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4628 TRAFALGAR RD |
Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Northumberland Shore
Description From Owner:
- This settlement is located on the West River St. Mary's in the northwest corner of Guysborough County, in eastern Nova Scotia.
- Joseph Langley, a native of Virginia, and a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, resident in Nova Scotia since 1783, came here about 1810 and took charge of a house for the accommodation of travelers near the St. Mary's River Bridge.
- In February, 1813, he petitioned for a five hundred acre grant including the land on which he was settled.
- In June, 1813, he was forced to leave and live with relatives elsewhere since floods had destroyed his crops and the winter cold had killed his livestock. John Nelson Dunn arrived about 1855 and built a sawmill.
- On September 20, 1858 he received a 500 acre grant of land.
- He evidently dropped his last name and became John Nelson so that when the Earl of Mulgrave, Captain Chearnley, and other officers came from Halifax on a hunting expedition,
- they named the settlement 'Trafalgar' because the chief proprietor of the hotel was a Nelson.
- On July 1, 1865, a Postal Way office was established at Trafalgar, Great Eastern Road, with John Nelson as postmaster. Lumbering is the basic industry in the area.
- From: guyscogene.net
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