wolfville, near the Bay of Fundy, there is a large piece called Work at the Trestle. This bronze sculpture by Ruth Abernethy features T. T. Vernon Smith, civil engineer and builder of the Windsor and Annapolis Railway looking over a map showing damage to the railway after a huge storm in 1869. More on this monument can be seen here.

Here I am looking over his shoulder.

Again a work this large is tough to photograph in a meaningful way. Here is a little bit of the map detail. 

Here is the work shown in context at the waterfront park. The gazebo shown on the sculpture is just to the right of the photo.