Forever Bluenose: A Future for a Schooner with a Past
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by Ron Crocker
Nimbus Publishing, Halifax, 2013 128 pp., illus., $27.95 hardcover
Quick, check your wallet. If you find a handful of change, then you likely have the Bluenose in your hip pocket — its image has graced the Canadian dime for decades.
Today the Bluenose is synonymous with Nova Scotia, and it’s a Canadian icon. The recent restoration of Bluenose II is a cause for celebration for anyone who cares about Canada’s built heritage.
Forever Bluenose, written by former CBC journalist Ron Crocker, tells the story of how the famous schooner was saved from ruin. It doesn’t shy away from the controversy surrounding the restoration. Some critics have complained about the high cost of the project. Meanwhile, descendants of the original designer of the Bluenose sued the Nova Scotia government, claiming the family holds the rights to the designs and that the province used them during the restoration without permission.
Forever Bluenose will appeal to any Canadian with a fondness for the famed schooner.
— Mark Collin Reid (Read bio)
Mark Collin Reid is the Editor-in-Chief of Canada's History.