Tourism industry faced challenges, convention delegates told in 1984

35 YEARS AGO

Yarmouth ratepayers voted in favour of having the town borrow up to $280,000, money to be used as the town’s share in the cost of a major expansion of the Yarmouth Regional Hospital. The vote was held in the high school gym. The Argyle, Yarmouth and Clare municipalities earlier had agreed to cost-share the hospital project. The estimated cost of the expansion was over $8 million, The Vanguard reported in its March 27, 1974 edition. The project was slated for completion by late 1976.

Winds gusting to 60 miles per hour partially broke the Prince of Fundy from its moorings at Yarmouth’s public wharf and toppled at least a couple of chimneys, including one on top of the Yarmouth Credit Store building on Main Street.

Two representatives from Holland College were to conduct a survey in Yarmouth to determine the town’s policing needs.

30 YEARS AGO

According to information from the Yarmouth County Arts Council – and published in The Vanguard’s March 28, 1979 edition – $280,000 had been spent so far on the council’s arts centre. The group was hoping to open the facility June 9.

A consulting firm had been chosen to conduct a feasibility study regarding the establishment of a transit service for the Yarmouth area.

25 YEARS AGO

The province’s tourism industry had an uncertain future if current trends continued. That was the word from one of the presenters during the 1984 convention of the Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia, which was held in Yarmouth. After peaking in the mid-1970s, the number of visitors to the province had declined in recent years and the industry faced challenges, convention delegates were told. It was necessary to enhance Nova Scotia’s tourism product, both in terms of quality and quantity, said one speaker.

20 YEARS AGO

A hearing was to be held in Bridgetown concerning an application by Canadian Pacific to abandon the Dominion Atlantic Railway between Yarmouth and Kentville.

The Tabitha Centre of Yarmouth was to receive a community service award from the Nova Scotia government.

Yarmouth County was getting another baseball field, provincial funding worth $25,050 having been approved for the project. The field would be located in Tusket.

15 YEARS AGO

Two years had passed since the closure of the tin mine in East Kemptville and there was still talk that the mine might be re-opened, the Nova Scotia government having found a potential operator for the mine, The Vanguard reported in its March 29, 1994 edition.