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Home My Public Portal About1966_The Boundaries of Nova Scotia and its Counties (Lunenburg Co Portion)_Fergusson, Charles B_Public Archives of Nova ScotiaTHE PUBLIC ARCHIVES OF NOVA SCOTIA BULLETIN NO. 22 1•- jfit, rir}v� `��sy tt �htry�. tf4. j' .. r�.i s uuunrc�auu in ,uurim'�� llt x�r. } ` : ��t� f�r��E�f'p�'�i4r�3�iu�q�� yis' y"'�'.;G•a'u'yiEti4�t 1•fU.GR tnFk.,�s/ d.3 THE BOUNDARIES OF NOVA SCOTIA AND f - ITS COUNTIES BY CHARLES BRUCE FERGUSSON PROVINCIAL ARCHIVIST _ PUBLIC ARCHIVES OF NOVA SCOTIA t. HALIFAX, N. S. / 1966 limin Kt ar Ff �i am -1 `i7y ~��li I" PUBLIC ARCHIVES OF NOVA SCOTIA and inconveniences in having to 90 to Horton, the County Town of Kings County to transact Court business by petitioning to have that township annexed to Cumberland County. Subsequently, moreover, these difficulties and inconVen ic'ces, including the di'lay and expense occasioned 1)the neccssit,y of crossing the Bashi of malas, prompted some of the inhabitants of Par•rsborough to request annexation with Cumberland Coun(y and others to seek union with Colchester County. \frith a vie%/ to improving the situation, the Township of Parrs - 6m ough was cut off from Icings County in MR with one part of R being an- ' -Ned to Cumberland County and the oHwr• p,q being .Joined to Colchester C'ounl ti . 'This was done by statute 3 Vic., Capt. oXV. Ft'OrT1 and after the pass - in;; !' I -hat Act "all that part. 01' T<ing's County, lying on the North side of the Basin of Minas, and known as file Township of Parrsborough, shall be, and the same is hereby annexed 1.0 the Counties of Cumberland and Colchesl.er, as follows:- All that par. of the 'Ibwnshil.t of Pau•r•sbor•ough hying (o the \,V( of of I hu r i enlai s River, in UIe five Islands, to (.he County Of Cumberland, nnrl the remaining part of said TOWnshlp, lying East of Harrington's River, aforesaid, to the County of Colchester h �'Pi; Nr I�p�� C�3i1\''.1'h'—I'restunabl,y named ( in honour of the m Cof Brunson- •ch, who was .hen also Duke wick - Luneburg, Lunenburg County was established in 1759, when peninsular Nova Scotia was divided into five counties. The boundaries of Lunenburg County were cvnfir•med by the Governor and Council on August 17, 1.759 in these words: Thal lite 1301-111darlcs of file CourrU' and known by file Name of tile herchy Erected and hereafter to be r<:Ilcd County of LUNENBURG Bc;On at a [iruok, at the Bolcom of MahoneBaY and ort lite I asierly Head thercol, and ihcnec to Run iNiorlhcrly till it tncc(s tilt L.altc called Long Lake, and Be Bound - rd ti lainasks County, Southwest ,=rly by the said Lake and Northwesterly by the County of Annapolis .:rut erly by the River Rosignol anti Port Senior and Soulhcasterly by tilt Sea Shore to the first Limits comprehending all the Is- lzlnds South"'al-d of (Ile same. Three years later LunenbUrg County was reduced in size when Queens County was established. At a meeting of the Council of Nova Scotia orr July 2t, 1762, it: was decided "that the 'Townships of Liverpool Icn and Yarmouth Barring - together with the intermediate Lands should be erected into a County by the name of Queens County." Following the establishment of Queens County in 1762, Rants Coun- ty in 1787., and Shelburne and Sydney Counties in 1784, the boundaries of all nine of the Counties were defined by the Council of Nova Scotia. Ac- Isall n statute 2:1 Geo, III, Cap. V, of 1781, Provided for electing representa- tives front Shelburne County and from Sydney CouWY to the Legislative ... ... .. ... .. .. .... .. .... ..i . .. .