[NatureNS] Dark sky site

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From: Annabelle Thiebaux <hamst@xplornet.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 19:09:33 -0300
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I was wondering about courthouse-hill too

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> On Sep 12, 2014, at 6:14 PM, "Hebda, Andrew J" <HEBDAAJ@gov.ns.ca> wrote:
> 
> 
> There is such a site just off the Beaverbank Rd  at the point the Uniacke Mines Rd joins.. Could be your spot.   
> 
> Another one you might consider is Court-house Hil -  Five County Lookout,''   Further up the Beaverbank Rd... Cross the #14 at Upper Rawdon, and keep going another 5 - 6 km.  High ground, blueberry fields, and a clear view across to the Cobequids.
> 
> Andrew
> 
> '________________________________________
> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on behalf of pce@accesswave.ca [pce@accesswave.ca]
> Sent: September-12-14 5:52 PM
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Dark sky site
> 
> Thanks for this, Darrell and Andrew, but I'm not certain that this is
> the place I remember.
> 
> The "air strip" at the location I am thinking of was just a short walk
> up a gravel path from the road, and was far too short and narrow for
> real planes. I seem to recall that it might have been used by model
> planes. Of course I only saw it at night and so never got a good idea of
> just how long it was.
> 
> Peter
> 
>> On 2014-09-12 5:37 PM, Hebda, Andrew J wrote:
>> If not on your maps, it is at the river crossing to the East of Scotch Village.
>> 
>> Andrew
>> 
>> ________________________________________
>> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on behalf of darrell@abolitphotos.ca [darrell@abolitphotos.ca]
>> Sent: September-12-14 5:18 PM
>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Dark sky site
>> 
>> Must have been Stanley, , just across the river from 236hwy
>> 
>>   ============================================================
>> 
>>> On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 17:06:36 -0300, pce@accesswave.ca wrote:
>>> Years ago, amateur astronomers used to gather at a tiny airstrip in
>>> Hants County (I think). We have a visitor from Tokyo coming next
>>> month, and she has never seen a dark sky. That site wasn't too far
>>> from our home in Waverley, and we were thinking of taking her there.
>>> 
>>> Does anyone know if the site is still publicly accessible? And -
>>> where is it? I combed the road maps and couldn't find anything that
>>> looked possible.
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> Peter Payzant
> 

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