1. Ashmore
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Ash trees are indigenous here. The settlement was an offshoot of Weymouth Loyalist Colony which started in 1784. |
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2. Gilberts Cove
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Named for Loyalist pioneer Lt. Thomas Gilbert about 1783. |
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3. Lewistown
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Named for Abraham Lewis and at one time called Lewis Settlement. Settled in 1822 by Jeremiah Grant, Stephan Malancon and Abraham Lewis. |
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4. Plympton Station
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When François Thibaults settled here prior to 1817, the place was called Everette Settlement after Jeremiah S. Everette, an earlier settler. |
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5. Amiraults Corner
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6. Doucetteville
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7. Plympton
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8. Danvers (Weymouth, 12km)
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In 1828-29 lumbermen settled just N of here around Sissiboo River Falls. Some of their descendants moved to this area. Danvers is believed to have been named after one of them. |
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9. Easton (Weymouth, 12km)
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First called New Jerusalem and then Enoch Mullen Settlement for Enoch McMullen, who settled here in 1856. |
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10. Hassett (Weymouth, 12km)
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Named for William Hassett, foreman of a gang of Irish lumbermen who settled by the first falls of the Sissiboo River around 1828. |
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11. Havelock (Weymouth, 12km)
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The name was given by Irish settler Patrick Nowlan in 1824 for Sir Henry Havelock, who distinguished himself in the Indian Mutiny at Lucknow in 1857. |
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12. Hilltown (Weymouth, 12km)
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First called Hill Settlement for John Adam Hill, who settled here about 1829. Nova Scotia's largest mink ranch was located here in 1965. |
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13. New Edinburgh (Weymouth, 12km)
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Basil Amirault, Sr. and Joseph Doucet settled here about 1764. Three Scottish Loyalists arrived in 1783 and named the place after the capital city of Scotland. |
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14. New France (Digby) (Weymouth, 12km)
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his place flourished for only two decades after It was established in 1895. |
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15. New Tusket (Weymouth, 12km)
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Tusker is an English derivative from Neketaouksit, 'great forked tidal river.' This refers to the nearby Tusket River which has a tributary nearby. Daniel McAlpine took possession of his grant here in 1822. |
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16. Ohio (Digby) (Weymouth, 12km)
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The Aboriginal name Maligeak, 'bent in different directions likely applied to this location on the river. |
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17. Riverdale (Weymouth, 12km)
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The name is derived from the settlement's location, approximately 3 km S of the Sissiboo River, making it a 'dale' near a river. A family called Wagoner operated a sawmill here in the early 1800s. Until 1871 it was called Wagner Settlement. |
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18. Sissiboo Falls (Weymouth, 12km)
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The Aboriginal people called the place Cibou, 'big river.' A popular legend claims that French explorers named the place Six Hiboux, 'six owls', for six owls they found here. |
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19. Sissiboo Grand Lake (Weymouth, 12km)
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20. Sissiboo River Wilderness Area (Weymouth, 12km)
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21. Southville (Weymouth, 12km)
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The settlement was founded in 1827 by Gilbert Cassett. |
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22. Sporting Lake Nature Reserve (Weymouth, 12km)
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23. Weaver Settlement (Weymouth, 12km)
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Named for an early settler from the Loyalist settlement of Weymouth late in the 1700s. |
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24. Weymouth (Weymouth, 12km)
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An early name was Six-hiboux, French for 'six owls' seen here by an Aboriginal and a Frenchman. Another early name was Wessagussett. Settled in 1765 by New England fishermen, one of whom, Christopher Strickland, was a native of Weymouth, MA. |
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25. Weymouth Falls (Weymouth, 12km)
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The community was established by African-Canadians in the 1780s, near the village of Weymouth. Initially established by Black Loyalists, they were later joined by Maroons and other groups of Caribbeans of African descent. |
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26. Weymouth Mills (Weymouth, 12km)
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27. Weymouth North (Weymouth, 12km)
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28. Acaciaville (Digby, 18km)
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James Craige and Benjamin Ellison, Loyalists from Digby, were the first settlers here in the late 1700s. Early names were Grand Joggin, Pleasant Valley, Acacia Valley. |
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29. Annapolis Basin Look Off Provincial Park (Digby, 18km)
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30. Bay View, Digby (Digby, 18km)
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Aboriginal peoples called it Kijeboogwek, 'channel goes round. An early name was hthouse Road for the lighthouse at Point Prim. New England fishermen moved in around 1765. |
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31. Centreville (Digby) (Digby, 18km)
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First named Trout Cove but later Centreville because of its location halfway between Petite Passage and Digby, at the centre of Digby Neck. Capt. Isaac Titus from NY settled in 1788. |
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32. Conway (Digby, 18km)
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This was the name of Digby prior to 1784 and was for Sir Henry Seymour Conway, a British army general. |
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33. Culloden (Digby, 18km)
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First known as Broad Cove. In 1859 a British ship called Culloden was wrecked here. Loyalists settled this area in the 1780s. |
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34. Digby (Digby, 18km)
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Mi'kmaq called the place Oositookun, ‘an ear.' In 1766 English people from Brandywine in New England settled on the W shore of the basin. |
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35. Hillgrove (Digby, 18km)
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The name is descriptive of a grove of trees or the name may have been taken from the Baptist Church at nearby Acadiaville, which had been named by Rev. T. B. Gates for a grove of beech and maple trees in front of the church. |
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36. Jordantown (Digby, 18km)
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Nearby Brindly Town on the N side of Little Joggin was established as a residence for freed slaves who came with the Loyalists in 1784. As a result Little Joggin was sometimes called Negro. |
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37. Lighthouse Road (Digby, 18km)
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38. Marshalltown (Digby, 18km)
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Settled by Loyalists in the late 1700s and named for one of them, Anthony Marshall. |
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39. Mount Pleasant (Digby) (Digby, 18km)
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The name is for a 152.5 metre (500 foot) elevation here. Founded by Abraham Van Tassell and Conrad Handspiker from Digby in 1787. |
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40. Roxville (Digby, 18km)
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The name is believed to be a corruption of Rossville, since a number of families by that name lived here. The settlement is an offshoot of the Digby Loyalist settlement and was begun in the early 1800s. |