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Port Royal (1605–1713) was a historic settlement based around the upper Annapolis Basin in Nova Scotia, Canada, [1] and the predecessor of the modern town of Annapolis Royal. It was the first successful attempt by Europeans to establish a permanent settlement in what is today known as Canada. [2]
The gravestone of Lawrence Hartshorne, a Quaker who was the chief assistant of John Clarkson. [1] [2]The Nova Scotian Settlers, or Sierra Leone Settlers (also known as the Nova Scotians or more commonly as the Settlers), were African Americans and Black Canadians of African-American descent who founded the settlement of Freetown, Sierra Leone and the Colony of Sierra Leone, on March 11, 1792.
Port-Royal National Historic Site is a National Historic Site [1] [2] located on the north bank of the Annapolis Basin in Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia, Canada.The site is the location of the Habitation at Port-Royal, [3] which was the centre of activity for the New France colony of Port Royal in Acadia from 1605 to 1613, when it was destroyed by English forces from the Colony of Virginia.
The Nova Scotia government and the Mi’kmaq community have made the Miꞌkmaw Kinaꞌmatnewey, which is a very successful First Nation Education Program in Canada. [ 110 ] : 226 [ 111 ] In 1982, the first Mi’kmaq operated school opened in Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia [a] is a province of Canada, located on its east coast.It is one of the three Maritime provinces and most populous province in Atlantic Canada, with an estimated population of over 1 million as of 2024; it is also the second-most densely populated province in Canada, and second-smallest province by area. [11]
The Debert Palaeo-Indian Site is located nearly three miles southeast of Debert, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Nova Scotia Museum has listed the site as a Special Place under the Special Places Protection Act. The site acquired its special status when it was discovered as the only and oldest archaeological site in Nova Scotia. [1]
Monckton arrested Hoffman and took him to Halifax. Hoffman was charged with planning to join the French and take a large number of settlers with him. [2] He was fined and imprisoned on Georges Island (Nova Scotia) for two years, [2] after what appears to be Nova Scotia's first (aborted) treason trial in 1754. [7]
The overall upheaval of the early 1750s in Nova Scotia was unprecedented. Atlantic Canada witnessed more population movements, [dubious – discuss] more fortification construction, and more troop allocations than ever before in the region. [1] The greatest immigration of the Acadians between 1749 and 1755 took place in 1750. [4]