Fort Lawrence
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Amherst, NS (Nearby: Cumberland, Maccan, River Hebert East, River Hebert, Springhill)

2 LAWRENCE ST SUITE 101
Amherst, Nova Scotia
B4H 2X0


Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Bay of Fundy & Annapolis Valley

Description From Owner:
  • The place was settled in 1672 and first known as Beaubasin. The First Nations peoples name for the place was Kwesomalegek, meaning 'a hardwood point.'
  • It was also known as Missiquash, a name now applied only to the river which separates Nova Scotia from New Brunswick. Fort Lawrence was erected in 1750 and a memorial cairn there provides its history:
  • “Erected by Major Charles Lawrence, afterward lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, for the defence of the Isthmus of Chignecto; garrisoned by British troops until after the capture of [nearby] Fort Beausejour in 1755, when it was abandoned.
  • Immediately south was the village of Beaubassin, one of the oldest French settlements in Nova Scotia, founded by Jacques Bourgeois and others from Port Royal in 1672, evacuated and burned by the French in 1750.'
  • With permission from 'Nova Scotia Place Names' David E. Scott 2015


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