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The Mi’kmaq people called it Kee- spongwitk (the land’s end). The French explorer Samuel de Champlain called
it Cap-Fourchu (the forked cape) when he first mapped its coast in 1604. The first permanent settlement there was a small French Acadian fishing village named Tebouque that recorded a population of 50 in 1750. (There is even evidence, a runic stone housed in the county museum and archives, which suggests the Vikings visited there in the 11 th century). Some historians argue that its name today comes from a request made by a small group of New England Planters granted land there in 1759. They wanted their new settlement, a permanent British flag of sorts to be planted on one of Nova Scotia’s most southerly capes during the Seven Years’ War with the French, to be named after their former home in Massachusetts: Yarmouth. By the late-nineteenth century, Yarmouth was Canada’s second largest port of registry with the second largest registered tonnage in the young nation. It was a ship building centre and a hub of international commerce that inspired...
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In every manner of speaking, it’s thirsty work. Since 1969, they’ve been cus- tom-decorating glassware and ceramics like beer and coffee mugs using screen printers before baking-in the brand or the occasion in a tunnel kiln at tempera- tures approaching 1120 degrees Fahr- enheit. “Our bottles and growlers are always popular, as well as our stemmed beer line,” explained Tom Adams, the President of Jym Line Glassware in Elmsdale, Nova Scotia. “Lately, we are seeing a lot of interest in our higher-end offerings, such as our Rasta line and our Spiegelau line of glassware. Whatever it is we’re creating for our customers, we...
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SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • NOVEMBER 2017
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