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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21HL_jonathan-mccully_Amherst-Nova-Scotia.html
Born in Cumberland County, N. S., McCully practised law in Amherst and was appointed to the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia in 1848 serving as Solicitor General and Government leader in the Council (1860-62). As editor of the Halifax Morning Ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20RM_un-hommage-a-a-tribute-to-jacob-jacques-bourgeois_Nappan-Nova-Scotia.html
Fondateur, vers 1672, de Beaubassin premier établissement dans la région de la rivière Missagouèche et initiateur de l'agriculture maraîchère en Acadie
Jacob Bourgeois arriva à Port-Royal en 1641 à titre de chirurgien pour la …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20RH_robert-barry-dickey_Amherst-Nova-Scotia.html
Born in Amherst, educated at Windsor Academy, and called to the bar in 1834, Dickey practiced law in Amherst and sat in the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia (1858-67). A Father of Confederation, he attended both the Charlottetown and Quebec Conf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20RF_edward-barron-chandler_Amherst-Nova-Scotia.html
Born in Amherst, Chandler was called to the New Brunswick bar in 1823. He represented Westmorland in the legislature (1827-36), was a Legislative Councillor (1836-78) and a member of the Executive Council almost continuously between 1844 and 1858.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20RC_former-site-of-amherst-post-office_Amherst-Nova-Scotia.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20RB_dominion-public-building_Amherst-Nova-Scotia.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20PT_beaubassin_Nappan-Nova-Scotia.html
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The Acadian village of Beaubassin on this site was founded by settlers from Port Royal around 1672. Upon the arrival of Major Charles Lawrence with British troops in April 1750, the French authorities had the village destroyed in order to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20PS_trans-canada-highway_Nappan-Nova-Scotia.html
Formal opening of the Nova Scotia portion of the Trans Canada Highway from the New Brunswick border to terminals at Caribou and North Sydney, a distance of 279 miles, took place November 22, 1968, at this point; having been constructed as a joint …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20PL_beaubassin-1672-1750_Nappan-Nova-Scotia.html
This area was the site of the Acadian village of Beaubassin, first known Bourgeois settlement. Raided in 1696 and again in 1703 by a force from Boston under Captain Ben Church. Occupied by French troops in 1746 who travelled on snowshoes in Februa…