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A general description of the eastern coast of Nova Scotia collected from the returns of a number of persons settled there, 1784

Date:1784-01-01
Subjects:Arichat Re a description of Nova Scotia coast
Birch In Nova Scotia: for timber
Casks Lumber for: available in Nova Scotia p. 1
Chedabucto Bay description of
Chedabucto Bay re settlement p. 1
Commissioners I its officials slack in confirming titles p. 3
Country Harbour its settlers contented p. 2
Crow Harbour On or near Chedabucto Bay is [c.1784] unsettled, owned by three people, and has excellent fishery p. 1
Duke of Cumberland's Corps [or Regiment] its disbanded members settled at Manchester [eastern shore of Nova Scotia] p. 1
Fish cod, mackerel, and salmon from Nova Scotia
Fishery of Nova Scotia eastern shore, especially Crow Harbour
Garrison Battalion Royal Garrison Battalion p. 2
Glasgow apparently in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia: fishery at
Gut of Canso
Manchester [In Guysborough County: named in 1784]: a new settlement between Chedabucto and Arichat established by disbanded troops of the Duke of Cumberland's Regiment p. 1
Musquodobit - Its settlers content
Narrashack -
Nova Scotia timber and fish resources of
Phillips Harbour Six miles east of Crow Harbour q.v., good timber resources, and unsettled [c l784] p. 1
Pine in Nova Scotia p. 1
Royal Garrison Battalion settled at Sheet Harbour p. 2
Scarrawary Its timber resources
Settlers needed on Nova Scotia eastern shore p. 2
Sheet Harbour a saw-mill at, others planned, and Garrison Batt'n settled at p. 2
Ship Harbour its settlers satisfied with locale
Staves [no white oak, eastern Nova Scotia shore] p. 2
Staves to be had at Crow Harbour p. 1
Surveys, reports, and statistics fishery and forest: Chedabucto to Miramichi via Canso
Timber Nova Scotia resources
Source:Vol. 4-23
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