Vol. 1 No. 1 | The Lunenburg Barnacle

New issue in print the 2nd Thursday of every month.

We are the Lunenburg Barnacle.

SAL FALK, EDITOR-AT-LARGE

Welcome! This is it. The first print issue of The Lunenburg Barnacle. You might be new around here and so are we. I can still remember the first time I was recognized at No. 9 and invited to an upcoming gallery opening. I finally felt part of the community. It only took a few more weeks for me to realise the area is packed full of caring people who are constantly working to shape Lunenburg County into what it is today.

We are all lucky to call this land around the LaHave River our home. But what is happening in the forests, on the waters and in our communities and who is capturing these stories? The Barnacle is committed to bringing this landscape to life so we can unite, whether it is to uplift

Barnacle facts!

Did you know that barnacles...

ॐ ...are invertebrates?

ॐ ...are closely related to lobsters and shrimp?

ॐ ...range in size from about 2cm-10cm?

...attach themselves head first so we are technically looking at their butt?

Quiz!

the organisations who are working hard to make an inclusive community or to celebrate yet another local reaching the centenarian milestone.

Even two years ago I couldn’t have imagined becoming part of such a dynamic and interesting community but here we are putting pen to paper to share our passion for Lunenburg County. We’d love to have you come along for the journey as we share what we uncover each month about this place we call home.

We are a cooperative organisation actively seeking members of the community to contribute writing, photography, illustration, creative writing etc. If you’ve got ideas, shoot a message to editor@thebarnacle.ca.

What North Lunenburg County community hall are you?

Find out where you should play your next game of Auction 45s, at thebarnacle.ca –scan this QR code to start!

Lunenburg seeks a new name for Cornwallis Street Play On returns to the theatre after three year hiatus

ISSIE PATTERSON, EDITOR-AT-LARGE

Three years after her production was cut short by Covid-19, local theatre director Anne Stockdale is picking up right where she left off.

In March 2020, Stockdale’s cast of ten local actors were excitedly preparing for opening night of “Play On”, a comedy about a smalltown theater group struggling to put on a play.

The director describes the story as a “play within a play.”

“It resonated with me,” says Stockdale. “We’re just a small-town theatre group trying to put on a play with all the obstacles and hurdles that are in the way of it.”

The biggest obstacle in Stockdale’s production turned out to be insurmountable – at least for a while. She had to give up on the production as lockdowns continued into 2021.

When Stockdale got the opportunity to direct a play for South Shore Players for spring 2023, she reached out to the former cast of “Play On” with an idea: instead of choosing a new play and starting from scratch, why not pick up where they left off?

Her cast members responded with a resounding yes. “They had worked so hard,” she says. “Not only does the audience deserve to see them, but the actors deserve to get the applause.” Three years later, the cast is reuniting to finally bring this production to the stage. Play on, indeed! Play On will be performed April 28, 29, 30, and May 5, 6, 7 at the Central United Church Hall in Lunenburg.

Tickets can be purchased closer to performance dates at: www.southshoreplayers.ca.

JESSE WARD, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Read the full version of this feature online at thebarnacle.ca.

You may soon see E’se’katik Street, Reconciliation Street, or – huh – Queen Street, replace Cornwallis Street on signs across Lunenburg.

These are some of the options suggested by the Town of Lunenburg for renaming Old Town’s Cornwallis Street.

This upcoming change follows proposals by the town’s antiracism special committee in December. Renaming places in town was the topic of their first meeting in a year.

Melissa Duggan is the councillor who serves as committee chair. “While we are undertaking some work to regionalize our committee, an opportunity came up to begin the renaming process and as a committee we thought it was important to take this step forward,” says Duggan.

Council accepted the proposal to end this aspect of the legacy of Edward Cornwallis after public consultation. A release by the town acknowledges “the controversial former governor of Nova Scotia issued a scalping proclamation bounty in 1749 to anyone who killed Mi’kmaw men, women, and children.”

Council’s decisions also mean Blockhouse Hill Park is now Sylvia Park. This move formally acknowledges for the first time Sylvia, a Black woman who

is acknowledged for a courageous role defending the town during the 1782 Sack of Lunenburg.

Sylvia was enslaved by Lunenburg settler John Creighton – who was a militia captain and colonel under Cornwallis, and whose name graces Creighton Street at the back of Old Town.

Additionally, 250th Anniversary Park is now Labrador Park. The town writes this is “in honour of Old Labrador (a.k.a. Paul Labrador), the last Mi’kmaw/ Acadian family in the area when what we now call Lunenburg was founded in 1753”.

You can vote on the name to replace Cornwallis through the town’s survey at: https://bit.ly/ TOL-cornwallis-survey

Survey responses are accepted until February 13, 2023. Council will make their final decision in March.

Anti-LGBTQ+ graffiti in Liverpool may amount to a hate crime, say police SAL

Police continue to investigate vandalism in Liverpool in January as mischief, but say they are mindful the acts may amount to a hate crime – a position Lunenburg Pride says they should officially adopt. The Queens District RCMP responded to a report of vandalism at the Liverpool Tourism Bureau on Jan 9.

Black spray paint covered the Progress Pride flag-painted stairs with antiLGBTQ+ speech and prominently tagged the side of the building.

