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The Chester and Area Family Resource Centre provides support to new parents. [9] Chester was a filming site for the TV series Haven and for parts of The Curse of Oak Island. Founded in 1873 and incorporated in 1906, the Chester Brass Band [10] is a British-style brass ensemble based in Chester, Nova Scotia. The band is a non-profit volunteer ...
The Municipality of the District of Chester is a Nova Scotia district municipality occupying the northeastern half of Lunenburg County, Canada. The district boundary was originally drawn for court sessional purposes, [ 2 ] before the existence of elected local government.
The Raid on Chester occurred during the American Revolution when the US privateer, Captain Noah Stoddard of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and four other privateer vessels attacked the British settlement at Chester, Nova Scotia on 30 June 1782. [2] The town was defended by Captain Jonathan Prescott. [3]
The history of Nova Scotia covers a period from thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day Nova Scotia (also historically referred to as Mi'kma'ki and Acadia) were inhabited by the Mi'kmaq people.
Dr. Jonathan Prescott (24 May 1725 - 11 Jan 1807) was a British officer who fought at the Siege of Louisbourg (1745), became the Captain of the militia at Chester, Nova Scotia and later was involved with the Raid on Chester, Nova Scotia (1782). [1] [2] [3] He was the father of Charles Ramage Prescott.
Father Abbey's Will. woodcut, Cambridge publisher.December, 1791. Rev. John Seccombe (25 April 1708 – 27 October 1792) was an author, a founder of Chester, Nova Scotia and was “the best-known and most highly respected clergyman in Nova Scotia.” [1] [2] [3] He was also the author of Father Abbey's Will, which was printed as a poem and a broadsheet over 30 times throughout the 18th century ...
Timothy Houghton (21 August 1727 – 10 May 1780) was the founder of Chester, Nova Scotia (1759). In the wake of the American patriot rebellion in the Siege of Fort Cumberland during the American Revolution, while Chief magistrate and Justice of the Peace for the Chester township, he was jailed for betraying the Loyalist cause.
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