Digby County, Nova Scotia - Digby County, Nova Scotia Digby County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Taking its name from the Township of Digby, which had been named in honour of Rear Admiral Robert Digby who dispatched the Atlanta to convey loyalists from New York City in the spring of 1783 to Conway, which became known as Digby, Digby County was established in 1837. Previously, from August 17, 1759, when Nova Scotia was first divided into counties, this area had been part of Annapolis County. Twenty-four years later, in 1861, Digby County was divided into two districts - the District of Digby and the District of Clare..
Annapolis County, Nova Scotia - Annapolis County, Nova Scotia Annapolis County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located in western Nova Scotia on the Bay of Fundy. The county seat is Annapolis Royal. As of 2001, the population is 21,773. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Background 2 Demographics 3 Communities 4 Highways 5 Protected Areas 6 Attractions 7 Demographics 8 Surrounding Counties Background Established August 17, 1759 by Order in Council, Annapolis County took its name from the town of Annapolis Royal which had been named in honour of Queen Anne of Great Britain. By 1833 a number of reasons had been advanced for making two counties out of Annapolis County. Two petitions were presented to the House of Assembly in that year requesting that the.
List of Nova Scotia counties - List of Nova Scotia counties Counties in Nova Scotia: Annapolis County, Nova Scotia Antigonish County, Nova Scotia Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia Colchester County, Nova Scotia Cumberland County, Nova Scotia Digby County, Nova Scotia Guysborough County, Nova Scotia Halifax County, Nova Scotia Hants County, Nova Scotia Inverness County, Nova Scotia Kings County, Nova Scotia Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia Pictou County, Nova Scotia Queens County, Nova Scotia Richmond County, Nova Scotia Shelburne County, Nova Scotia Victoria County, Nova Scotia Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
List of B Postal Codes - B Postal Codes This is a list of postal codes for the province of Nova Scotia in Canada with the prefix B. B0C - Northern Victoria County B0E - Inverness County, Richmond County, and southern Victoria County B0H - Antigonish County, and Eastern Guysborough B0J - Halifax County, Chester, and Lunenberg B0K - Pictou County, southern shore of the Northumberland Strait B0L - Northern and western Cumberland County B0M - Northern shore of the Minas Channel, Minas Basin, and Cobelquid Bay B0N - Hants County B0P - Kings County B0R - Western Lunenburg County B0S - Annapolis County B0T - Shelburne, and Queens County B0V - Digby Neck B0W - Digby County, Yarmouth County, and Barrington B1A - Glace Bay B1B - Port Morien B1C - Louisbourg B1E - Reserve Mines.
Kings County, Nova Scotia - Kings County, Nova Scotia Kings County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Formed in August 17th, 1759 the county's northern and eastern boundaries are determined by the Bay of Fundy and Minas Basin, and its western and southern boundaries are the counties of Annapolis, Lunenburg, and Hants..
Victoria County, Nova Scotia - Victoria County, Nova Scotia Victoria County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Named after the Queen Victoria, it was established by statute in 1851. Cape Breton County was divided into two counties in that year, with Victoria County being cut off from it..
Inverness County, Nova Scotia - Inverness County, Nova Scotia Inverness County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Established as the County of Juste au Corps in 1835, Inverness County was given its present name in 1837. It was called Inverness after Inverness in Scotland, the land from which many of the early settlers came. The boundaries of Inverness County had been previously defined when Cape Breton Island was divided by statute into three Districts in 1823. Inverness County was established within the boundaries of the Northwestern District of Cape Breton Island..
Hants County, Nova Scotia - Hants County, Nova Scotia Hants County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is the smallest county in Canada. The county of Hants was created June 17, 1781, and consisted of the townships of Windsor, Falmouth and Newport. Originally getting its name from the County of Southamptonshire in England, now known as Hampshire, and abbreviated to Hants, the County was established out of part of what had been Kings County. The words of the minutes of the Council of Nova Scotia for June 17, 1781 make it clear that the distance from Horton (the County town of Kings County) and the inconvenience of crossing the Avon River to transact county business were factors which led to a separate county being formed. Four and.
Halifax County, Nova Scotia - Halifax County, Nova Scotia Halifax County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Deriving its name from George Montagu Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1716-1771) Halifax County was established by Order-in-Council on August 17, 1759. The boundaries of four other counties - Annapolis, Kings, Cumberland and Lunenburg - were specifically defined at that time, with Halifax County comprising all the part of peninsular Nova Scotia that was not within their limits. Following the Seven Years War, Cape Breton Island was formally annexed to Nova Scotia. For a time it formed part of Halifax County. The boundaries of Halifax County were modified in 1822. That part of St. Mary's Township (established in 1818) which had been in Halifax County was annexed to and included within.
Guysborough County, Nova Scotia - Guysborough County, Nova Scotia Guysborough County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Taking its name from the Township of Guysborough, which was named in honour of Sir Guy Carlton, Guysborough County was created when Sydney County (Antigonish County) was divided in 1836. In 1840, the Township of St. Mary's, in Guysborough County, was set off as a separate and distinct District. In 1863 the dividing line between Halifax and Guysborough Counties was altered and a polling district was added to Guysborough County..
