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BOOK - Historic Sackville
By Robert Paton Harvey
Pubished by Nimbus Publishing, Halifax, 2002
Sackville, Halifax's first outpost, was settled in 1749 when Edward
Cornwallis established a fort at the "head of the basin" against
the threat of French soldiers and their Mi'kmaw allies. When
more peaceful times arrived in the late 1750s, thirty-two grants of five
hundred acres were allotted to entrepreneurs, who saw the prospect of
economic activity and profit in the timber-rich hinterland, and to
ordinary folk, who saw the Sackville River valley as a place to carry out
subsistence farming. These grants, collectively called the "farm lots,"
would shape the growth and development of the community of
Sackville for over two hundred years.
In the early days, Sackville was always on the way to somewhere
else since a network of communities sprang up along the two main
roads-the Cobequid (Truro) road and the Windsor Road-connecting
Halifax and mainland Nova Scotia. More recently, Sackville has
become a provincially initiated satellite community serving the housing
needs of the metropolitan Halifax area.
Historic Sackville traces the gradual evolution of a cohesive farming
community into a sprawling suburban one. Its collection of historic
photographs of pioneer families, their activities, architecture, and celebrations
is a reminder of the community's vital heritage, and its significant
place in the development of the region.
About the author:
Robert Paton Harvey is a retired teacher and past-president of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society. He served as a councillor and then as Deputy Mayor of Halifax Regional Municipality 2001-2002.
139 Pages
6.5 x 9.25 inches
Softcover (perfect-bound)
ISBN13: 9781551094205
Pubished by Nimbus Publishing, Halifax, 2002
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