Tag: Nova Scotia

• On June 8, 1758, a British force of 40 warships, 14,000 soldiers, and 12,000 sailors and marines began the siege of Louisbourg, located on the approaches to the St. Lawrence River in what is now Nova Scotia, Canada.

  June 8, 2024

  1700s, Chevalier de Drucour, Edward Boscawen, Fortress Louisbourg, History Daily, James Wolfe, Jeffrey Amherst, Nova Scotia, Seven Years War

  1700s, Chevalier de Drucour, Edward Boscawen, Fortress Louisbourg, History Daily, James Wolfe, Jeffrey Amherst, Nova Scotia, Seven Years War

• At 9:05 a.m., in Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia, Canada, the Most Destructive Man-Made Explosion in the Pre-Atomic Age Ensued When the Mont Blanc, a French Munitions Ship, Exploded 20 Minutes After Striking Another Vessel. December 6, 1917.

  Image: SS Imo aground on the Dartmouth side of the harbour after the explosion. (Public Domain). On this day in history, December 6, 1917, at 9:05 a.m., in Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia, Canada, the most destructive man-made explosion in the pre-atomic age ensued when the Mont Blanc, a French munitions ship, exploded 20 minutes after striking…

  December 6, 2023

  1910s, Canada, Halifax Explosion, History Daily, Imo, Mont Blanc, Nova Scotia, World War I

  1910s, Canada, Halifax Explosion, Imo, Mont Blanc, Nova Scotia, World War I