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unusual facts about Nova Scotian



Gravenstein

Charles Ramage Prescott, the father of the Nova Scotian apple industry, grew Nova Scotia's first Gravensteins in his orchard at Acacia Grove.

Laura Regan

Regan is the daughter of Carole (née Harrison) and former Nova Scotian premier Gerald Regan, sister of former federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Geoff Regan and Live at Five's Nancy Regan.


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Edward Archibald

Edward Mortimer Archibald (1810–1884), Nova Scotian / British lawyer and diplomat

George C. Howard

George C. Howard (1818–1887) was a Nova Scotian-born American actor and showman who is credited with staging the first theatrical production of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Richard John Uniacke

His son Norman Fitzgerald Uniacke studied law in Nova Scotia and in 1798 furthered his law studies in London, entering the law at Lincoln's Inn; the second Nova Scotian to do so.

Tusket

The first Nova Scotian to die in aerial combat in WWII was from Tusket (Jack Elmer Hatfield, No. 264 Squadron RAF).

Under Great White Northern Lights

Exclusive components to the box set includes a live 7" single featuring "Icky Thump" on one side and "The Wheels on the Bus" (records live in Winnipeg on July 2nd, 2007) on the other, a 208-page hardcover book of photographs from the tour, one of six possible silkscreen prints, and a DVD of the band's 10th anniversary show in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, entitled Under Nova Scotian Lights.