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  • Posted on January 22, 2018
  • Posted in Guest Posts, Hants County History, News |
  • Tags: aboiteaux, Acadians, acadiens, dyke repair, planters |

Acadian Prisoners to the Rescue of British Soldiers

On the 3-4 November 1759, the Maritimes was struck by one of many storms that marked its history. It is comparable to the storm of 1711 and the gale of 1775 gale that killed around 2000 people. Those storms were so severe that they were epoch-marking, so much so that events are dated as “before”

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Tags: aboiteaux, Acadians, acadiens, dyke repair, planters |
  • Posted on October 5, 2017
  • Posted in Hants County History, News |
  • Tags: Acadians, Falmouth, Hants County, Hantsport, history, Mi'kmaq, Newport, Shipbuilding, windsor ns |

A History of Hants

The county of Hants was established June 17, 1781, on territory taken from Kings County and consisted of the townships of Windsor, Falmouth and Newport. The name Hants is an old abbreviation for the English county of Hampshire, from the Old English name Hantescire. The Mi’kmaq were the first people of Hants County, having arrived several thousand years ago. They were semi-nomadic and hunted, fished and gathered to make their living.  They made their encampments along the rivers at the “head of the tide” where the fishing was easy.

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Tags: Acadians, Falmouth, Hants County, Hantsport, history, Mi'kmaq, Newport, Shipbuilding, windsor ns |

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