Awards and Media Coverage Resort News Web Site News
Awards and Media Coverage
Aug, 2010 - msn.travel July, 2010 - msn.travel May, 2010 - The Canadian Tourism Commission newsletter recommends us as one of their Top 10 Stays. May, 2010 - enRoute, Air Canada inflight magazine.
March, 2009 - National Geographic Traveler recognizes Crown Jewel Resort Ranch
“The hotels on our Stay List 2009 don’t just reflect their surroundings—they help define them,” says Traveler Senior Editor Sheila Feldman Buckmaster.
“What they all have in common is a transcendent vision that goes beyond traditional hotel-keeping. This mindset is what gives these hotels their sense of place. Make no mistake: you’ll sense the vibe at once. And after your stay, you’ll leave with the kind of insight only soulful places can provide.”
Spring 2008, issue 86 of the Fjord Herald Training a Bitless, Voice-Only Fjord, part 2 (290K)
Fall 2007, issue 84 of the Fjord Herald Training a Bitless, Voice-Only Fjord - part 1 (440K)
Nov 27, 2007 - The Tourism Industry Assosiation of Nova Scotia (TIANS) awards us with the Tourism Innovator Award.
Spring 2007, issue 82 of the Fjord Herald Cover page (160K, pdf) The Fjords of Crown Jewel Resort Ranch (540K, pdf)
June 19, 2005 - An article in The Chronicle Herald about our Eskimo dogs
Resort News
- Sep 1, 2010 - First honey harvest. It looks like we will have a very good year for honey.
- July 2010 - Our organic vineyard was planted. The first vines include L'Acadie, Leon Millot and Lucie Kuhlmann.
- Apr 6, 2010 - We took our beehives out from the wintering room and placed them in their yard. All hives survived the winter.
- Mar 29, 2010 - We finally have high seep internet. All guest rooms are wired and the lounge has a dedicated, internet connected computer for our guests.
- Mar 26, 2010 - Baddeck Academy grade four students visit our farm. They learn about sugaring, maple syrup and how to make maple taffy. Here are some selected photos: walking to the sugar shack, at the sugar shack, making maple taffy_1, making maple taffy_2.
- Mar 18, 2010 - First Highland calf of the season is born.
- Mar 6, 2010 - the first Maple trees were tapped on this beautiful sunny Saturday. The following week was one of the best weeks our sugar bush saw. We cross our fingers and toes for a good Maple Syrup season.
- Sep 21, 2009 - 7 airplanes and their British crews visited Crown Jewel as part of their Canada Tour with Air Safari International.
- July 28, 2009 - 9 airplanes and their crews visit Crown Jewel at the end of their Cross Canada Century Flight adventure. See photos at our Snapshots Gallery.
- July 8-9, 2009 - The SkyHawks (Canada's premier parachute demonstration team) arrives with a CASA 212 airplane - the heaviest airplane to land at Crown Jewel to-date. The team uses our facility as the staging area for its demonstration in Baddeck.
- May 29, 2009 - Rita, one of our Canadian Eskimo Dogs, whelps 7 puppies.
- October 16, 2008 - Baddeck Academy grades primary through second students visit our farm. They learn about bees, pick pumpkins, take a hay ride to the apple orchard, learn how to prepare apple cider and take a group photo.
- May 9, 2008 - New Canadian Eskimo Dog puppies for Rita and Dallis. See Kenzie and Junior at the age of 5 months.
- May 5, 2008 - Baddeck Academy, grade 1 students visit our farm and the sugar shack. Here are some snap shots from the event: Learning about beekeeping, Learning about Eskimo dogs, Enjoying the Fjord horse, Playing, Licking maple tuffy.
- April 14, 2008 - The sugaring season is over. Weather is to be blamed for the fact that only 50% of the average maple syrup quantity was collected this year.
- April 10, 2008 - Our beehives are out of the wintering room. We lost only one colony due to food starvation.
- Dec 11, 2007 - EHS helicopter lands at Crown Jewel to save life.
- Nov 29, 2007 - We start the construction of our airplanes hangar - The Silver Dart Pavillion. The new 60'x140' hangar will include an FBO, a workshop, a weather station, a visitors lounge and the offices of Crown Jewel Aviation. Click here for rendering of the hangar.
- Oct 28, 2007 - Organic certification is awarded to Crown Jewel Resort Ranch by NSOGA.
- Aug 31, 2007 - NAV CANADA publishes a GPS approach (circling) to our airstrip - CDW2. This procedure allows pilots visiting us to file IFR directly to us. The approach is listed as a restricted one for now. We plan to make it public next year.
Aerodrome Chart Procedure: RNAV - A
- Dec 5, 2006 - Medevac
- Mar 19, 2004 - MP visits Crown Jewel
- Oct 11, 2003 - Historic Landing at Baddeck (Crown Jewel) Runway
Web Site News
- Aug 23, 2010 - A new vacation package is introduced for the months of May - October: "Nova Scotia - A Destination Package for Pilots". This package is the first result of our collaboration with two other resorts in Nova Scotia: Digby Pines and Pictou Lodge.
- Aug 5, 2010 - There is a new page "The Vineyard"
- Dec 22, 2009 - There is a new page "Natural Beekeeping 101".
- Dec 14, 2009 - There is a new page "Crown Jewel Recipes".
- Aug 3, 2009 - New photos are added to the Snapshots Gallery, "Aircrafts visiting Crown Jewel" section.
- May 28, 2009 - The first vignette is added: Dog Sledding
- March, 2009 - New high resolution photos are added to the Dog Activities category
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