291 WATER ST |
Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Bay of Fundy & Annapolis Valley
Description From Owner:
- The first settlers were David Welch and Robert Morrell who came from ME in search of fish in 1769.
- A group of Loyalists joined them in the 1780s. The origin of the name is not clear. On a 1775 chart it appears as Bryer Island.
- In 1809 when the Nova Scotia legislature passed an act to provide support for a lighthouse on the island, the spelling was Brier. It is likely Brier was derived from the wild brier rose which grows in profusion here.
- A lighthouse was erected at West Point in 1809.
- Freeport: First called Long Island or Lower Cove but the name was changed to Freeport in 1865, possibly after Freeport, ME. Borden Thurber, one of the first settlers, came here from Weymouth in 1765.
- With permission from 'Nova Scotia Place Names' David E. Scott 2015
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