Tall Ships of Atlantic Canada is a virtual exhibition and educational website featuring hundreds of portraits of sailing ships built in Atlantic Canada between the late 18th and early 20th centuries. The bilingual site is designed for students in grades 4 to 10 and their teachers, although lifelong learners, marine portrait historians and researchers will find it of interest as well. Topics include the commerce, history, weather, science and folklore surrounding Atlantic Canada's Age of Sail.

The website includes games, curriculum-based activities and teacher resources. The project was inspired by the Masters of the Sea: Tall Ship Portraits from the Age of Sail exhibition in Halifax mounted during the summer of 2004 to mark the visit by two dozen tall ships to the city. Masters of the Sea was curated by Dr. Charles Armour and Mr. Graham Young, and was presented by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in partnership with the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Nova Scotia.

The Tall Ships of Atlantic Canada website was produced by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. This project was made possible with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through Canadian Culture Online.

Credits:

Jeffrey Spalding
Director and Chief Curator, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

Ray Cronin
Curator of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Curator, Ships Gallery Current Exhibitions

Dale Sheppard
Educator, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

Terri Whetstone
Project Coordinator and Editor

Dr. Charles Armour
Principal Researcher

Beth Shields
Project Assistant, Researcher, Database Management

David Redwood
Researcher, Writer

Karen Stentaford
Education Consultant, Logo Concept, Photographer

Meghan MacCullough
Education and Research Support

John Gaudi
Video Editor

Jim Rideout
Creator, Ship Shares: A Game of Sailing Ships and Ownership

Lesson plans were created by Kathleen Connor, Sarah Dickson, Mike Mifflin, Andrew Moffat, Willie Reid, Jim Rideout, Brenda Porter, Sarah Robertson, Karen Stentaford and Kay Weprin.

WEB DESIGN

Fraser Ross
Co-principal, Semaphor Design Company
www.semaphor.ca

Andrew Hartlen
Web Developer/Programmer

Bill Hutten
Programmer/Web Developer
www.hutten.org/bill

TRANSLATION

Jo-Anne Elder
Nicole Baril
Rose Després
Yollande Roy

The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia wishes to thank the many partner organizations, museums, galleries, heritage trusts, auction houses and private collectors who granted permission for the use of images of their ship portraits and photographs. The staff of these organizations provided unparalleled support with research and licensing. A list of our partners can be found by clicking the link at the bottom of this page.

Sincere thanks as well to the following people for advice and contributions along the way: Janet Barlow, David and Joyce Chaplin, Clary Croft, Dan Conlin, A.S. Davidson, Robert Elliot, Ralph Getson, Roxanne MacMillan, Captain Angus McDonald, Sarah Maloney, Chris Mills, Captain Matthew Mitchell, Captain Daniel Moreland, Mark Pineo, David Robinson, Lynn-Marie Richard, Eric Ruff, Lisa Roberts, Anna Scarth, Terry Shaw, Bradley Shoebottom, and Stanley T. Spicer.

CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE USE OF THIS SITE

Disclaimer:
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia denies all responsibility for the way(s) in which users use this site. Moreover, the Gallery is not responsible for the accuracy, reliability or currency of information provided by sources external to the Gallery. To the best of its ability, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia has undertaken to ensure that all content is used with permission and that copyright and ownership credit is noted as per licensing agreements.

Intellectual Property:
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia holds the copyright to this site. Users are strictly forbidden to copy, store, distribute or use the content of this site for any purpose other than non-profit study or research. Moreover, fair use is granted on the condition that users cite the name of the site (Tall Ships of Atlantic Canada) and of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Information obtained through this site may be used for commercial purposes only with the prior written consent of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.

The user is ultimately responsible for satisfying the requirements of copyright law, donorrestrictions, privacy and publicity, trademarks and licensing, and all other issues that may arise inthe copying and in the use of images, and also responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions pertaining to use.

User Conduct:
Users of Tall ships of Atlantic Canada and of the various components of this site are forbidden to incorporate hypertext links to commercial sites, to introduce computer code segments or executable files, or to introduce viruses or any other elements that might interfere with the smooth functioning of the site.

Hypertext links:
Links to Tall Ships of Atlantic Canada site are permitted insofar as the source can be clearly and easily identified. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia reserves the right to remove any hyperlinks it deems questionable or not pertinent to the Tall Ships of Atlantic Canada website.

March 2005

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
1723 Hollis Street, Gallery South
PO Box 2262
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 3C8
Tel: (902)424-7542
Fax: (902)424-7359
www.agns.gov.ns.ca

Tall Ships of Atlantic Canada/Ships and the Age of Sail project coordinator:
Terri Whetstone
Contact: (902)424-3001
whetstll@gov.ns.ca