Welshtown
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Shelburne, NS (Nearby: Jordan Falls, Clyde River, Port Clyde, Lockeport, Barrington)

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Shelburne, Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia Tourism Region : South Shore

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  • In 1818, 112 Welsh settlers from Carmarthen and Cardiganshire arrived in Halifax. Sir James Kempt wanted them to settle in Shelburne but they preferred to settle further up the Roseway River.
  • They called their settlement New Cambria, but their neighbours called it Welshtown and that name survived.
  • With permission from 'Nova Scotia Place Names' David E. Scott 2015


Address of this page: http://ns.ruralroutes.com/Welshtown



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  • Margaret Atwood

    • Margaret Atwood's Nova Scotia Roots

    Poet and novelist Margaret Atwood (1939-) is a descendant of David Davis, a native of Carmarthenshire, Wales, and one of the earlier settlers in Welshtown, Nova Scotia.

    Ms. Atwood has acknowledged her roots by saying: "Every time I write a poem, I wonder which of my ancestors had the poetic gene and passed it along to me. I suspect it was one of the Welshtown settlers."


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