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Clara Dennis
Clarissa Archibald "Clara" Dennis (November 24, 1881 – February 16, 1958) was a Canadian photographer and writer who lived in Nova Scotia. She died in Halifax at the age of 76. Many of her photographs are now held in the collections of the Nova Scotia Archives and the Nova Scotia Museum. These thousands of images capture the people and places of her time, including a collection of images of Mi'kmaq people from that period. Early life The daughter of Senator William Dennis and Agnes Miller, she was born in Truro and moved to Halifax with her family at a young age. She was educated at Mount Allison College, Dalhousie University and Halifax Business College. She worked for her father's newspaper, the ''Halifax Herald'', until his death in 1920. During World War I, Dennis offered her home to thousands of soldiers and was a strong support of initiatives to support prisoners of war and foreign troops that were stationed or visiting Halifax. Dennis was a life member of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native English-speakers, and the province's population is 969,383 according to the 2021 Census. It is the most populous of Canada's Atlantic provinces. It is the country's second-most densely populated province and second-smallest province by area, both after Prince Edward Island. Its area of includes Cape Breton Island and 3,800 other coastal islands. The Nova Scotia peninsula is connected to the rest of North America by the Isthmus of Chignecto, on which the province's land border with New Brunswick is located. The province borders the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east, and is separated from Prince Edward Island and the island of Newfoundland by the Northumberland and Cabot straits, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
