Mapping Matters

Last week, I stopped in at COGS in Lawrencetown. I found two items of interest.

1. Frequently asked Questions on the Joint NSCC/Acadia University M.Sc in Applied Geomatics. Contact: Stephen Edwards
2. Esri Inc. Spring visit, February 24 and 25. Because of weather, scheduled to be delivered on Teams.

I remember well, establishing the joint M.Sc between NSCC (myself) and Acadia University (Ian Spooner). I also remember, each year Esri Redlands would send their recruiting staff to interview students in the graduating class.

As usual, I visited the COGS Library to check out new publications.

This time, I signed out Peter Stark’s The Last Empty Places. A Journey through the blank spots on the American Map. Part1 is ‘Where the Acadians disappeared in North Maine’.

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After COGS, we stopped at Bees Knees. There, I bumped into Larry Powell, retired reporter and writer for the Annapolis Valley Register. I asked him ‘what are you doing in retirement ?’. He mentioned that he had been writing blogs for MapAnnapolis. Thus I contacted Heather Leblanc. She forwarded the web site and the link to Larry’s blog ‘Mapping Matters’.

Notable articles by Powell on the site include:
Standing stones gather moss… (about Garrison Graveyard)
Uncovering the Past (about gravestone conservation)
And then what happened? (about Black Loyalist descendants)

From the perspective of the ernestblairexperiment, this connection highlighted the need to go through my ten volumes of blogs, and identify the location of the resources in our regional geography. This could prove to be an excellent student project.

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Final point, it is wonderful to see Bees Knees acting as a community hub for citizens in the Lawrencetown area. It also provides a close link to the people and resources at COGS.

References

Peter Stark, 2010, The Last Empty Places: A Journey through the blank spots on the American Map, Part1, Mountaineers Books.

Link to MapAnnapolis and Larry Powell’s Mapping Matters and MapAnnapolis Blog.

“Most of his writing is on Facebook which is posted about three times per week. Not sure if this will open if you are not on Facebook. To date we have 6,785 followers and an average of over 225,000 views per month.” : Project Designer, Heather Leblanc.

Postscript

In walking the COGS corridor, I noted a new map by David MacLean. It is a map of the world, with pins indicating the location of known COGS graduates. Good work!

Acknowledgement

Thank you to Edward for persisting with the graphics and links. Sometimes, a bit of a thankless task.