Page "Tatamagouche" Paragraph 7

Ten years later, on August 25, 1765, the land that became Tatamagouche was given to British military mapmaker Colonel Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres by the British Crown.

DesBarres was awarded 20, 000 acres ( 81 km < sup > 2 </ sup >) of land in and around Tatamagouche on the condition that he settle it with 100 Protestants within 10 years.

Low land prices in other colonies made attracting tenants difficult, but an offer of six years free rent to dissatisfied residents of Lunenburg was a success.

Protestant repopulation also grew considerably before the end of the century with a flood of Scottish immigrants following the Highland Clearances.