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Abraham Gesner

1797 – 1864

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Monument

Chipman Corner
Kings County
Nova Scotia

Located on the east side of Middle Dyke Road, about 500m south from Church Street

GPS location:   45°05'56"N   64°28'35"W


Abraham Gesner monument

Photograph taken 6 October 2002



Abraham Gesner memorial plaque

Photograph taken 19 December 2002



Map showing location of the Abraham Gesner monument
Map showing the location of the Abraham Gesner monument
Chipman Corner, Kings County, Nova Scotia


Abraham Gesner memorial plaque

Photograph taken 19 December 2002






Links to Relevant Websites
Abraham Gesner

Abraham Gesner by Industry Canada
    http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume4/136-139.htm


Abraham Gesner by the Nova Scotia Museum
    http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/finders/gesner.htm


Abraham Gesner saved more whales than Green Peace ever will by James S. Robbins
    http://www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/gesner.html


How Capitalism Saved the Whales by James S. Robbins
    http://www.libertyhaven.com/politicsandcurrentevents/
          environmentalismorconservation/capitalism.shtml


Abraham Gesner, Part One: A Father of Petroleum by Hans Durstling
    http://www.bovagems.com/eclectic/HTML/19970501_0597ABEGEN.html


Abraham Gesner, Part Two: Gunplay in the Albert County Woods by Hans Durstling
    http://www.bovagems.com/eclectic/HTML/19970601_0697DURST.html


Abraham Gesner Petroleum History Society
    http://www.petroleumhistory.ca/history/cdnbeginnings.html


Abraham Gesner by New Brunswick Community College, Saint John
    http://www.saintjohn.nbcc.nb.ca/~Heritage/AlbertMines/AGesner.htm


Abraham Gesner by National Chemistry Week
    http://www.cheminst.ca/ncw/articles/1999_gesner1_e.htm


Abraham Gesner St. Mark's School
    http://www.k12.nf.ca/stmarks/grassroots/1999-2000/inventors/gesner.htm


Foulis - Gesner Conflict
    http://www.saintjohn.nbcc.nb.ca/~Heritage/AlbertMines/FGConflict.htm


Abraham Gesner by the New Brunswick Museum
    http://www.gnb.ca/0130/english/info_main.html


Abraham Gesner University of New Brunswick
    http://www.unbf.ca/arts/anthropology/Experiences/black/
          WashademoakLake/gesner.htm






Photographs of War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
    http://ns1763.ca/remem/plaques.html


Two Early Churches memorial stone Two Early Churches memorial stone Chipman Corner
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/chipcnrm.html

Monument: 1747 Attack at Grand Pre Monument: 1747 Attack at Grand Pre Grand Pre
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/attack1747.html

Iron Cross monument Iron Cross monument Horton Landing
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/ironcross.html

Sir Robert Laird Borden monument Sir Robert Laird Borden monument Grand Pre
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/borden_rl.html

Planters monument Planters monument Horton Landing
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/plantermon.html

Acacia Villa School cairn Acacia Villa School monument Hortonville
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/avschool.html

Wolfville: 1967 Centennial Project 1967 Willow Park plaque Wolfville
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/wolfwillow.html

Fort Edward blockhouse Fort Edward blockhouse Windsor
    http://ns1763.ca/hantsco/fortedward.html

1849 Nova Scotia Pony Express monument 1849 Nova Scotia Pony Express monument Victoria Beach
    http://ns1763.ca/annapco/ponyexmon.html

Annapolis Iron Mining Company monument Annapolis Iron Mining Company monument Clementsport
    http://ns1763.ca/annapco/annironm.html

Rawding Captains monument Rawding Captains monument Clementsport
    http://ns1763.ca/annapco/rawdingm.html

Kentville Legion war memorial Kentville Legion war memorial Kentville
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/kentlegion.html

Kentville Park war memorial Kentville Park war memorial Kentville
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/kentmem.html

Acadia U. Memorial Gym Acadia U. Memorial Gym Wolfville
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/acadiamemgym.html

Wolfville war memorial Wolfville war memorial Wolfville
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/wolfmem.html

Canning war memorial Canning war memorial Canning
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/cannmem.html

North Mountain airplane crash memorial North Mountain airplane crash memorial Brow of Mountain
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/browmtn.html

Arthur W.H. Eaton tombstone Arthur W.H. Eaton tombstone Kentville
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/eatonawh.html

Marguerite Woodworth tombstone Marguerite Woodworth tombstone Church Street
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/woodworth.html

Perez Coldwell memorial Perez Coldwell memorial, 1852 "A man from Gaspereau"
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/coldwellp.html

Alfred Fuller Memorial Alfred Fuller memorial Somerset
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/fullermon.html

Canning: Ebenezer Bigelow shipyard monument Ebenezer Bigelow shipyard monument Canning
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/bigelowyardm.html

Prescott House, Starrs Point Prescott House Starrs Point
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/prescottcr.html

Wellington Dyke, Starrs Point Wellington Dyke Starrs Point
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/wellington.html

Blue Mountain Cemetery monument Blue Mountain Cemetery Association Blue Mountain
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/bluemtn.html


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