Nova Scotia Archives Library Search: Merchant marine — Canada
A Mariner's Memories : a Chronicle of the Life and Times of Earle S. Wagner, Master Mariner, 1929-1999 / Earle S. Wagner. Nova Scotia : Earle S. Wagner, 2017. 272 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - VK140 W346 1999
At age 17, Earle Wagner joined Canada's marchant navy and served in it for four years during World War II. For nearly a quarter of a century he managed a fleet of vessels owned and operated by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. He was involved for a total of 48 years in the marine industry.
Merchant marine > Canada > Biography
Pilots and pilotage > Manitoba > Churchill > Biography
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Atlantic Ocean > Biography
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Conceived in war, born in peace : Canada's deep sea merchant marine / S.C. Heal. Vancouver : Cordillera Pub. Co., 1992. 234, iii pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE769 C744 H434
Merchant marine — Canada — History — 20th century
Shipbuilding industry — Canada — History — 20th century.
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Definitions required at the local marine board examination for masters, mates and second mates Halifax : Nova Scotia Printing Co., 1884. 32 pages : 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.141 #27 - Vertical File
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Everything that floats : Pat Sullivan, Hal Banks, and the seamen's unions of Canada / William Kaplan. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1987. xii, 241 pages, [18] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD6528 S42 S45 1987
Merchant mariners — Canada — History.
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In all respects ready : the Merchant Navy and the Battle of the Atlantic, 1940-1945 / Frederick B. Watt. Scarborough, ON. : Prentice-Hall Canada, 1985. xviii, 222 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map, po
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D779 C2 W37 1985
World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Atlantic Ocean
World War, 1939-1945 — Transportation
World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, Canadian
Merchant marine — Canada — History — 20th century.
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Atlantic Canada Shipping Project. Conference
Merchant shipping and economic development in Atlantic Canada : proceedings of the fifth conference of the Atlantic Canada Shipping Project, June 25-June 27, 1981 / edited by Lewis R. Fischer, Eric W. Sager. St. John's : Maritime History Group, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1982. 242 pages : illustrations
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE770 A881 M554
Fischer, Lewis R
Sager, Eric W., 1946-
Atlantic Canada Shipping Project.
Shipping — Atlantic Provinces — History — Congresses
Merchant marine — Canada — History — Congresses
Atlantic Provinces — Economic conditions — Congresses.
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Running the gauntlet : an oral history of Canadian merchant seamen in World War II / by Mike Parker. Halifax : Nimbus, 1994. xi, 344 pages : illustrations
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D810 T8 P37 1994
Merchant marine — Canada — History — 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, Canadian
World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Atlantic Ocean
Merchant mariners — Canada — Biography.
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Ships and seafarers of Atlantic Canada / The Atlantic Canada Shipping Project. St. John's, Newfoundland : Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1998. 1 computer optical disc : illustrations ; 4 3/4 in.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HD8039 S4 S55 1998
These databases were created for the Atlantic Canada Shipping Project, a large scale research project undertaken by the Maritime History Group at Memorial University of Newfoundland, to study the rise and decline of the shipping industry of Atlantic Canada. This project, which ran from 1976 to 1983, was funded the the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Memorial university.
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Memorial University of Newfoundland. Maritime History Group
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Shipping — Canada — History
Merchant marine — Canada — History
Merchant mariners — Atlantic Provinces
Shipping — Atlantic Provinces — History
Canada — Commerce — History.
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The Canadian Merchant Navy: essential life line Canada : Canadian Shipowners Association 1950. 16 pages : illustrations; maps; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.285 #39 - Vertical File
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Atlantic Canada Shipping Project. Conference
Working men who got wet : proceedings of the fourth conference of the Atlantic Canada Shipping Project, July 24-July 26, 1980 / edited by Rosemary Ommer, Gerald Panting. St. John's, Nfld. : Maritime History Group, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1980. 387 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE769 W926
Ommer, Rosemary E
Panting, Gerald.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Maritime History Group.
Merchant seamen — Canada — History — 19th century — Congresses
Merchant marine — Canada — History — 19th century — Congresses
Seafaring life — Canada — History — 19th century — Congresses.
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