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Jeff Noakes

@jdn101

Historian, amongst other things. My tweets are my own, unless otherwise stated.

 Ottawa, Ontario
Joined September 2011
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Today is the CRNS-SCRN annual conference! I'll (@slopclothes) be tweeting along with today's four panels so follow along here for today's proceedings.
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#OTD 100 years ago Bluenose competed against other Canadian schooners to win the right to race in the 1921 International Fishermen’s Trophy. (1/2) ⚓️⛵️ #Bluenose100
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April 26 Lecture: "Not Lost at Sea: McGill Archivists to the Rescue" - Gordon Burr, Ron Critchley, Wes Cross mcgill.ca/jms/channels/event… #mcgillu
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Really amazing curatorial position at MIT museum working with the Hart nautical collections. One of three new positions! Please retweet widely where #oceanhist people will see the job info in this link: mitmuseum.mit.edu/about/care…
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75 years ago on July 18-19, 1945, explosions destroyed the Bedford Magazine near Halifax, Nova Scotia, killing one person. War artist Albert Cloutier painted this view from Dartmouth of the first blast. #OTD
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The bone collector: The untold story of one Inuk elder's WW II efforts | CBC News cbc.ca/news/politics/stefano…
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'Bluenose Ginger Ale' bottles from the 1930s. The Bluenose Beverage Co., producer of the ale, was the family bottling company owned by marine architect William J. Roué and located in Halifax
Image from Nova Scotia Archives (@NS_Archives)
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On Nov 9th @rcmiHQ is hosting its 3rd Annual Military History Symposium: Canada's Second World War: Combined Arms in Victory. Don't miss @gwhayes66, @mike_bechthold, @jdn101, @neilorford1 and other Canadian experts. Don't miss it!
Image from The RCMI in Toronto (@rcmiHQ)
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Have you recently finished (or will finish before January 1 2020) an MA Thesis/MRP on a maritime history topic? You should apply for the Jacques Cartier Prize cnrs-scrn.org/books_and_awar… Candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents writing on a Canadian maritime topic.
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There is just *one* week until the submissions for the 2019 Cartier Award for MA Thesis or Major Research Papers completed in 2018. cnrs-scrn.org/books_and_awar… Follow the link above for details and submission... cnrs-scrn.org/books_and_awar…
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The Canadian War Museum is thrilled to announce its next special exhibition, Highland Warriors, starting May 31 2019. An Ottawa world premiere! #TartanDay warmuseum.ca/event/highland-…
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Jeff Noakes retweeted
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CNRS/SCRN@CanNautResSoc3 Apr 2019
The Canadian Nautical Research Society is pleased to announce the re-introduction of the Jacques Cartier MA Award. We are now accepting submissions for the 2019 award. The CNRS has a mandate to encourage research... cnrs-scrn.org/books_and_awar…
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Notice: the deadline for proposals for the 2019 conference is now extended to 1 April 2019.
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#OTD 27/2/1930 #RememberRCN -HMCS THIEPVAL Battle class trawler, wrecked on uncharted rock in Barkley Sound, BC. The #RCNavy at the time was using charts originally produced in 1861.
Image from Roger Litwiller -🇨🇦 Naval Author/Historian (@RLitwiller)
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Captain Angus Walters hammering in the ceremonial golden spike at the keel laying of the replica of the Bluenose II on February 27, 1963 #Bluenose #OnThisDay
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Tony Law's painting depicts the British HMS Bellona leading the Canadian HMCS Haida and HMCS Iroquois into action against a German convoy off the French coast on August 6th 1944. This was part of Operation Kinetic, an air and sea offensive against German shipping. #art #WarArt
Image from Canadian War Museum (@CanWarMuseum)
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Today is the 100th Anniversary of the Great Molasses Flood in Boston. The BPL is one of the few institutions with images of the disaster, thanks to photographer Leslie Jones (1886–1967). See the collection here: bit.ly/2izFRBm.
Image from Boston Public Library (@BPLBoston)
Image from Boston Public Library (@BPLBoston)
Image from Boston Public Library (@BPLBoston)
Image from Boston Public Library (@BPLBoston)
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Jeff Noakes retweeted
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CNRS/SCRN@CanNautResSoc8 Jan 2019
As announced at the AGM last year, The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord is now open access. Find back issues at cnrs-scrn.org/northern_marin…. cnrs-scrn.org/northern_marin…
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Jeff Noakes retweeted
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Canadiana@CanadianaCA15 Nov 2018
We are pleased to announce that as of January 1, 2019, 60 million pages of Canadian digital documentary heritage will be available at no charge to users, check out our press release for more info: ow.ly/gQUZ30mDfC6
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#OTD: On 19 October 1940, your #RCNavy’s #WW2 auxiliary minesweeper, HMCS Bras D’Or, sank sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with its entire crew onboard during a fierce storm. Today we pay tribute to the 30 sailors whose lives were lost at sea that day. #RememberRCN
Image from Royal Canadian Navy (@RoyalCanNavy)
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