A visual feast from the East - Film and TV take off in the Atlantic region
March 17, 1997
By Brian Bergman, Maclean's Show Business
The abandoned fish plant sits on a picturesque point of St Margaret’s Bay, its peeling red shingles, rotting baseboards and broken windows all testifying to the many years that have passed since it served as part of a thriving fishing community. On the wharf side of the building is a large sign bearing a nautical wheel and the words “Black Harbour; N.S.” But there is no such place as Black Harbour; this is simply the backdrop for the CBC series that recently finished shooting near the town of Hubbards, 50 km west of Halifax. That bit of Hollywood- style fakery does not faze the likes of Harold Britten, manager of the local Irving gas station. Business became brisk after cast and crew of Black Harbour arrived last fall. Britten even appeared briefly in one of the early episodes, playing himself. And come the summer, he and many other Hubbards residents are hoping that the series will attract curious tourists to their corner of Nova Scotia’s south shore. “Maybe some people will be a little nosy,” says Britten, “and come and check us out”
Hubbards residents are not the only Atlantic Canadians basking in the reflected glory of the klieg lights. Black Harbour—which completes its current 13-episode run this week and begins shooting a second season in July—is one of three new nationally televised series set and shot in Atlantic Canada.
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March 17, 1997
By Brian Bergman, Maclean's Show Business
The abandoned fish plant sits on a picturesque point of St Margaret’s Bay, its peeling red shingles, rotting baseboards and broken windows all testifying to the many years that have passed since it served as part of a thriving fishing community. On the wharf side of the building is a large sign bearing a nautical wheel and the words “Black Harbour; N.S.” But there is no such place as Black Harbour; this is simply the backdrop for the CBC series that recently finished shooting near the town of Hubbards, 50 km west of Halifax. That bit of Hollywood- style fakery does not faze the likes of Harold Britten, manager of the local Irving gas station. Business became brisk after cast and crew of Black Harbour arrived last fall. Britten even appeared briefly in one of the early episodes, playing himself. And come the summer, he and many other Hubbards residents are hoping that the series will attract curious tourists to their corner of Nova Scotia’s south shore. “Maybe some people will be a little nosy,” says Britten, “and come and check us out”
Hubbards residents are not the only Atlantic Canadians basking in the reflected glory of the klieg lights. Black Harbour—which completes its current 13-episode run this week and begins shooting a second season in July—is one of three new nationally televised series set and shot in Atlantic Canada.
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