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many symphony players, visual artists and theatrical actors residing there. The landmark gunnery director tower stood derelict for many years, until finally passing into private hands in the 1990s. The building is virtually unrecognizable today, having been radically converted into a luxury residence.
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The present lighthouse, a concrete tower, was built in 1967 and is situated high atop a bluff. The lighthouse was automated in the 1990s, and an array of remote navigational aids was erected. The light-keepers house was left vacant for several years, then rented, and then vacant once more. It was
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Duncans Cove. One of those families embarked upon a decades-long construction project of unconventionally shaped timber-framed dwellings, and even had a small private airstrip. By the late 1960s, fishing from the cove had dwindled and the community become known as an artists colony, with
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The first of several lighthouses was built at
Chebucto Head in 1872 with a steam foghorn just below it. The lighthouse was moved in 1940 several hundred metres to the north to make way for the gun battery. The lighthouse included a launch ramp for a lifeboat, as well as an old naval
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Duncans Cove has been designated as a Nature Reserve by the Province of Nova Scotia. It is located in the Pennant Granite Barrens natural landscape, and represents a typical coastal headland, barren, and bog complex. It is the only location in
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McNab families. Timothy
Sullivan was granted 8 acres and Daniel Gallagher was granted 7 3/4 acres in 1842. John McNab was granted 50 acres (200,000 m) in 1859. The cove was named after Admiral
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