What's Happening in Queens County, you ask?

My name is Heather Kelly and some know me as the What's Up Lady on Liverpool's local radio station, QCCR 99.3. It all started with a community calendar and posting events for the Queens County area. I started a blog called Queens County Community with the focal point being the community calendar. There were lots of places in Queens County to find

out about events in this area, including on line calendars, but I felt it would be more useful if everything was in one place. This then spread to Facebook and Twitter and QCCR radio.

Queens County and especially Liverpool, have loads to offer in the way of extra curricular activities,  hobbies, fitness and cultural events. Just one look at the Queens Community Calendar will tell you that. There you can find weekly events, a bulletin board with local event posters, lists of annual events and links to connect you to life in Queens County.

The calendar for the Astor Theatre is full from weekend movies to the Wednesday Cinema Series to full blown theatrical productions and concerts featuring east coast talent as well as international presentations.

Local festivals are abundant with the Liverpool International Theatre Festival in May to Privateer Days in July and Music Nova Scotia in November and tonnes in between. Always something to look forward to.

There is no shortage of fitness classes, which will be required as you may find it hard to resist the home cooked community suppers and local service group breakfasts. However, there are plenty of other ways to get your exercise. How about Monday Night Bowling, Tuesday Night Basketball, Wednesday Night Curling, Thursday Night Hockey and Friday Night Dancing. If that doesn't make you want to sleep in on Saturday, you can come out and join in the local Social Walk through the beautiful Trestle Trail.

If you are already a highly tuned athlete and are more interested in keeping your mind sharp, you could always join in the local bridge club every Friday, darts every Thursday, play some cribbage on Saturday's, card parties and bingo practically everyday or take a class in cooking, computer basics, digital cameras or quilting.  

It's nice to know that there is so much on offer, but you may just want to sit in the park and watch the sun set.

Heather Kelly
There's lots happening in Queens County
Queens County Community Calendar
Liverpool, Queens County, Nova Scotia, B0T1K0
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Walk Through History Of Our Founding Forefathers

"Let us make future generations remember us as proud ancestors just as,

today,

 we remember our forefathers".  (quote)

Liverpool's harbour was long a seasonal camp of Nova Scotia's native Mi'kmaq and was known as Ogomkigeak meaning "dry sandy place" and Ogukegeok, meaning "place of departure". Later in the 17th century Samuel de Champlain renamed it Port Rossignol and used it as a harbour for fur trading.  The New England Planters arrived in 1759, renaming the town after Liverpool in England with its Mersey River.

Liverpool struggled for identity during the revolutionary war and the raid on Liverpool in 1778 brought the people of Liverpool, on June 2, 1779, to built a battery for the artillery and on October 31 launched their own privateer vessel named Lucy to bring battle to their adversaries.

During the nineteenth century, the town became a major seaport as the fishing and ship building industries grew. The town also became a leading exporter of timber which was floated down the Mersey River. For a time after the War of 1812, Liverpool was second only to Halifax as the major port in the province.  Steam-powered vessels which were built with steel, ruined the area's vibrant wooden-ship building industry, and the further financial dislocation caused by the collapse of the local Bank of Liverpool in 1871 combined to severely hurt the town's economy and it went into a slow decline.

Liverpool's fortunes were temporarily revived in the 1920s when it became a centre for rum-runners shipping alcohol to the United States during its period of prohibition.  More significant growth took place in 1929 with the Mersey Pulp and Paper Mill which bolstered the economy.

Although Liverpool has gone through waves of feast and famine, in the economic sense, Liverpool still offers a wide range of services that  serves the population in the surrounding region and continues to attract people from all over the world.

"When our forefathers put down roots in desolate places,

the thing that allowed them to survive was that they had a faith

to see them through the tough times".

You tube video link:

http://youtu.be/p6s8_cz-5gQ

Salamander Migration

Adult spotted salamanders are mostly nocturnal, residing mostly underground, and can live over 20 years. They grow up to nine inches long and are blackish with yellow spots in patterns unique to each individual. They eat earthworms, slugs, and small insects. After spending the cold months underground, they emerge in late winter to migrate to their aquatic breeding sites, most likely the very site where they were born.

