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NOVA SCOTIA MUSEUM--UPCOMING EVENTS
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UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY

Veteran underwater photographer Bob Semple will give an
illustrated talk on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax. Mr. Semple's
presentation will include images from a dive to a 1200 year-old
shipwreck in the Red Sea, sea lions from the Gulf of California
and octopi from the British Columbia coast. 

Admission is free but donations to the food bank are gratefully
accepted. 

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Contact: Gerry Lunn 902-424-8793
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BOATS AND BOATBUILDERS OF CAPE BRETON ISLAND

The first of four talks about boats and boatbuilders of Nova
Scotia will be given Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at the Maritime
Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax at 7:30 p.m. Museum researcher
David Walker will focus on Cape Breton Island in the first
presentation. 

Admission is free but donations to the food bank are gratefully
accepted.

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Contact: Gerry Lunn 902-424-8793

jlw                        Feb. 20, 1996        11:40 a.m.