Nova Scotia
Pony Express
1849
Original plaque unveiled 26 August 1953
Photographs of
Plaque
Victoria Beach
Annapolis County
Nova Scotia
GPS location: 44°40’17″N 65°44’36″W
Google map
Photographed on 9 October 2002
Photographed on 13 June 2003
Photographed on 9 October 2002
The ferry departs on its daily run between Digby and Saint John
Photographed on 13 June 2003
The Digby-Saint John ferry is docked at its Digby terminal
Map showing the location of the 1849 Nova Scotia Pony Express monument
in Victoria Beach, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
Roads are shown as they were in 1978. Except for Highway 101, the
layout of the roads in 2008 has not changed much from that shown here.
Links to Relevant Websites
The 1849 Nova Scotia Pony Express
The Pony Express Plaque Installed in 1949 100th Anniversary
Halifax Express The Novascotian, 26 February 1849
Halifax Express The British Colonist, 10 March 1849
Halifax Express The Acadian Recorder, 10 March 1849
The Second Run of the Nova Scotia Pony Express 8 March 1849
Nova Scotia Pony Express 1849, by John Regan 5 January 1912
Nova Scotia Pony Express 1849, by George Mullane 1 January 1914
Nova Scotia Pony Express 1849, by Murrille Schofield 1973
Nova Scotia Pony Express, by D. A. MacNeill April 1940
Nova Scotia Pony Express, by CBC Radio 11 June 1999
The Cunard Steamship fleet, 1849
These ships brought the news carried by the Pony Express
The Oregon Boundary dispute, 1849 Britain and USA close to war
Pony Express was the fastest link carrying breaking news to U.S.A.
Pony Express Editorial in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald 15 February 1999
Nova Scotia Pony Express Digby Courier, 27 January 1999
History of the Nova Scotia Pony Express
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/langtved/pony.htm
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