-�. ..'ti :�. .. ... ..\t . �: �':4.`�—:••� �J=1•ia].!�•S.G Vii: F'i.b'.:\� �:i r^.J.i�h:"._.. `•+. +�:R: i�^.'rM3��.`�ll - ... U is"lS. :':x t, - ex, a�,.'� .. •r ^ >?y '�`'�i, `•: ,u��':%.�" '•�.:!:: •,.�;y'�..c--• ,�,.. • J �+, K �� `, •il�. '�::f=:4i:•^.-'£'��^.y ��' � i •'+ µ; +,-'�� t,, '�•:.,S; y. ,. 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At a meeting of the Council of Nova Scotia on December 16, 17S:i, the boundaries of Lunenburg Count were established •y as follows: LtJNLNBIIRC COUN'T'Y Buginninc al tlu bast line of Queens Cuunty in Port iblctway tllcre to run \lor(h 'Thirty three Ucgrees forty five Minutes to file Division line between Annapolis County King's CO1.111ty & Lunenburg Cuunty thence to run the course 01 that dividing line North Seventy five Degrees East till it conies to the SOu111 West Limits of 1-lants County thence E:: es= `::'::•:: `. running South Thirty clegrces East till it conies to the North East Angle of Chester Township, thence Soutll thirty three Degrees forty five Minutes East to the Sea Coast between Saint ` 1\1a1 - ,rets and Mahone Ba }, and boundL;d on the South by the Ocean including all the Islands in front of these limits. ,:, _,• ^ -;, - tt..-:. :•::�:i-,;'rs;�'': �•• uk.lsr_quently, surveys of the lines and boLlndarie., of Lhe various ' COunlies mid disl:l'Icks of llle. ProVln(.e we -1'e I718de dt-Win r I.lie years 1820-25,s.. and [hose of Lunenbuvg Counl.•y Were anions, those that wL r'e run t11 -1d nlal•ked. In :1>21-22, William Anson, deputy surveyor, surveyed part of the line touching Halifax, Hants, and Limenbur_ CoLull.ic.s. IIis description ltion of it, as forwarded by Charles Morris, Surveyor General, Lo the Licut(.nanl- .3..., Governor, wii:h his letter of January S1, 1826 (Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Manuscript Documents, volume 3351, document 28), is as follows: Cor11111encing on the Windsor Road at the Northern bounds of the Montgomery Lot (so called) from thence running South Westerly ','long the Northern side line of said LOt until it strikes the Pockwock Lake, thence following the courses or windin's of the Northern shore of said Lake until it colloS !o the Month of a sUca"let which empties into the r Flead of file Northwest cove of said lake being five miles and ?:i of a mile and thirty rods distant from the ltalifas ` road From thence running N80 W 24 miles and !-a of a mile to its intersection with the Public Road Iencling I1-0111 Chester to Windsor from Ihcnc S27 E I�tcltc miles and one quarter fa the sot shore of St. Margarcl's Bay nuikcing in the hole distance Il•on1 the conlrncncillg point to its termination foriv two miles alld tll•CC IOLIrtllS of a Illde.% _ .. In 1521-22, William O'Brien, del)Llly SLWVCJ'Oi', Surveyed the "Di Vis- ion line between Kings Countv Hanl.z and Lunenburg Counties". "This line was commenced in 1.821 and conlpleatecl in 1,1322", it. is staled in the report of' Charles Mor ris, Surveyor General, in January 1826, which may be seen in the Public Archives of Nova Scolia, l'talluscript Documents, vol- ume 3Sl, document 28, "and has been cut out and opened to the breadCh Of four fecal., tie mile posts tool trees well marked and proper hounds made a(TO I'd inn to instructions". In that report this line is described as follows: Comnlx:ncing on the Western Bank of the Avon River at the South hound of the Township of Horton & of Kings County I.