LOCATION:
Head of St. Margaret's Bay, as aptly named, is
located at the head of the bay.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Samuel de Champlain, the renowned cartographer and
explorer, charted the waters around St. Margaret's Bay in the early
1600s. The bay was named for his mother Marguerite, as it appears as
"St. Marguerite Baie" on his map of 1612.
SETTLEMENT HISTORY:
In the 1750s, a number of land grants were issued to
prominent Halifax families who never settled on their properties. So
the land was escheated and granted in 1785 to second generation
families of the Foreign Protestants.
There was also a Mi'kmaq family by the name of
Bernard who received a 500-acre grant, but they too did not settle
on their land.
COMMUNITY HISTORY:
Most of the people who lived here were involved in
the fishing industry. Others began lumbering operations establishing
several sawmills during the years that the lumber business
flourished.
In the latter half of the 1800s, the community
became a popular tourist area. The Mason family built the Prince of
Wales Hotel that provided a stopping place for passing mail coaches,
offering many prominent gentlemen from Halifax a place for sport and
relaxation.
GENEALOGY:
Some of the second generation Foreign Protestants
who settled the area included those with the family names of
Dauphinee, Mason and Fader.
"one City...Many Communities" co -
published BY Halifax Regional Municipality AND Nimbus, funded BY
the HRM Millennium Committee.Author : Alfreda Withrow
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1999-2004 by Halifax County NS Canada GenWeb and/or it's contributors
RETURN
TO NOVA SCOTIA GENWEB
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Halifax County Genweb Project
gratefully acknowledges the following sources:
Historical Information on many
community pages is from : One
City...Many Communities" co - published by Halifax Regional
Municipality and Nimbus, funded By the HRM Millennium
Committee.Author : Alfreda Withrow.
Mapeeze: Free map linking on
Destination Nova Scotia.
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