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  Nova Scotia Tourism Vacation | Shelburne County Real Estate - Maps
Shelburne is the home to the annual Lobster Festival, Whirligig and Weathervane Festival, Founders' Days and historical reenactments.
The site of a major Loyalist landing in 1783, the Shelburne area is home to one of the most active reenactment associations in Canada and to six museums.
Shelburne's built wooden heritage is the most significant in Canada and the small Historic District rivals any area of North America for its density of pre-eighteen hundred wooden buildings.
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  Shelburne, New Hampshire
Lord Shelburne was a supporter of independence for the American colonies, and at his insistence, the king recognized the independence of the United States.
Shelburne Addition was separated and incorporated as Gorham in 1836.
The largest decennial percent change was a 60 percent increase between 1970 and 1980; population decreased from 1960 to 1970 and from 1990 to 2000.
www.nhes.state.nh.us /elmi/htmlprofiles/shelburne.html   (318 words)

  
 Shelburne Farms: History   (Site not responding. Last check: )
By 1902, Shelburne Farms encompassed a 3,800-acre farm dedicated to demonstrating innovative agricultural and land use practices, a hackney horse breeding enterprise and a grand family residence.
Shelburne House was the Webbs’ residence from May to October and during holidays.
Shelburne Farms’ mission has evolved too: to cultivate a conservation ethic in students, educators and the general public by teaching and demonstrating the stewardship of natural and agricultural resources.
www.shelburnefarms.org /about/history.shtm   (660 words)

  
 Shelburne Art Center - About Us
Classes were first offered in a church rectory and later in the locker room at the public school to teach woodworking as a life skill to young boys of a rural community; classes were soon expanded to include high school students and adults as well.
The Shelburne Craft School was incorporated in 1945 as a nonprofit institution dedicated to providing a place for professional craftspeople to work at their craft and to teach that craft to the community.
Shelburne Art Center is proud to be a part of the Community Arts Education Council, a collaboration among nonprofit arts organizations in the Champlain Valley.
www.shelburneartcenter.org /aboutus.html   (493 words)

  
 Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, the four season travel and recreation area in the Berkshire mountains. A perfect ...
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, the four season travel and recreation area in the Berkshire mountains.
Located on the scenic and historic Mohawk Trail in the Berkshire foothills, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts is rich with natural beauty, talented artisans, 4 season recreation and an atmosphere that will make you feel right at home.
Read an article about Shelburne Falls by Grace Friary.
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 SHELBURNE SOCCER CLUB: Club History and Information   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Shelburne Soccer Club has its origins in a local recreational league, which was formed in the 1970’s.
The league was formed as the Shelburne Minor Soccer Association and, throughout the early years, it consisted of various numbers of teams often with very large age differences.
Shelburne Soccer Club will have an adult co-ed house-league for all of those adults that wanted to play soccer, but were unable to travel.
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 Brian Boardman: Shelburne Vermont Real Estate, Shelburne Vermont Realtor
Chartered in 1763, the name "Shelburne" or "Shelburn" was chosen to honor the Earl of Shelburne, a celebrated nobleman of the British Parliament.
The 1000 acre Shelburne Farms Estate is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to teach and demonstrate the stewardship of natural and agricultural resources.
With the Shelburne Town Beach, four parks, and Shelburne Pond there are many locations for residents to enjoy biking, hiking, boating, fishing, and swimming.
www.brianboardmanvt.com /static/brianboardmanvt/towns_shelburne.php   (332 words)

  
 Shelburne Plastics, Bottles, High Density Polyethylene, Polyethylene Terephthalate, Extrusion Blow Molding equipment, ...
Shelburne Plastics' headquarters are located in South Burlington, Vermont with additional manufacturing facilities in Jessup, Maryland, and Manchester, New Hampshire.
Shelburne Plastics operates a fleet of tractor/trailers to provide on-time delivery on a 7-day/3-shift operation.
Shelburne Plastics has seen steady growth since it was formed in 1978, establishing a reputation for competitive pricing, superior quality, on-time delivery, and excellent customer service driven by our unique custom bottle and label application capabilities.
www.shelburneplastics.com /about.html   (267 words)

  
 Shelburne News - Front Page Stories   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bibs Francis of Shelburne, and her Rhodesian Ridgeback Hobie, stand above the trickle that is the beginning of the LaPlatte River.
Beginning April 13, 12 of Shelburne Museum's galleries and exhibition structures are open from 1 to 4 p.m.
Shelburne resident Martina Rodriguez Oldham has created a world of tranquility in her John Street home that she shares with her husband John and two sons Gavin and Nathan.
www.shelburnenews.com /archive/0402/index_04_02.html   (892 words)

