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Coastline Custom Tours offers curated private tours for visitors to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. My services are marketed through ToursByLocals.com or contact me directly. Select “2025 Schedule” on the above menu to see current bookings.
From 1999 to 2005 I was employed by Clipper Cruise Line as an onboard speaker/historian on two vessels, Nantucket Clipper and Clipper Adventurer. Subsequently I was engaged by Cruise West and Haimark for similar assignments. Since 2011 I have worked with Road Scholar programs as a speaker, and in 2015 I began offering private tours in Halifax, mostly for cruise ship passengers. Last year (2024) marked 500+ tours delivered!
This website (formerly known as “Arambec Research”) also chronicles my work as a professional historian. Here you will find published articles, summaries of completed research projects, and links to social media sites. From 1994 to 2006 I taught history at universities in Nova Scotia and Washington State. From 2003 to 2013, I was an instructor in the Canadian Armed Forces OPME program.
My research interests chiefly relate to Atlantic Canada. My portfolio includes commissioned work for Canada Post Corporation, Parks Canada Agency, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, and Nova Scotia Archives.
James (Jay) F. E. White, PhD
April 2025