CREDA File

Welcome to the CREDA File, a monthly column on economic development issues and activities in Cumberland County from the files of the Cumberland Regional Economic Development Association - published monthly in the Citizen newspaper.

 

August 2010

 

The Municipality of the County of Cumberland and CREDA are hosting a series of Wind Energy Development Plan Open Houses throughout the county this month. In association with the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities and the Nova Scotia Department of Energy, Cumberland has been identified as one of two municipal units to conduct a study regarding the creation of a Wind Energy Development Plan.

All open houses will take place from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm on the following dates: August 5 at the Wallace Museum; August 11 in Port Greville at the Age of Sail Museum; August 12 in Joggins at the Joggins Fossil Centre; August 18 in Rodney at the Community Hall; and August 19 in Upper Nappan at the municipal building, 1395 Blair Lake Road.

These open house sessions will provide the public with information about the importance of wind energy to meet the Province’s energy needs as identified in the recently released Nova Scotia Energy Strategy. Public input will guide the Municipality in the creation of a Wind Energy Development Plan which will assist the appropriate placement of wind energy projects both large and small.

Staff will be available during the open houses and questionnaires will be distributed to assist with collecting public input.

 

Visitors to the Eatonville Day-Use area at Cape Chignecto Provincial Park now have an opportunity to delve a little deeper into the area’s impressive and colourful history of lumbering and ship building. The Park is pleased to introduce Interpretive Guided Tours of Eatonville Harbour beach. For a reasonable fee visitors can go beyond the “do not enter” and ‘off limit” signs and be guided by skilled and knowledgeable staff on a three- hour tour.

During the later part of the 19th century, Eatonville was a prosperous community of over 350 residents, with one part located near the mouth of Eatonville Harbour and the other two miles upstream at Eatonville Village (Oldtown). Lumbering and shipbuilding thrived. More than 20 ships were launched from Eatonville Harbour, while it’s sawmills produced 8 million board feet a year, as much as some modern sawmills.

Guided tours start at 1 p.m. and are being offered only on selected days to take advantage of favorable tides. Participants will be given time to explore the beach on their own and will enjoy refreshments afterwards at the Three Sisters Interpretive Centre. The tours are easy to moderate in difficulty. There is a slope down the trail to the beach and while on the beach you will be crossing 1-2 streams of ankle deep water, along with rocks and sand. Participants should wear comfortable footwear, waterproof if possible, and bring sunscreen, bug spray and wear layered clothing.

The Eatonville Harbour Guided Interpretive Tours are open to all age, although children under 16 must be accompanied by a paying adult. For more information or to register please call the park at (902) 392-2085. Family and group rates are available.

 

If you’re looking for something different and truly unique you might want to consider the Public Archaeology Experience, back for a fourth summer, at Beaubassin and Fort Lawrence National Historic Sites. The digs are every Thursday through Sunday until August 15th.

If interested you should sign up as soon as possible by contacting Fort Beauséjour-Fort Cumberland National Historic Site of Canada at (506) 364-5080. Registrations are limited to 12 participants per day, and the activity is intended for adults. The cost for the one-day program is $36.70. The day starts at 9:00 am and the program concludes at approximately 3:00 pm.

CREDA is partnering with Parks Canada to help make these public digs possible.

 

If you have any questions or want further information regarding CREDA call 667-3638. CREDA is Quality System registered to ISO 9001:2000.