Birthplace of Ice Hockey

Windsor,  Nova  Scotia, Canada – c. 1800
by
Garth Vaughan © 2001
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Origin
  Evolution   Hockeyists
  Windsor

Birthplace

Overview


Long
Pond Story

Long
Version

Short Version



Supporting
Maps

1786
– "Plan" for King’s

Windsor
– Anson Map

1871
– Church Map

1879
– Hendry Map


1880 – Roe Bros Map

1878
– Bird’s Eye View


BIG
Maps

1786
– "Plan" for King’s

Windsor
– Anson Map

1871
– Church Map

Aerial
View/Church

1879
– Hendry Map


1880 – Roe Bros Map

1878
– Bird’s Eye View

Map
to Long Pond


Other

1842 –
TCH/King’s Deed


Compilation of Maps

Tourism
Links

Long
Pond Photos

 

 



A Plan of Lands Proposed by John Clarke Esquire for the Academy or College at
Windsor 1789

This plan shows a 69 acres strip off of what is now known as
College Road in Windsor. It shows two "Ponds
of water never dry in any Season
" the ponds being in close proximity
on the Northwestern boundary. It also shows John Clarke’s "Plaister (plaster)
of Paris" (Gypsum Quarry) above the location of the two ponds, closer to
the Northern boundary of the property

See
Close Up of Ponds and Quarry

A Plan of Lands Proposed by John Clarke
Esquire for the Academy or College at Windsor – 25th Sept. 1789
NSARM -Nova
Scotia Archives & Records Management
F/239-1789
Shows – 69 acres

Shows – "Ponds of water never dry in any Season" (2 ponds in close proximity
on the Northwestern boundary)
Shows – John Clarke’s "Plaister (plaster)
of Paris" (Gypsum Quarry) on land exchanged by King’s College and T.C. Haliburton
in 1842.
NOTE: This proposal made 3 years after the land was granted to him.

 

 
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