During the majority of the year, Spotted Salamanders live in the shelter of leaves or burrows in deciduous forests. However, when the temperature rises and there is a higher moisture level, the salamanders make their abrupt migration towards their annual breeding pond. In just one night, hundreds to thousands of salamanders may make the trip to their ponds for mating. Mates usually breed in ponds when it's raining in the spring. Females usually lay about 100 eggs that cling to the underwater plants. The eggs are round, clear, jelly-like clumps that are usually 2.5–4 inches (6.3–10 cm) long. Adults only stay in the water for a few days, then the eggs hatch in 1 to 2 months.

The spotted salamander usually makes its home around hardwood forest areas. They must have a pond as that is the only place they can lay eggs. A spotted salamander spends most of its time beneath ground level. It hides in moist areas under moss-covered logs or stones. These salamanders are secretive and will only exit their underground home on warm rainy nights in Spring, to breed and hunt. However, during the winter, they hibernate underneath ground level. Their defenses from predators include hiding in leaf litter or logs and a poison, which is not harmful to humans. In ponds or wetlands they hide near the muddy bottoms or hide underneath leaves at the bottom. They have the ability to drop their tails, to distract predators.. The spotted salamander, like other salamanders show great regenerative abilities, even being able to regenerate limbs and parts of organs. They have large poison glands around the back and neck, which release a toxic white liquid.

IT IS INEVITABLE THAT THEIR NATURAL FOREST HABITAT AND THE BREEDING PONDS ARE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE ROAD .... SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE SPOTTED SALAMANDER ON THE FIRST WARM RAINY DAY IN THE SPRING

IN QUEENS COUNTY.

You Tube salamander migration
http://youtu.be/UkGEXrL8udU

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East Coast Shrimp

Most shrimp mature and breed only in a marine habitat although there are a small number of freshwater species. The females lay 50,000 to 1 million eggs, which hatch after some 24 hours into tiny nauplii. These nauplii feed on yolk reserves within their body and then undergo a metamorphosis into zoeae. This second larval stage feeds in the wild on algae and after a few days metamorphoses again into the third stage to become myses. At this stage the myses already begin to appear like tiny versions of fully developed adults and feed on algae and zooplankton. After another three to four days they metamorphose a final time into postlarvae: young shrimp having all the characteristics of adults. The whole process takes about 12 days from hatching. In the wild, the marine postlarvae then migrate into estuaries, which are rich in nutrients and low in salinity. There they grow and eventually migrate back into open waters when they mature. Most adult shrimp are benthic animals living primarily on the sea floor.
As with other seafood, shrimp is high in calcium, iodine and protein but low in food energy. A shrimp-based meal is also a significant source of cholesterol. Shrimp and other shellfish are among the most common food allergens.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada:

http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/commercial/shellfish-mollusques/shrimp-pcrevette/index-eng.htm

Pasta shrimp recipe -You tube:

http://youtu.be/6vzeOmuXrYI

Shrimp .... fresh from our sea to your table



Canada and UK Drivers License agreement

Canada and UK have joined forces to make the changing over of your UK drivers license for a Nova Scotia drivers license easy, painless and convenient.

Residents of the United Kingdom who move to Nova Scotia will now be able to exchange their valid driver's licence for one in Nova Scotia.

Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations Minister John MacDonell and High Commissioner Andrew Pocock have signed a reciprocity agreement that will allow residents of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to drive in Nova Scotia without taking a written or road test, if they have a valid licence from home.

Nova Scotians who live, work or study in the United Kingdom will have the same privileges.

"This agreement will make it easier for residents of the United Kingdom who choose to work or study in Nova Scotia, while ensuring road safety is protected," said Mr. MacDonell.

Nova Scotia has similar arrangements with Germany and South Korea. Just one more way to make living in Canada that much easier and simpler. What are you waiting for?

