In New Glasgow, this weekend, I visited the local library. I wanted to follow up on Thomas McCulloch and the Pictou Academy. I found a copy of Marjory Whitelaw’s, “Thomas McCulloch: His Life and Times“; a small book published by the Nova Scotia Museum.
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”McCulloch and the Academy flourished together for a remarkably short time – only fifteen years. But in those few years he gave his students the expression of an ideal about the vigour of liberal thought to which they responded and in turn passed on”.
I discovered that McLelland and Stewart had published his The Stepsure Letters. That book will have to be ordered through the Lawrencetown library.
After listening to Zita Cobb, I wanted to follow up on the creative rural economy. Edward reminded me of his investigations in the 2013-14 time frame. I recall too the workshop by Celes Davar on experiential tourism. That was held in November 2007.
McCulloch led me to William Dawson, a graduate of Pictou Academy. Dawson, besides his Geological research, was superintendent of Education. He designed the Mount Hanley schoolhouse.
Joshua Slocum was a student at the school until his family moved to Brier Island in 1854. Slocum was the first to sail single-handed around the world.
Acknowledgements
Edward reminded me of his blog on the Creative Rural Economy. I remembered Celes Davar’s Experiential Tourism workshop. Heather enjoyed the trip through Old Barns, South Maitland, Kennetcook to Windsor, and home.
References
Marjory Whitelaw, 1985, Thomas McCulloch: His Life and Times, NS Museum, 42 pp.
Thomas McCulloch, 1960, The Stepsure Letters, McLelland and Stewart, New Canadian Library.
Celes Davar, 2007, Fundy Riches and Valley Traditions: Experiential Tourism and Capacity Building in the Annapolis- Digby area, Earth Rhythms Inc.
Ernest Blair Experiment 
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