• thence along that line the course therof thirteen miles or until it , .;-,, ;>,,:.;- comes to a Blazecl tree, the original bouncl of Falmouth Township thence in a right. line to the New Road leading from Chester to W"ll"sor to a Post and Pile of Stones marked and placed by William %91."^',' t 11Y4,fs7 �.- ♦.,.4K',`v -'",'*'*��i":.',+�.. .�^� - 's;w+.�;--j C:�.•1.},•^�''C:r "i'•• �••',";i;: rr, �.l%:',u�-4"�t:ti� "1. :'w; ,> ,A ` ��.?�STYs.:fM��Wh'lµtttknXl��C�'��1�� S ., ..:.Kt. � �1��'i,'f1T.'11 �14.tii •�'nS., ry..,. �. �'.�`�i.'.':�',•��..^t'�a�... ,v... r'vi ; t. ....♦ , '.. Em 46 PllI31.IC' ;\fZCIIIVES 0(' NC)Vi\ SCOT 1;1 An:um at the Point of Intersec laftion of the division fine between I(anlz :bid Iilitx Counties as stated in my report. 7'hc line between I'Llnenbul-g County and Queens County ly surveyed, cut out:, luted marked in November and llecenlber 18231 i y simile l man Frceli�an, deputy surveyor• This line was described as IfolloV,->;: t� hi- Commencing at large Rock in the Harbor' of Port A,lic(wav (alias Ntetwav) mnrb:ccl with file.' initials I_ &, ND hcitt,t Ihr• ancient hound or Land Mark hr. I��''cn said Couches of I.unc•nhurg and Quccns front (hence running North I i crr(y six clrgrccs lwcsf (wcn(v four miles and sixty I,otn• rods to Pleasant Iii cr, (hence follo%virt.Lf Ihc (:ourxcs of said Giver or stream to lhr entrance t of Shingle I..al:c of the l astern bounds of* land Granted Zenns \Vaterman, thence Northerly along the Eastern hound of said Walerman's land and Ihc line of land granted John Paysant, Zenus Waterman Junr in seven hundred and seventy seven and George Ringer rods, thence N 26 W seven miles to a S ace tree marked NW angle making in the whole distance 34 miles, Pant of the rear line of Lunenburg County, \which was su"Veyed by Whitman Freeman in 1824, was described as follows; Commencing at the Nforthmn termination of the dividing line between Queens "%ty dcgt IccsrtEastotwet11S ti a sl%race free nru'kec! N Wangle thence North sial ,IrlC , • • 1 three miles. I'he MMAnNg par'l: of the rear line of Lunenburg County, as sur- veyed by Whitman L're_eman, was described as follows: • J.'.';a•;�j4L •iy' Commencing at the 23 -=� the rear lin mile Post being the Ea rt c of Lunenbur r slc t exlremi( of tile run r r b as opuncd and e �c Marl of ti nit�� north 60 rc cut out the last ,year front thence `-...-:-:. - ` .p.hG�,j�'*ij•'•i tsl until it sU'i l:es the Wesicrn side line o' t' Zr of Morton distance 1'otu•tccn miles. I the Township After considering the report of the Surveyor GeneF a1, and in ac- Cordrince w(tll an Act For eStRbllShlnr the Liner ailCl I OUndarie.� t'l eVertll Counties and Dist.l'icls in tl�tis Provhuv, the lieu tenant -Governor and Coun- cil on Appy 3, 1.823 declared the bounda,•ies of Lunenbul'g County Lo be the following: Conunencm- g a( a lal-c' rock in the harbour of Port A'letwav alias Midwaynub keel with the additions L and ND being the ancient bound a be(wecn tfte County of Lunenburg and nd land marl:Quccns County, from (hence running north (went)' six <Icerces west, lwenl•)' four miles and sixty fOut' rods to Plea- sant River lhcncc following the course of the Eastern branch of said River to Shingle Lake to a square post and pile of stones thence Northcr'ly in a right line to the South-eastern ante of land granted to John Ringer (hence I'ollowing� the course of said Ringer's Eastern side line to 'he end Ingur , hence seven hundred and seventy seven rods from said lake, lhcncc