Darlene Norman, Mayor of the Region of Queens Municipality, addressed the incident on Facebook the following afternoon, calling the events an “act of hatred.” The Queens District RCMP released a statement on Jan. 13 saying they are investigating “mischief.”

Steve Ellis, the Chair of Lunenburg Pride, says, “Calling it that on its own is misleading and belittling”. Ellis says investigating the evidence as a hate crime would act as a deterrent, and “show that the police appreciate the LGBTQ+ community and

FALK, EDITOR-AT-LARGE

will do the right thing when something like this happens.”

As of Jan. 26, the RCMP reports not receiving any tips.

“The offence being investigated at this time is mischief, however, our investigators are mindful that this incident may amount to a hate crime,” says Cpl. Chris Marshall of the Nova Scotia RCMP.

“Investigations are guided by the evidence and information that our investigators collect, and if charges are laid, the totality of the investigation will determine whether hate crime charges are appropriate.”

Although this incident occurred only a day after the annual South Shore Pride Spiel, Ellis says Lunenburg Pride is not worried about the future of Pride events.

“We don’t want to focus on this negative issue for too long,” says Ellis. We can look forward to many Pride events in 2023 to show solidarity for the 2SLGBTQ+ community on the South Shore, hopefully including the return of drag queen storytime at the Bridgewater Library.

Elizabeth’s Books, in the heart of the Town of Lunenburg’s bookselling district, boasts a rental library of more than five thousand DVDs. Each month, proprietor Chris Webb recommends a classic film for your consideration.

This month’s film: Moby Dick (2011)

“My son was an extra in this one,” says Webb of the miniseries adaptation of the classic Herman Melville whaling epic, featuring Lunenburg filling in for Nantucket. “A lot of local people were.”

Webb, who himself sailed for more than three decades in a past life, even met Captain Ahab – star William Hurt. “He came into the shop one night around midnight and we had a good talk for about a half hour about all kinds of topics.”

TIME MACHINE

Lunenburg pigeons

A correspondent writing in the Boston Globe, in asking cannot Carrier Pigeons be successfully used on fishing vessels, says:

“The fact that the secret of the seas, the story of the wreck of the schooner Robert J. Edwards and the loss of her crew on the treacherous Sable Island, was given to the world by a homing pigeon, has given rise to much speculation as to the possibilities of the employment of these brave little winged messengers in the fishing business”

Lunenburg Progress: Vol 17, No. 8 (February 21, 1894)

TRIVIA WITH JOELLE: THE LEADERBOARD

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FEB.01.2023

Stegosaurus in Retrograde

The Weekenders

WHAT’S IN SEASON: WINTER

Apples

Arugula

Beets

Cabbage

Carrots

Celeriac

Kale

Kohlrabi

Onions

Parsnips

Pears

Potatoes

Rutabaga

Spinach

Squashes

Sweet Potatoes

Turnips

Winter

Radishes

Microgreens

Mushrooms

Source: https://farmersmarketsnovascotia. ca/whats-in-season-in-nova-scotia/

Slice O’South Shore

CARLEY MULLALLY, PUZZLE EDITOR

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43 Torso muscles

44 Business to benefit society

1 Mama's opposite

2 Wreck

3 Rice-like pasta

4 Director Luhrmann

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45 What 17A is filled with?

49 2

51 Choirs sing tra la _

52 Is that a nope, or _ _ (2)

5 Subj. taught in school

6 Not steal, but _

7 Used for pickling

8 What Don Draper produced

limb

22 Vit. C drink

23 Not a sis, but _ _(2)

25 Common scrabble letters

53 Become involved (2)

56 Vessel

57 Covert fed. group

60 How much 17A costs (CA)

64 It's a no-no

65 Fish eggs

66 American Eagle sub-brand

67 Coal Miner's Daughter singer

68 To _ fro

69 Light, sturdy wood

Call for submissions.

9 Another name for cashew

10 I love that _-series!

11 The word fish has _ _ (2)

12 Pancake amount

16 Town in Turkey

18 Put the horse before it

19 Winter hat (sp.var.)

23 One making amends

24 Goin' out to George St. with the _

25 Suffix with merchand, franch

27 Period without eating

28 It's as _ _ say (2)

29 Swiss currency

30 Filet _'_ (2)

31 Timmy's order on a hot day

32 Home _

36 Old anti-drug program

37 Sixth senses

39 Down at the Copa, Copa _

40 Stations with Game of Thrones (pl.)

44 Scottish soft drink Irn _

46 _ Brie of Community

47 Driven into a restricted area

48 _mite!

49 It is, or it _

50 Suffix with in

54 Modern way of saying non-binary

55 Cog, so to speak

Call for sponsors.

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56 Thick, wheat noodles

57 Astronomer Sagan

58 Van Gogh's flower

59 In open waters

61 Gun org.

62 Pop. dog breed

63 Michele of Glee

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ILLUSTRATOR: JESSIE MCLAUGHLIN @jessiemclaughlin | LAYOUT EDITOR: CARMEN CUMMING

PUZZLE EDITOR: CARLEY MULLALLY | DIRECTORS: JESSE WARD, ISSIE PATTERSON, SAL FALK, CARMEN CUMMING