Maritime Vignettes

- Season 3

(2013)

Maritime Shipbuilding is a half hour documentary that reveals this seafaring history and the proud tradition that lives on today. The film travels to once-thriving shipbuilding centers in Atlantic Canada to reveal was at one time the most vibrant, productive, and profitable shipbuilding region in the world. From the first boats built by the earliest settlers, to the golden Age of Sail in the 1800s, and from the Grand Bank fishing Schooners to the high tech Naval frigates of today - the 28,000 vessels built in Atlantic Canada during the past 250 years have shaped the ...

Atlantic Canada is home to more than 20 species of marine mammals including whales, dolphins, porpoises, and seals. Each year there are dozens of reported cases of these majestic marine animals either becoming tangled in fishing gear or stranded on a beach. When these unfortunate incidents occur it becomes a life and death situation and time is of the essence. Whale Rescue is a half hour documentary that follows members of the Marine Animal Response Society (MARS) as they respond to marine animals in distress. This group responds to calls from every corner of the ...

Islands are part of the geography and history of the Maritimes, nowhere more so than Nova Scotia. Jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean, there are more than 3,800 islands that lie scattered along nearly 5,000 miles of coastline. With intriguing pasts and mysterious happenings, the islands of Nova Scotia have been the setting of stories that stir the senses and rouse the imagination. Nova Scotia Islands is a half hour documentary that explores some of the most interesting islands in the province, their little known histories, and in some cases their uncertain futures. ...