HISTORY OF CHEVERIE
The gypsum cliff which dominates the coastline at Cheverie, gave the village its first name. The Indian name for this area was Woboek, (the white bluff) or Wobodek, (white waters). By 1750, an Acadian settlement had developed called Vil Chevarie. The name came from one of the settlers, Charles Chevarie.
On October 21st, 1783, Joseph Gray, a Loyalist, was granted 2400 acres in the Cheverie area, and as most of this land was easily accessible by tidal waters, it was quite attractive to the settlers. The region was primarily virgin timber land, with the exception of about 100 acres suitable for dykeland. A great deal of manual labour was involved to make it suitable for self-supporting farms.
Author: Maurice Rathbun
Published and bound by West Hants Historical Society.
Publication date 1993.
26 pages.