Antigonish County, Nova Scotia - Antigonish County, Nova Scotia Antigonish County, Nova Scotia is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located in northern Nova Scotia on St. Georges Bay. County Seat is Antigonish Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Background 2 Communities 3 Highways 4 Protected Areas 5 Demographics 6 Surrounding Counties Background The County of Sydney was created in 1784. Its boundaries were established by Governor and Council on December 16, 1785. When St. Mary's Township was established in 1818 it was partly in Sydney County and partly in Halifax County. In 1822 that part of St. Mary's Township which had been in Halifax County was annexed to the County of Sydney. In 1836 Sydney County was diminished in size when Guysborough County was established out of.
Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia - Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia Cape Breton County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Taking its name from Cape Breton, the most easterly point of Cape Breton Island, which was called after either the Bretons of England or the Bretons of Brittany, this county has what is probably the oldest surviving European name to have been used to designate part of North America. By proclamation of October 17, 1763 after termination of the Seven Years War, Cape Breton Island was formally annexed to Nova Scotia. For a time thereafter Cape Breton Island was part of Halifax County. On December 10, 1765 Cape Breton Island was set apart as a separate county. From 1784 to 1820 Cape Breton Island was a separate colony with a.
Colchester County, Nova Scotia - Colchester County, Nova Scotia Colchester County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The appellation Colchester was applied in 1780 to the district previously called Cobequid, and was derived from the town of Colchester in Essex. The old name Cobequid was derived from the Micmac word "Wagobagitk" meaning "the bay runs far up". The District of Colchester which was at first part of Halifax County was established as county in its own right in 1835. In 1838 a distinct line of division between Cumberland County and Colchester County was established. Two years later, in 1840, the Township of Parrsboro was divided and part of it annexed to Colchester County. In 1871, the lines between the Counties of Hants and Colchester and between the Counties.
Cumberland County, Nova Scotia - Cumberland County, Nova Scotia Cumberland County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The name Cumberland was applied by Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Monckton to the captured Fort Beausejour on June 18, 1755 in honour of the third son of King George II, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, victor at Culloden in 1746 and Commander in Chief of the British forces. The old Mi'kmaq name for the area was "Kwesomalegek" meaning "hardwood point". Cumberland County was created on August 17, 1759. When the Township of Parrsboro was divided in 1840, one part was annexed to Cumberland County and the other part annexed to Colchester. The dividing line between Cumberland and Colchester was established in 1840. In 1897, a portion of the boundary line between the Counties.
Shelburne County, Nova Scotia - Shelburne County, Nova Scotia Shelburne County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Shelburne County was founded in 1784 shortly following the influx of Loyalist settlers evacuated from the newly independent United States of America. It gets its name from Lord Shelburne. He was the British Prime Minister from 1782 to 1783. The boundaries of Shelburne County were established by Governor and Council on December 16, 1785. The first Loyalist arrived in May 1783. They were faced with a somewhat bleak environment in which to make their homes. The land is very rocky with acidic rocky soil. There was also a lot of forrest. The area had previously been settled by french speaking Catholic Arcadians, many of whom had been ethnically cleansed to Louisiana.
Richmond County, Nova Scotia - Richmond County, Nova Scotia Richmond County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Named in honour of Sir Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox, who was Governor General of British North America 1818-1819, Richmond County was created in 1835. Richmond County comprises that territory known as the Southern District which was established in 1824 at the time of the dividing of Cape Breton Island into three districts. The boundaries of the Southern District were defined at the time of its establishment. Those same boundaries were determined to be the boundaries of Richmond County by statute in 1847..
Queens County, Nova Scotia - Queens County, Nova Scotia Queens County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. On July 21, 1762 the Lieutenant Governor and Council of Nova Scotia declared that "the Townships of Liverpool, Barrington and Yarmouth together with the intermediate lands should be erected into a county by the name of Queens County". Lunenburg was reduced in size when Queens County was established. In 1784 Queens County was diminished in extent with the establishment of Shelburne County. Shelburne County was cut off from Queens County. The boundaries of the new county and the boundaries of the older county were established by Order-in-Council December 16, 1785..
Pictou County, Nova Scotia - Pictou County, Nova Scotia Pictou County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It was established in 1835. The word "Pictou" is derived from the Mi'kmaq word "Piktook" meaning an explosion of gas. The area which eventually became Pictou County was a part of Halifax County from 1759 to 1835..
Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia - Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia Yarmouth County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The name Yarmouth appeared as the name of a projected township in Nova Scotia in a document in 1759, perhaps because it was the name of a favourite of George II. The same name was applied to a new county in 1836 when Yarmouth County was cut off from Shelburne County. The description of Yarmouth County was modified in 1846. In 1856 Argyle was established as a separate district, with the District of Argyle comprising the Township of Argyle..
Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia - Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia Lunenburg County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located on the South Shore of the peninsula, and is famous for its tourist, craft, and forestry industries. Named in honor of the monarch, who was then also Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Lunenburg County was established in 1759, when peninsular Nova Scotia was divided into five counties. Three years later Lunenburg County was reduced in size when Queens County was established. Following the establishment of Queens County in 1762, Hants County in 1781, and Shelburne and Sydney Counties in 1784, the boundaries of all nine of the counties were defined by the Council of Nova Scotia. By Chapter 52 of the Statutes of 1863 the Township of Chester in the.