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Key Events in the History of Nova Scotia: 1839.
- William Henry Bartlett (1809-54) was a noted British traveller and highly skilled landscape work. He visited Canada four times between 1836 and 1852. His Canadian Scenery full of wonderful engravings was published in 1842.
- September 19th, Albion Mines Railroad, Nova Scotia's first steam railway, opened between Stellarton and Pictou Harbour, a distance of six miles. In Great Britain, by 1843 there was 2,000 miles of railway; by 1848 -- 5,000. "The posting inns and postilions disappeared, and with them went the public mail-coach, and the heavy family coach" of the aristocratic households.
- Belgian's neutrality is guaranteed by Britain and France; it was a guarantee that Britain and France backed as late as 1939.
- The first lighthouse was in operation on St. Paul's island, on the northeast side; in the following year the second lighthouse on the southwest side was lit.
- Halifax: An act to open a new road to St Mary's.
- An act to change the side lines of Water Street, Halifax.
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[Forward In Time (1840)]- William Henry Bartlett (1809-54) was a noted British traveller and highly skilled landscape work. He visited Canada four times between 1836 and 1852. His Canadian Scenery full of wonderful engravings was published in 1842.
