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..
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.
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.
June 21 - Carignan-Salières arrive at Quebec Quebec to invade Iroquois territories. 1734 - In Montreal in New France (today primarily Quebec), a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique, was tortured then hanged by the French authorities in a public ceremony that involved her disgrace and the amputation of a hand. 1749 - Halifax Nova Scotia founded. 1788 - New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution and is thus admitted as the 9th state in the United States. 1813 - Laura Secord sets out to warn British forces of impending American attack at Queenston Ontario. 1887 - Queen Victoria's golden jubilee 1915 - The U.S. Supreme Court hands down decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down an Oklahoma law denying the right to vote to some citizens..
Census division statistics of Canada - Stikine Region (132,496.21) Manitoba Division No. 11 (572.12) Division No. 23 (242,016.21) New Brunswick Saint John County (1,462.43) Northumberland County (12,112.44) Newfoundland and Labrador Division No. 2 (6,099.04) Division No. 10 (269,073.30) Northwest Territories Inuvik Region (522,747.99) Fort Smith Region (618,360.38) Nova Scotia Richmond County (1,244.28) Halifax County (5,495.54) Nunavut Keewatin Region (444,680.40) Baffin Region (1,023,570.49) Ontario Toronto Division (629.91) Kenora District (407,167.33) Prince Edward Island Kings County (1,684.35) Queens County (2,020.17) Quebec Champlain (169.64) Nord-du-Québec (747,719.86) Saskatchewan Division No. 10 (12,223.73) Division No. 18 (268,498.80) Yukon Territory Yukon (474,706.97) By Population CANADA Stikine Region, British Columbia (1,316) Toronto Division, Ontario (2,481,494) Alberta Division No. 4 (11,300) Division No. 6 (1,021,060) British Columbia Stikine Region (1,316) Greater Vancouver Regional District (1,986,965) Manitoba Division No. 23 (8,989) Division No. 11 (621,451) New.
Origin of North American state names - or Mexico. Here are some origins: Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Canada 2 Mexico 3 United States 4 See also Canada Alberta named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (d. 1939), the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. British Columbia takes its name partly from Britain and partially from the Columbia whose crew first explored the area. Manitoba is most commonly believed to have come for the Cree word maniotwapow, meaning "the strait of the spirit or manitobau". New Brunswick named in honour of the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, son of King George III of the United Kingdom. Newfoundland Was called "new founde isle" by early explorers. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". In the 1620s a group of Scots was sent by Charles I to set up a colony, and the Latin.
List of famous cemeteries - driver, Juan Manuel Fangio Austria Zentralfriedhof, Vienna - Famous Austrian singer Wolfgang Ambros wrote "Es lebe der Zentralfriedhof" for its centennial in 1974. Canada Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia - the RMS Titanic cemetery. Mount Royal and Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemeteries on Mount Royal, Montreal, Quebec Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario. China Ancient Tombs at Longtou Mountain Mausoleum of Princess Zhenxiao Bukit China in Malacca is the largest (25 ha) Chinese cemetery outside Mainland China, with graves that date back to the Ming dynasty. Cemetery of Zhaojun, Inner Mongolia Mawangdui at Changsha, Hunan Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Xi'an Mausoleum of Genghis Khan, Inner Mongolia Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum in Hong Kong - earliest funeral architecture in Hong Kong Shisanling at Beijing - the thirteen imperial mausoleums of Ming Dynasty.
List of capitals of subnational entities - Australia Capital State or territory Adelaide South Australia Brisbane Queensland Canberra Australian Capital Territory Darwin Northern Territory Hobart Tasmania Melbourne Victoria Perth Western Australia Sydney New South Wales Austria Capital States Bregenz Vorarlberg Eisenstadt Burgenland Graz Styria Innsbruck Tyrol Klagenfurt Carinthia Linz Upper Austria Salzburg Salzburg St. Pölten Lower Austria n/a (Vienna) Vienna Belgium Capital Region Brussels Brussels (region) Brussels Flanders Namur Wallonia Capital Province Antwerp Antwerp Arlon Luxembourg Bruges West Flanders Ghent East Flanders Hasselt Limburg Leuven Flemish Brabant Liège Liège Mons Hainaut Namur Namur Wavre Walloon Brabant Belize Capital District Belize City Belize District Corozal Town Corozal District Dangriga Stann Creek District Orange Walk Town Orange Walk District Punta Gorda Toledo District San Ignacio Cayo Cayo District Bolivia Capital Department Trinidad Beni Cochabamba Cochabamba Sucre Chuquisaca Oruro Oruro Cobija.
