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Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Eastern Shore
Description From Owner:
- This rural area is located on the upper reaches of West River, St. Mary's near the eastern shore of Nova Scotia. This name originated in Scotland as the name given to the southern part of that country by the Romans.
- It was given to this settlement by the first Scottish inhabitants. Angus McDonald was among the earliest settlers to arrive in 1810.
- In November, 1813, two hundred and fifty acres were surveyed for John McKeen who had settled on the land already.
- James Widden was settled on the adjacent lot at that time. John Hattie came to New Caledonia about 1814 and purchased four hundred acres of land. By March, 1814,
- John and Neil McQuarry had their five hundred acre lots surveyed on which they had already settled. John Hattie erected a grist mill about October, 1842.
- William McLane and William McLain, Jr., were teachers in the settlement in 1846. A new school was built about 1870. Part of the present Caledonia was once called 'Wallace Bridge.'
- School-houses were built there in 1866 and in 1887. A meeting house was built 'in the Upper Settlement of St. Mary's' about ten to sixteen miles from the Church at the Cross Roads in 1849.
- A Postal Way Office was established at Lower and Middle Caledonia in January, 1888. Farming and lumbering are them basic industries. Population in 1956 was 76. Formerly called Wallace Bridge.
- From: guyscogene.net
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