S6 E1 Joan Dawson

Published: Aug. 5, 2020, 12:38 p.m.

Season 6, Episode 1

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What's the best way to tell people the history of a place? Through the lives of prominent citizens? Battles for control? Its economic ups and downs?

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Joan Dawson's approach grants us an instantly relatable point of entry. "Nova Scotia's Historic Harbours: The Seaports that Shaped the Province" leads us around a coastline brimming with stories, from the earliest Mi'kmaq activities to the often violent struggles between Europeans for those most desirable locations to build communities.