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Nova Scotia Tourism Region : Northumberland Shore
Description From Owner:
- Around 1803, emigrants from Lairg in Sutherlandshire, Scotland, began to locate here and they called the place New Lairg.
- The name changed later to Battery Hill, but in 1884 by act of the provincial legislature the name was changed to Lansdowne to honour Henry Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquis of Lansdowne (1845-1927), who was Gov.-Gen. of Canada from 1883-88.
- He was the first governor general to travel widely and he visited Atlantic Canada several times.
- With permission from 'Nova Scotia Place Names' David E. Scott 2015
Address of this page: http://ns.ruralroutes.com/LansdowneStation