Fall River

This is looking southeast along the Shubie Canal in the fall of 1983..from our backyard along Lockview Road in Fall River Nova Scotia. The canal... more

by Phil Chadwick

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10.000 x 8.000 x 0.250 inches

Title

Fall River

Artist

Phil Chadwick

Medium

Painting - Oil On Canvas

Description

This is looking southeast along the Shubie Canal in the fall of 1983..from our backyard along Lockview Road in Fall River Nova Scotia. The canal system was supposed to link Dartmouth and the Atlantic to the Bay of Fundy. I do not think it was ever successful. The water way did provide some wonderful canoeing though. I would put the two small kids in the canoe after coming home from a night shift and paddle for a couple of hours into the adjoining lakes.

The internet did not exist when I painted this in 1984 but a search for information now reveals a ton of infomration at a click of the keyboard. The Shubenacadie Canal was a Canadian canal in central Nova Scotia linking Halifax Harbour with the Bay of Fundy by way of the Shubenacadie River and Shubenacadie Grand Lake. Begun in 1826, it was not completed until 1861 and was closed in 1871.

Our two tame ducks were rounding the rocks I had piled there. Annie and Jake would come for some bread most days. I lost my finger nail moving those rocks which were supposed to help stop any erosion and provide a little pool for the kids to play. They were not in school yet.

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June 24th, 2018