  
 Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont
It's New England's version of Harold Warp's Pioneer Village in Nebraska, or the Hawk Museum in North Dakota, or Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in Michigan.
If the exhibits displayed at the Shelburne Museum are indicative, Electra Havemeyer Webb's tastes were traditional.
The lesson of the Shelburne Museum appears to be this: If you're rich enough to buy anything, buy big.
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 Shelburne   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Shelburne Grange Fair, is annually held on the last Saturday in August at Fellowship Hall on Little Mohawk Road in Shelburne.
Shelburne Falls Riverfest, is annually held the first Saturday in June as a celebration along the Deerfield River.
It was seven years later in 1775 when Shelburne was made a town by a general act under which districts became towns.
www.co.franklin.ma.us /shelburn.htm   (583 words)

  
 Shelburne travel guide - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Shelburne [1] is a town in Vermont, in the eastern United States.
Shelburne Museum is one of the nation's premier collections of American artifacts.
Shelburne Craft School has a nice little gallery located on the town green in the center of town.
wikitravel.org /en/Shelburne   (302 words)

  
 Town of Shelburne | Community
The Shelburne News is published once a week and is distributed free to all town residents.
The Shelburne Town Offices publishes a list of the public records that are available as well as the custodian for each type of record.
There are six schools in Shelburne, the Shelburne Community School is public and the other five are private.
www.digitalfrontier.com /essential_wc5/shelburne/information/69.html   (567 words)

  
 Shelburne Lions Club
Shelburne is located in the centre of Dufferin County.
Shelburne is best known for the Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Contest held each year on the first weekend after Civic Holiday in August.
The Shelburne and District Lions Club, sponsored by the Orangeville Lions Club, was chartered on October 9, 1975.
home.interhop.net /lions/shelburne   (2094 words)

  
 Shelburne, New Hampshire NH, town profile (Coos County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Shelburne is a town in Coos County, in the Berlin metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Shelburne was $24,899, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Shelburne, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $340.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=19006   (491 words)

  
 William Petty, Lord Shelburne Papers
In spite of a long public career, during which he served on the Board of Trade in 1763, as secretary of state for the Southern Department, 1766-1768, and finally as prime minister, 1782-1783, his merits are difficult to assess.
Lacking connections, he was singularly unpopular among his peers, with a reputation for deviousness and arrogance that is difficult to justify by his behavior.
As a stockholder in the East India Company, a large landowner in Ireland, and particularly as an official dealing with American affairs, Shelburne was involved in the major issues affecting the British empire in the mid-eighteenth century.
www.clements.umich.edu /Webguides/Arlenes/S/Shelburn.html   (632 words)

  
 Ecology of Shelburne
The plant and animal communities living in Shelburne are an integral part of the landscape.
Shelburne contains a great diversity of natural communities, including many types of forests, fields, wetlands, and pastures.
While much of Shelburne has been cleared to make way for agricultural fields and development, the remaining forests are quite diverse.
www.uvm.edu /shelburnelandscape/nature/ecology.html   (336 words)

  
 Massachusetts EOEA - Community Preservation Initiative: Community Resource   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Shelburne is a community dedicated to preserving the purity and simplicity of an earlier day and the 2000 residents are proud of the restored buildings and spectacular New England surroundings.
The Bridge of Flowers, connecting the towns of Buckland and Shelbure in Shelburne Falls is a fomer trolley bridge converted into a pathway of flowers in 1929 and maintained by the local garden club.
Also in Shelburne Falls there are over 50 glacial potholes located in rocky ledges that form a waterfall in the Deerfield River.
commpres.env.state.ma.us /community/cmty_main.asp?communityID=268   (289 words)

  
 Shelburne, Massachusetts MA, town profile (Franklin County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Shelburne is a town in Franklin County, in the Springfield metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Shelburne was $20,329, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Shelburne, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $473.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=3126   (522 words)

  
 Shelburne Vineyard Newsletter #1
The land slopes gently to the south and the west in close proximity and sight of Lake Champlain.
Shelburne Farms is a 1400 acre working farm, national historic site and nonprofit environmental educational center on the shores of Lake Champlain.
Shelburne Vineyard plans to apply to the Northeast Organic Farmers Association for Certification as an organic grower.
www.shelburnevineyard.com /id27.htm   (1043 words)

  
 Shelburne - Chittenden County - Vermonthomesandtowns.com
A fire set by American Indians and British troops during the Revolutionary War threatened the house built by one of Shelburne's earliest settlers - until it was extinguished with a barrel of beer.
Picture-postcard perfection was achieved in the 19th century, when some of New York's most prominent families established palatial homes on the lush hillsides overlooking Lake Champlain.
Shelburne Shipyard is evidence of the region's passion for maritime activity.
www.vermonthomesandtowns.com /Shelburne.htm   (132 words)

