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serv.focus(); } //--> </script> </head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <div id="stChild"> <div class="sc" id="sc1"> <h4 class="float-left">1</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> American Connection<br />1850-2012<br /> Chester Nova Scotia<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> <p>The American Connection - Chester Nova Scotia</p> <p>The history and heritage of the Municipality of the District of Chester is closely allied to our relationships with families and businesses in the Eastern United States. Some of our earliest settlement was by Pre-Loyalist Americans. Additionally, for generations we have had a strong relationship with seasonal residents, who first came here through trade or holiday experiences, that has had a major impact on our economy, culture and society. They have had a connection to our ship-building, trade, architecture, artisans and designers, cultural, athletic and social activities, and the fabric of life in our communities. A number of our landmark public buildings, such as the Zoe Valle Library, and the Lightfoote Tower, have been given to our community by American donors. They have opened doors for many of our students and competitive athletes, have assisted in the development of our businesses locally and have helped us create partnerships and relationships with businesses in the United States. In times of hardship, such as during the Depression, they offered important economic support that enabled families to remain in our communities. These families are widely extended, with some family members now permanently resident in Canada, and the story of their impact on our community, and their diaspora, is unique and not told elsewhere in our province. </p> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />Chester Municipal Heritage Society<br></span> </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc2"> <h4 class="float-right">2</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Front Harbour<br />1900<br /> Chester Nova Scotia<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#2" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=245757','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=426')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AETR/0001/image/storycard/AETR0001001c.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />Chester Municipal Heritage Society<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc3"> <h4 class="float-left">3</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Wednesday, June 24, 1903 - News clipping from Phyllis Meisner, Chester<br /> <br /> CHESTER BAY, N.S.<br /> <br /> "The Isles" "the Isles" of Chester Bay,<br /> On which I've gazed for many a day,<br /> How bright and green their slopes appear.<br /> Their shore and sands quite smooth and clear.<br /> <br /> Chorus:- Those lovely isles, spots of the blest!<br /> Whose grace and beauty, all attest,<br /> Round which the tourists sails so gay,<br /> In yacht and boat on summer day.<br /> <br /> Fair Tancook! Forms the outer guard,<br /> While Ironbound keeps watch and ward.<br /> Green Island's bright and lofty tower,<br /> Gives signal in the stormy hour.<br /> <br /> Chorus: - Those lovely Isles, etc.<br /> <br /> Oak Island, beautiful, in Western Bay,<br /> In summer visited each day,<br /> To view where Kidd his treasures hid,<br /> Thy "oaks" the seeker does forbid.<br /> <br /> Chorus: - Those lovely Isles, etc.<br /> <br /> The waters sparkle bright and pure,<br /> Its rivers flow serene and sure,<br /> Tis salmon does the stream ascend,<br /> The fishers rod "to Play" and bend.<br /> <br /> Chorus: - Those lovely Isles, etc.<br /> <br /> <br /> Woody, Mountain, Snake, Mark and Clay,<br /> Are lovely as a sunny day;<br /> Quaker in form of giant "whale"<br /> Gooseberry, charming as a "fairy tale".<br /> <br /> Chorus: - Those lovely Isles, etc.<br /> <br /> On moonlight nights, in shadow bright;<br /> Oft time with youth, in merry plight,<br /> We rowed o'er thy waters blue;<br /> With song and shout and hearts all true.<br /> <br /> Chorus: - Those lovely Isles, etc.<br /> <br /> Old Aspotogan's smiling face,<br /> Looks over Deep Cove, at its base,<br /> While Nass' and Freda's Point so fair,<br /> With beauty sit dispelling care.<br /> <br /> Chorus: - Those lovely Isles, etc.<br /> <br /> NATIVE<br /> May 30th, 1903<br /> Chester Municipal Heritage Society archives, Chester, NS B0J 1J0<br /> <br /> <br /> </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc4"> <h4 class="float-right">4</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Chester Harbour<br />1900-1910<br /> Chester Nova Scotia<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#4" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=245755','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=702,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AETR/0001/image/storycard/AETR0001001a.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />Chester Municipal Heritage Society<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc5"> <h4 class="float-left">5</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Lovett House<br />1930<br /> Chester Nova Scotia<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=124059&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FAETR%2F0001%2Ftext%2F&remEx=The+American+Connection&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_5_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_5_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#5" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=245731','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=384')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AETR/0001/image/storycard/AETR00010002.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />Chester Municipal Heritage Society<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc6"> <h4 class="float-right">6</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Back Harbour and Peninsula<br />1900-1910<br /> Chester Nova Scotia<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#6" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=245753','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AETR/0001/image/storycard/AETR00010018.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />Chester Municipal Heritage Society<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc7"> <h4 class="float-left">7</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Cole House, Duke Street, one of a large number of homes that offered room and board in the village.<br />1934<br /> Chester Nova Scotia<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#7" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=245732','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=264')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AETR/0001/image/storycard/AETR00010003.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />Chester Municipal Heritage Society<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc8"> <h4 class="float-right">8</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Back Harbour View from in front of the Hackmatack Inn<br />1900-1910<br /> Chester Nova Scotia<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=124065&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FAETR%2F0001%2Ftext%2F&remEx=The+American+Connection&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_8_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_8_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#8" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=245754','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AETR/0001/image/storycard/AETR00010019.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />Chester Municipal Heritage Society<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc9"> <h4 class="float-left">9</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> How Visitors Came<br />Chester Nova Scotia<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> <p>Getting to Chester wasn't fast or easy. Just getting to Boston or New York might take several days. Then a 24-hour trip by steamboat to Halifax, and either a second boat on to Chester, or a seven to eight hour stagecoach ride overland. Industrialists, bankers, doctors and Ivy League professors first came for the hunting and unrivalled sport fishing. They returned with their entire families to holiday for a few weeks at the local inns and hotels. And they continued to come back to Chester year after year.</p> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />Chester Municipal Heritage Society<br></span> </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc10"> <h4 class="float-right">10</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> The railway made travel easier. Tracks laid to the door way of the Smith homestead awaited the final agreement on price before construction could proceed. Circa 1901 </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc11"> <h4 class="float-left">11</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Smith Homestead with tracks for the Halifax and South Western Railroad laid to front door<br />1902<br /> Chester Nova Scotia<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=124058&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FAETR%2F0001%2Ftext%2F&remEx=The+American+Connection&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_11_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_11_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#11" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=245730','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=553,height=394')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AETR/0001/image/storycard/AETR00010001.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />Chester Municipal Heritage Society<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc12"> <h4 class="float-right">12</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Imagine travelling all the way in this vehicle!<br />1900<br /> Chester Nova Scotia<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#12" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=245734','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=388,height=251')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AETR/0001/image/storycard/AETR00010005.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />Chester Municipal Heritage Society<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc13"> <h4 class="float-left">13</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> "The Carrie," a steamer that supplied connections with Chester Basin & the rail line at Mahone Bay<br />1900<br /> Chester Nova Scotia<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#13" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=245733','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AETR/0001/image/storycard/AETR00010004.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />Chester Municipal Heritage Society<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc14"> <h4 class="float-right">14</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Taxis waiting at station for the train to arrive.<br />1914<br /> Chester Nova Scotia<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=124061&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FAETR%2F0001%2Ftext%2F&remEx=The+American+Connection&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_14_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_14_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#14" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=245736','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=521')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/AETR/0001/image/storycard/AETR00010007.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />Chester Municipal Heritage Society<br></span> </div> <table 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