Sidney Culverwell Oland

He made significant contributions to the military, the arts and the cultural life of Nova Scotia.

He later sailed his ninety-foot schooner “Nomad” and later the 70 foot motor cruiser called “Lady Betty 2.’ He became the Commodore of the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron.

In 1965, he acquired and renovated the Black-Binney House to serve as the Headquarters for the Corps in Nova Scotia.

Between 1923 and 1925, while prohibition was enforced, Oland went to Hollywood, California, acting and directing silent films.

He was educated in beer making at the United States Brewers’ Academy in New York.

Sidney Culverwell Oland
Oland commissioned the building of Bluenose II
Oland purchased and renovated Black-Binney House , Halifax, Nova Scotia (St. Matthew's Church in background)
Oland Memorial Fountain to his wife (1966), Victoria Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Oland House , Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, [ 5 ] Halifax, Nova Scotia