Drive to Liverpool, Nova Scotia

Once you are here you will never want to leave.

Live Liverpool ... escape from the usual

Life Under Our Maple Leaf

Since the late 19th-century, Nova Scotia beckoned groups of wealthy families, who traveled by train and steamer to their grand seaside Victorian "cottages" from many of the north-eastern United States and across the sea from European countries.

Little has changed in more than a 100 years in this beautiful province on the North Atlantic;  the atmosphere is still somewhat staid, unhurried and family-oriented. The pristine coast is uncrowded and less developed than anywhere in North America and the real estate still costs just a fraction of that in the rest of Canada, the United States and Europe.

Nova Scotia is shaped like a lobster with its claws grasping toward the remote province of Newfoundland and its tail pointing in the direction of New York and Boston. It's name is Latin for "New Scotland," named for its resemblance to the homeland; by some its first European settlers.  This province is left with the various historical marks from it's ancestral Scottish,  Irish,  French and British settlers with pockets of their cultures remaining unaltered, even today. Nova Scotia boasts 3,600-miles of craggy shoreline sprinkled with scenic fishing villages and quaint small towns. It has long been a destination for vacationers and retirees from throughout Canada; to experience its seductive beauty, rich history, slow pace and of course affordable real estate.

 

Nova Scotia is one of those places that can seduce you through its sheer natural beauty. The seemingly endless stretches of picturesque coastline, a lush green countryside, the beautiful colours of autumn, and the friendliness of its people make it one of the most livable places in North America. Nova Scotia has a bit of something for everyone: old-world European architecture, everything is close to the water, New England-style charm, leisure opportunities and slow-paced towns that haven't changed much in the last century.

Nowhere in Nova Scotia is the official label "Canada's Ocean Playground" more pronounced than on  along the South Shore with its countless beaches; drive the picturesque Lighthouse Route and yopu can't miss it. Despite property prices increasing around the world, property here remains a fraction of what one would pay for similar real estate almost anywhere else in Canada; all surrounded by some of the world's most spectacular scenery, a relatively temperate climate and a stress-free lifestyle.  

 Life looks good under our Maple Leaf.

Canadian Hertitage

http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/symbl/o3-eng.cfm

THE MAPLE LEAF FOREVER (lyrics)
To thee we brought our hopes, our dreams,
For thee we stand together,
Our land of peace, where proudly flies,
The Maple Leaf forever.

Chorus:
Long may it wave, and grace our own,
Blue skies and stormy weather,
Within my heart, above my home,
The Maple Leaf forever!

O, Maple Leaf around the world,
You speak as you rise high above,
Of courage, peace and quiet strength,
Of the Canada that I love.

Remind us all, our union bound
By ties we cannot sever,
Bright flag revered on every ground,
The Maple Leaf forever!

MAPLE LEAF FOREVER:
youtube: http://youtu.be/sYJqMUJFY1g

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Buying Property in Liverpool, Nova Scotia

Liverpool is located a comfortable, one and a half hour, distance from Halifax and the International Airport. Along with this location comes fair market values for historical properties with a flavour of the past offering Georgian homes, Colonial homes and the ever decorative Victorian homes. Nova Scotia's South Shore provides white sandy beaches at every turn with winter and summer activities for the outdoor enthusiast; all within minutes of Liverpool.

Liverpool's Main Street and Market Street provides shops that are steeped in Maritime history; as Liverpool was once one of the busiest seaports in Canada with it's ship building and logging industries. Now Liverpool is a sleepy hollow where people come to live to enjoy the climate, the sea and good old fashioned living. 

NEWCOMERS ARE WELCOME!

Access Nova Scotia - buying property

http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/access/land/land-services-information/buying-property-house.asp

Ann Thomson Realty

http://annethomsonrealty.yolasite.com/

Exit Inter Lake Realty

http://www.exitinterlake.com/agents/1

Walt MacDonald Real Estate

http://www.macdonaldrealestate.ns.ca/


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