North tc.rein six dugrecs \Vest ,u yen ntilcs (o a spruce tree, rrtarked North wcs( arr,lc, and a square' post :;c.rrroundccl by a pife of stones, n "Q narked on the „I.cntctilmr: County" on 111c \'orth Side "Annapolis County" and on (he Iltcnl1"t zicl:. ucc'rts Cuun(ti" cc running Northsixty cfcg ctn trtti last, thirty s�_'•,'en THE BOUNDARIES OF NOVA SCOTIA -------- ----- ----- 47 n1ilcS to it post and pile of stones placed on tilt \Vcslcrn SICK Ilnc of' tilt 'fU1\'n• ship of Morton, thence soulhudy along lila, line to the end lherof, thence Easterly along the tine of Horton To\cnship, until it cones 10 (Ile North West rm,_Ic of Ihv ' ht nshill of "alnu)ull), to a blazed free marked on four sides, (hence in <c right line to a square post surrouncfccl by a pile e stones sla sides, nt Ihv public coact leading I'ronl Chester l0 Windsor and nuu'I<ecI on tltc north side. "Ilanis County" on the South "I.uncnOrtt: Couu(}„ and cnl tilt South Bust "llalila.\ Ccltinty" thence to run soulh iv vnfy scvcn degrees East (\\'cl\'e miles and one quarter of a utile to the sect shore of Saint 'Margarel's Bay at the \\•estrrn side of file entrance into the Cove called Harness tHarnish or I-fubhards1cove, to a square post surrounded by a pile of stones, and marked on the Eastern Siete "County of I-Ialifax" and on the Western side "County of Lunenbtn•tr, thence Westerly along the Southern shore of the Pro\'ince to the rock tool Place of be, in the harbour of Port ,\let\\,a\• aforesaic) comprehenclin all the Islands in front or said Iilnil( ,. 50 W 13Y Chlapwr 52 i ilC LQllt?i\' c�I L.lri?Ci?htlrg ll' `:•J•"�:_!i i:'• l.�i. Chisor i;, fiet� lllll'i>��:�'s. That ,tattlte 1'_ e- �'�'r'i�.i:? �_`�•�,!_ CUSIos Aotulorum and for tile cestablli hmenL of aixthorhy fdlcrthc allsmy,lent of a peace for the District of Chester ��it.h tile same powet'tiu'af sessions of the ,urate County• as if it \vertu n st,f)- NCTOU COUN Y--Pictou was long in use as the naive of a Place before Pictou County was estrlblished in 1935. The word "Pictou" is derived from the Micmac "Pit,tool:", meaning an explosion of Was, Te area became Pictou County \Vas a part of Ha�fax County frcmllch 1759eto 1835. On September 15, 1.780, the Governor and Council at Halifax ap poirlled three Justices of the Pea cc "for the District. of C called Cobecluid, and (:o includes 7'aktivilgOuche I3rry and I'olchescbcslrter, lf•nlel•Iv rind SetUc- inents Adjacent now call'd Southampton, Also the Settlement: Ol' Pictau & Harbour now calla Tinmouth, in the County of ITalifax•" However, it was soon evident that: the disttrnce from Ilalifax and the lack of roads rlltide it "convenient for Persons from the district of Colchester to attend the Court of COmm011 Pleas at Halifax. For these reasons, provision was made by statute 23 Geo. III, Cap. 'A oaf 1783, for the holding; of all of Common Was for the District of COlchcsi.et• in the Townshipeorr or On,KII, oil the firsi Tuesday of Fel)I"MIT and the MY[ Irlt`sda•y In August in e,, , ,ecru•. Moreover, by statute 31, Geo. III, Cal). V, of 1791, arrangements were node not Only tot• regull.ltjil.g the times Of holding Common Pleas and the General Sessions of the Peace in e1:1To District o I'ferior CrC:Olt' Chester', but also for enabling M- Grnnd Juries in that. district: to <rssesti rales for the purpose of er'ect:ing a COCIr(. housertnd a G the u)1 illere, and of the District: oolchester �l'ere dc:cril)cd. The thn.es specified in the Act of 1791 for the Inferior Cowl of COin-