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Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Eastern Shore
Description From Owner:
- This rural area is located on the upper Ecum Secum River, on the eastern shore of Nova Scotia. It may have been named after Chester, Lunenburg county.
- The earliest grants were made to: James Davis in 1857 and 1869, George and Joseph Fancy in 1858, and to John Cameron in 1866 and 1868.
- In 1909 the place was described as a farming and lumbering settlement which has grown up within the last fifteen or twenty years.
- New Chester school section was formed in May, 1913, and a school was built in 1915-1916. Farming and lumbering are the basic industries. Population in 1956 was 65.
- From: guyscogene.net
Address of this page: http://ns.ruralroutes.com/NewChester