Earliest history of coal mining and grindstone quarrying at Joggins, Nova Scotia, and its implications for the meaning of the place name “Joggins”

• Published in: Atlantic Geology
• Main Author: Falcon-Lang, Howard J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Atlantic Geoscience Society 2009
• Subjects: Belcher; Mi’kmaq
• Online Access: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/atlgeol.2009.001

The rich history of coal mining and grindstone quarrying at Joggins, Nova Scotia, prior to Lyell’s visit in 1842 is less well known than its subsequent history. Franquelin first observed coal there in 1686, and within little more than a decade Acadian coal mines had sprung up at the Coal Cliffs. Fol...