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     NATULJ. HISTORY SOCIETY 0E PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND NEWSLETTER 
     
     Newsletter No. 3 December 1974 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     NEXT MEETING 
     
    
   
   
    
     Date: Wednesday, December 4. Please note change of day. 
     
    

    
     Time: 8:00 D.m. 
     
    

    
     Place: Provincial Health Building, 3rd floor, Room 47 & 48. 
     
     (Enter through underground garage on west side of 
     
     Provincial Administrative Building). 
     
    

    
     Program: Miss Pat Rogers will show slides taken on a bus 
     
     tour through Yukon and Alaska last August. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Announcements: 
     
    
   
   
    
     The program for the January meeting will consist of a show of 
     
     nature slides by members and a nature slide contest. Each member is 
     
     requested to bring 3 or 4 of his best slides to the January meeting. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     1. Slide must be taken on P.E.I. 
     
     2. Slide must have been taken during 1974. 
     
    
   
   
    
     If you develop prints, take along several of your best. These will not 
     
     be judged, but they will be appreciated. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Interested in hiking, snowshoeing or cross-country skiing? Every 
     
     weekend, the Bonshaw Hills Trail Club will be conducting outings on 
     
     Saturday and Sunday afternoons, leaving from Red Cross Headquarters at 
     
     approximately 1:30 p.m. For specific information call 894-8551. Ask 
     
     for Bob Perry to give you the time and nature of the outing. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Birds, Bush and Barnacles,a nature booklet published by the 
     
     Department of the Environment and Tourism, has recently returned from 
     
     the printer's and is now available for distribution. This booklet is 
     
     ideal literature for school children or interested amateur naturalists. 
     
     For further information contact Diane Griffin at 892—7411. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Canadian Nature Art 74 
     
    
   
   
    
     This annual exhibition of works by nature artists, started in 
     
     1971, is jointly sponsored by the Canadian Nature Federation and the 
     
     National Museum of Natural Sciences. The exhibit opened in London 
     
     during the annual meeting of the Canadian Nature Federation and will 
     
     be shown primarily in associate museums and exhibit centres, within the 
     
     National Museum Program. During the period from December 2 to 22, the 
     
     exhibit will be in the art gallery of the Confederation Centre of the 
     
     Arts. 
     
    

    
     This travelling exhibition is an attempt to make part of our 
     
     national heritage available to a greater number of Canadians and to 
     
     provide the artists with a showcase for their interpretation of the 
     
     land and its life. The 1974 edition is extremely good; thus all mem— 
     
     bers of the Natural History Society and other interested persons are 
     
     strongly encouraged to visit the Art Gallery to view it. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     - Notes From November 5 Meeting - 
     
    
   
   
    
     We received a letter from Blomidon Naturalists requesting our 
     
     support and suggestions for protecting Cape Split, Annapolis Valley, 
     
     from proposed hydropower developments._It was agreed to write a brief 
     
     on behalf of the society, expressing our support and forwarding con- 
     
     structive suggestions. ' 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Elanor Lowe, our president, expressed concern over recent hap- 
     
     penings in the Morell area. It seems that a preposed cottage subdivision 
     
     was hurriedly and secretively approved before all concerned government