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the Tercentenary of Quebec. Our aim is to spread it across the 

 Continent, asking from the whole Dominion all that is worthy of 

 record and permanent preservation as national heirlooms — that will 

 tell the story to generations yet to come- — "lest we forget." 



Though working under the shadow of this awful war, a genuine 

 response has come from Halifax to Victoria — let us mark and preserve 

 the places in Canada where deeds worthy of record were performed, 

 from the country's earliest days. 



This Association desires to gather from all parts of the Dominion 

 of Canada, all the knowledge available regarding each site or case 

 it is proposed to mark— obtain verification of the samiC from docu- 

 ments in the Dominion Archives and other reliable sources, submit 

 reports from each province to the Council, which will then consider 

 the merits of each application and, when desired, recommend to the 

 Government for approval. 



Dividing our correspondence according to Provinces, we can only 

 lightly touch on places, reporting progress as we further go. 



Nova Scotia. 



From Halifax, N.S., Mr. W. C. Milner (who succeeded Prof. 

 Ganong) writes:— "For two years I have been giving special attention 

 to placing monuments over historic sites in the ancient Province of 

 Acadia^' and asks for information as to the aims and scope of the 

 Historic Landmarks Association. 



We might note here that the "Memorial Tower" of Halifax, 

 erected to commemorate the First Parliament of Nova Scotia, or of 

 what was then Canada, initiated by the Canadian Club of that city, 

 was carried to a successful national completion through the efforts of 

 our distinguished veteran citizen. Sir Sandford Fleming, who has 

 contributed valuable data for our Directory of Historic Sites. Deckles 

 Willson, the well known writer and landmarker too, for he has es- 

 tablished himself in the Homestead of Judge Haliburton ("Sam Slick, 

 the Clockmaker"), at Windsor — where he says: — -"I am in full sym- 

 pathy with the objects of your Association. Our Canadian land- 

 marks have too frequently been treated by our progressive people 

 almost as effectually as the Belgian landmarks were treated by the 

 Germans." 



Cape Breton Island. 



On Cape Breton Island, the historic ground of Louisbourg with 

 its two sieges in 1745 and 58, once known from its splendid fortress as 