List of interesting or unusual place names - USA ("big mouth" in Spanish) Boca Raton, Florida, USA ("Mouth of the mouse" in Spanish) Boom, Belgium Boring, Oregon, USA Bottom, North Carolina, USA Bra, Cuneo, Italy Brown Willy, a tor in Cornwall, England Bucksnort, Tennessee, USA Burrumbuttock, New South Wales, Australia C Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, Massachusetts 2 Chinaman's Knob, Australia Christmas Island, Australia 4 Christmaspie, Surrey, England Climax, Colorado, USA Climax, Michigan, USA Clit, Arad, Romania1 Come-by-Chance, Newfoundland, Canada Condom, Gers, France 1 Cunter, Graubünden, Switzerland 1 Cuntis, Pontevedra, Spain 1 D Die, Drôme, France Dildo, Newfoundland, Canada Dondangadale, Victoria, Australia E Easter Island, Chile 4 Ed, Upper Austria, Austria 2 Ed, Sweden 2 Egg, Austria Egg, Zürich, Switzerland Eighty Eight, Kentucky, USA Elephant Butte, New Mexico, USA 7 F Fa, Aude, France Five Corners (several), USA Five Forks (several), USA Flin.
List of colleges and universities in the United States - College Widener University School of Law, Wilmington Campus Wilmington College District of Columbia See Washington, DC Florida Barry University Bethune-Cookman College Carlos Albizu University Miami campus Clearwater Christian College Eckerd College Edward Waters College Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Flagler College Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Florida Atlantic University Florida Christian College Florida College Florida Gulf Coast University Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences Florida Institute of Technology Florida International University Florida Memorial College Florida Metropolitan University Florida Southern College Florida State University Florida State University Panama City campus Hobe Sound Bible College International College International Fine Arts College Jacksonville University Jones College Lynn University Northwood University Nova Southeastern University Palm Beach Atlantic College Ringling School of Art and Design Rollins College Saint John Vianney College Seminary Saint Leo College St. Thomas University.
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.
List of disasters - and Flood, Galveston, Texas (September 8, 1900) 1906 San Francisco earthquake, San Francisco, California (April 18, 1906) Halifax explosion, Halifax, Nova Scotia (December 6, 1917) The Boston Molasses Disaster, Boston, Massachusetts (January 15 1919) The Bombay Explosion, Victoria Dock Bombay, India (April 14 1944) Texas City Explosion, Texas City, Texas, (April 16, 1947) 24 hours of Le Mans disaster, France, (June 11, 1955) The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak, Midwest, United States (April 11, 1965) Aberfan disaster, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (October 21, 1966) Ibrox disaster, Glasgow, Scotland (January 2, 1971) Summerland disaster, Isle of Man (August 2, 1973) Hyatt Hotel disaster, Kansas City, Missouri (July 17 1981) Heysel Stadium disaster, Brussels, Belgium (May 29, 1985) Hillsborough disaster, Sheffield, England (April 15, 1989) Bijlmerramp disaster, Bijlmerramp, Netherlands (October 4 1992) Enschede fireworks disaster,.
List of United States-related topics - - Amoco - Amtrak - Amtrak - Anderson University - Anheuser-Busch - Anti-Americanism - Anti-American sentiment - Apollo Computers - Appalachian State University - Apple Computer - Architecture of the United States - Arco - Arizona State University - Arizona - Arkansas State University - Arkansas - Asian American - AT&T - Auburn University - Augsburg College - Autodesk - Avalon Hill - Avaya - Avon Products, Inc B Babcock & Wilcox - Babson College - Baker College - Baker Island - Baker University - Baldwin-Wallace College - Ball State University - Baltimore Hebrew University - Baltimore International College - Bank of America - Bank Street College of Education - Baptist Bible College - Baptist Bible College - Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences - Barat College - Barber-Scotia College -.
List of the 100 largest cities in Canada - 774,072 5 Edmonton, Alberta 666,104 6 Winnipeg, Manitoba 619,544 7 Mississauga, Ontario 612,925 8 Vancouver, British Columbia 545,671 9 Quebec, Quebec 509,950 10 Hamilton, Ontario 490,268 11 Halifax, Nova Scotia 359,111 12 Surrey, British Columbia 347,825 13 Laval, Quebec 343,005 14 London, Ontario 336,539 15 Brampton, Ontario 325,428 16 Longueuil, Quebec 311,838 17 Gatineau, Quebec 226,696 18 Markham, Ontario 208,615 19 Windsor, Ontario 208,402 20 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 196,811 21 Burnaby, British Columbia 193,954 22 Kitchener, Ontario 190,399 23 Vaughan, Ontario 182,022 24 Regina, Saskatchewan 178,225 25 Saguenay, Quebec 166,780 26 Richmond, British Columbia 164,345 27 Greater Sudbury, Ontario 155,219 28 Burlington, Ontario 150,836 29 Oakville, Ontario 144,738 30 Sherbrooke, Quebec 141,212 31 Oshawa, Ontario 139,051 32 Richmond Hill, Ontario 132,030 33 Levis, Quebec 130,663 34 St. Catharines, Ontario 129,170 35 Abbotsford,.
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..
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..
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..
