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Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Cape Breton Island
Description From Owner:
- St. Anns: Samuel de Champlain's Capt. Daniel of Dieppe named the place when he built a fort here in 1629. It is officially St. Anns and not Ste. Anne.
- In 1713 St. Ovide changed the name to Port Dauphin, but Capt. Daniel's naming survived.
- The area was settled by Scots from Sutherlandshire, among them Rev. Norman McLeod (1780-1866), who led a group of his followers, nicknamed 'Normanites,' from Scotland to Loch Broom near Pictou and then to St. Anns in 1820.
- In 1851 McLeod moved his flock to Waipu, 80 km N of Auckland, New Zealand, where he lies buried among his followers.
- St. Anns is the site of the only Gaelic college outside the British Isles. The college was founded in 1938 by Rev. Angus W. R. MacKenzie, who believed there was a need for such a cultural centre in Canada.
- MacLeod Point: Named for Rev. Norman McLeod, a well-known Scottish clergyman who came to Pictou in 1817, to St. Anns in 1820, to Australia in 1851 and then to New Zealand.
- North Gut St. Anns: The first settlers followed Rev. Norman McLeod from Pictou in 1820. They had stayed briefly at Pictou after emigrating from Sutherlandshire, Scotland.
- South Gut St. Anns: Rev. Norman McLeod was one of the first settlers in 1820. The first Presbyterian church in Cape Breton was built here in 1821.
- With permission from 'Nova Scotia Place Names' David E. Scott 2015
Address of this page: http://ns.ruralroutes.com/StAnnsNS
