Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Mi'kmaq family in Tuft's Cove, 1871. The Mi'kmaq inhabited Nova Scotia when the first Europeans arrived.
Expulsion of the Acadians in Grand-Pré. More than 80 per cent of the Acadian population was expelled from the region between 1755 and 1764.
HMS Shannon leading the captured USS Chesapeake into Halifax during the War of 1812
Inauguration of the Sebastopol Monument in 1860. The monument was built to honour Nova Scotians who fought in the Crimean War.
Isthmus of Chignecto
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The Isthmus of Chignecto is an isthmus bordering the Maritime provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia that connects the Nova Scotia peninsula with North America.
Marquis de Boishébert - Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot (1753)
British Gravestones from the Mi'kmaw Raid on Fort Monckton (1756) - oldest known military gravestones in the Maritimes