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* Hants County, Nova Scotia, a Canadian county named for the English one
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Hants and County
Statistics Canada, defines the Annapolis Valley as an economic region, composed of Annapolis County, Kings County, and Hants County.
Some also include the western part of Hants County, including the towns of Hantsport and Windsor even further to the east, but geographically speaking they are part of the Avon River valley.
* Cambridge, Hants County, Nova Scotia
* Falmouth, Nova Scotia, a community in Hants County
* Greenfield, Hants County, Nova Scotia
Hants County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia which was the home of Henry Alline, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Alden Nowlan and Noel Doiron.
Originally getting its name from the County of Southamptonshire in England, now known as Hampshire, and abbreviated to Hants, the County was established out of part of what had been Kings County.
Subsequently in 1861, Hants County was divided into two Districts called East Hants and West Hants.
In the course of their historical relationship with the Acadian people, many Mi ' kmaq became Catholic and therefore played an active role in the Acadian resistance to the Protestant British annexation of Hants County.
Within Hants County, they fought in the Battle at St. Croix on the St. Croix River.
There is a long history of missionary work in Hants County, such as the work of Silas Tertius Rand's work on a reserve near Hantsport.
There are still Mi ' kmaq communities in Hants County such as Indian Brook 14, Nova Scotia ( the home of the famous activist Anna Mae Aquash ) and Shubenacadie 13, Nova Scotia.
Shubenacadie is the oldest community in Hants County.
The first Acadians to settle in present day Hants County ( known as Pisiguit ) established farms at ( present day Falmouth ) in the early 1680s, as the 1686 census shows a number of families on well established farms utilizing dyked pastures.
By the early 1700s Acadians migrated all along the shore of Hants County to the Shubenacadie River.
The Expulsion of the Acadians from Hants County began at exactly the same time as it happened at Grand-Pré, with the Acadian men being imprisoned within the walls of Fort Edward.
Hants County Township Map, 1879
After the Acadians left the area of present day Hants County, New England Planters began to arrive and settle the vacated lands ( 1760 ).
Hants and Nova
Mantua, a village in West Hants, Nova Scotia
** East Hants, Nova Scotia, a municipal district
** West Hants, Nova Scotia, a municipal district
The next wave of immigration to Hants County was the Ulster Scots people who settled all along the Cobequid shore such as the O ' Briens in Noel, Nova Scotia ( 1771 ) and the Putnams in Maitland, Nova Scotia.
While most Nova Scotian remained supportive of the Anti-Confederation Campaign during this time period, Howe ran in Hants County bi-election of 1869 to get a mandate from the people to see if they wanted him to continue to support Nova Scotia's entry into Canada.
Along with the great literary figure in Nova Scotia's history, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Hants produced Alden Nowlan, George Elliot Clarke and others.
Category: Geography of Hants County, Nova Scotia
Following the establishment of Queens County in 1762, Hants County in 1781, and Shelburne and Sydney Counties in 1784, the boundaries of all nine of the counties were defined by the Council of Nova Scotia.
* Avondale, Hants, Nova Scotia in the Hants County
Category: People from Hants County, Nova Scotia
Category: People from Hants County, Nova Scotia
* Mantua, a village in West Hants, Nova Scotia
He entered politics as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the Nova Scotia riding of Kings — Hants in the 1997 election.
A. Anne McLellan, PC, OC ( born August 31, 1950, in Hants County, Nova Scotia ) is a Canadian academic and politician.
Category: People from Hants County, Nova Scotia
Hants and Scotia
He ran in the great Hants County byelection of 1869 to create better terms for Nova Scotia within Canada rather than continue to seek repeal of Confederation.
Howe won the federal seat in Hants County, Nova Scotia, while William D. Lawrence won the Hants County provincial seat.
Hants and Canadian
Kings — Hants ( formerly Annapolis Valley — Hants ) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.
Enfield, ( 2011 population: 5, 016 ), is a Canadian exurban community located in the Shubenacadie Valley on the border of Hants and Halifax counties.
Hants was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925.
Hants — Kings was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1935.
Colchester — Hants was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968.
Halifax — East Hants was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979.
1, 000 ) is a Canadian village in Nova Scotia's East Hants municipal district in the Shubenacadie Valley
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