Hants County History Archives - West Hants Historical Society

The Sivwrights

Friday, July 16, 191(3?)7 The Halifax Herald, Halifax, N.S. AT WINDSORWINDSOR, July 15 – Mrs. D. O. Collier (Flora Sivwright) […]

The Chapel School, a multi-denominational church built in 1771 at the Old Parish Burying Ground, served as a school on

~ A History Dating Back To 1759. ~ Hampshire Court has the distinction of being one of the oldest properties

The Great Windsor Fire of 1897: A Catastrophe and the Community’s Rebirth The most devastating event in the visual history

Benjamin DeWolf Fraser, M. D., F. R. C. S., was the son of the Hon. James Fraser, a Cadet of

By JMGiles / July 19, 2025

Throughout her life, she was a historian, a teacher, an athlete, an editor and publisher, and a committed volunteer. All

By JMGiles / July 3, 2025

Bennett Smith (1808-1886) was a prominent shipbuilder and shipowner in Windsor, Nova Scotia, playing a significant role in the town’s

By JMGiles / May 29, 2025

John Watson Maxner was born in 1829 at Windsor, NS and died 6 May 1904 at Windsor, NS. He was

Hon. Michael Francklin Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia 1766 “If historians have been unable to reach a consensus about Michael

Joseph Gerrish (September 29, 1709 – June 3, 1774) was a soldier, merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was