Campbell Hardy R.A. (1831 – 11 April 1919) was a British Royal Artillery officer, naturalist, artist, and writer.
One of his notable works, "Sporting Adventures in the New World; or, Days and Nights of Moose-Hunting in the Pine Forests of Acadia", was published in 1855.
[4] In the early 1860s, Hardy created numerous paintings, one of which depicted a gold washing scene near Lunenberg.
[5] As a writer, he notably penned a detailed article titled 'An Afternoon with Downs' for a Halifax newspaper in 1864, where he described the renowned Nova Scotia naturalist's home and zoological gardens.
He wrote about adventures in moose hunting, camping, and his studies on caribou, beavers, black bears, and Acadian fish.