  
 The Nature Conservancy in Vermont - H. Laurence Achilles Natural Area at Shelburne Pond
Over thirty years in the making, the natural area at Shelburne Pond is one of the oldest and longest-running protection projects of the Vermont chapter and a successful collaboration between the Conservancy and UVM.
The pond is surrounded by cattail marshes, a hardwood swamp, fine limestone cliffs and talus slopes, pine forests, a dwarf shrub bog, and rich northern hardwood forest.
Regional analyses identified the deepwater marsh, dwarf shrub bog, and marl pond at Shelburne Pond as high priorities for conservation.
www.nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/vermont/preserves/art2144.html   (549 words)

  
 Nova Scotia Tourism | Shelburne, Nova Scotia Museums & History
The Muir-Cox Shipyard at the south end of Dock Street in Shelburne is one of the oldest shipyards in Nova Scotia, having been in almost continuous operation from the 1820s (William Muir) until 1984 (William and George Cox).
Most of these dories were sold to Nova Scotian and American fishing captains who called at Shelburne to outfit their schooners before sailing to the offshore fishing grounds.
They traded Shelburne's pine boards, codfish and pickled herring in foreign ports for salt, tobacco, molasses and dry goods which they then sold to the new settlers.
www.shelburnenovascotia.com /museums.htm   (890 words)

  
 Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum - Home Page
The Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum, in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, is dedicated to preserving and operating Shelburne Falls and Colrain Street Railway trolley car No. 10.
It was delivered new to Shelburne Falls and has never left the valley.
Now, through the efforts of the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum, you can ride it in the same freight yard where it used to load and unload passengers, apples, mail, milk and other freight, one hundred years ago.
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 FRANKLIN COUNTY - SHELBURNE
Shelburne and Shelburne Falls lie along the famous Mohawk Trail and are becoming known locally as a center for the creative arts.
Nestled among rolling hills, the town of Shelburne Falls is a beautiful New England village.
The Bridge of Flowers was a former trolley bridge converted in 1929 to a pathway of flowers.
www.singlesourcephoto.com /regionaltours/401shelburne.htm   (165 words)

  
 Shelburne history
As more settlers moved to Shelburne, there was a growing need for industries to support the farming and logging that was the backbone of the local economy.
A log bridge, later replaced by a covered bridge, was built over the river at this point, and for many years this was the best way to cross the river.
Water-driven industrial growth in Shelburne Falls helped it became a thriving separate settlement, building a distinct rivaly with Shelburne Village as each vied for control over the rest of the town.
www.uvm.edu /shelburnelandscape/humans_2.html   (206 words)

  
 Romantic Getaway Package Long Beach Washington B&B, Fine Cuisine Wild Mushrooms Shelburne, Bed And Breakfast Long Beach ...
Guests delight in all of the dining experiences offered at the Shelburne Country Inn.
At The Shelburne Inn or China Beach Retreat
You may order this special package to be placed in your room upon arrival: Appetizer plate including the Innkeeper's homemade paté and assorted fruit and cheese, a bottle of Chardonnay or Champagne, and a little something for the sweet tooth.
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 Town of Shelburne | Administration
Shelburne residents are encouraged to contact the Town Manager with questions, comments or suggestions relating to the Town, especially if you are uncertain what specific department would have responsibility for a particular issue.
The manager's office handles requests for use of the Town Hall, signs requests for the Town Green, distribution of recycling bins, and general issues regarding Shelburne.
For more information please e-mail or call Paul Bohne, Town Manager at 985.5111 or Judy Lance, Administrative Assistant at 264.5031.
www.shelburnevt.org /departments/62.html   (101 words)

  
 CHRS - Shelburne River
Shallow rocky lakes, rapids, still-water reaches – the Shelburne begins in the Tobeatic Wilderness Area, the largest remaining wilderness in the Maritimes.
It flows through many shallow, rocky lakes, tumbles over rapids, and slips quietly through tranquil stillwaters as it traverses boulder-strewn wetlands, eskers and undisturbed forests.
For the paddler, the Shelburne is a wilderness river appearing much as it did when the Mi’Kmaq used it as a travel route centuries ago.
www.chrs.ca /Rivers/Shelburne/Shelburne_e.htm   (90 words)

  
 Shelburne Farms - Vermont Cheese Council Member   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit environmental education center and 1,400 acre working dairy farm in Shelburne, Vermont.
The purpose of Shelburne Farms is to develop a conservation ethic in students, teachers and the general public in Vermont and around the world.
We work to accomplish this by teaching the stewardship of natural and agricultural resources and demonstrating rural land use that is environmentally, economically and culturally sustainable.
www.vtcheese.com /vtcheese/shelburne/shelburne.html   (165 words)

  
 Shelburne dating, Shelburne singles, Shelburne chat at Matchmaker.com
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