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    2 days ago · It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland ". Most of the population are native English-speakers, and the province's population is 1,070,643 according to the Q1 2024 estimate. It has the largest population of Canada's Atlantic Provinces.

  2. 3 days ago · The history of Nova Scotia covers a period from thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day Nova Scotia (also historically referred to as Mi'kma'ki and Acadia) were inhabited by the Mi'kmaq people. During the first 150 years of European settlement, the region was claimed by ...

  3. 2 days ago · Nova Scotia, Canadian province located on the eastern seaboard of North America, one of the four original provinces that constituted the Dominion of Canada in 1867. Its capital city is Halifax. Learn more about Nova Scotia’s history, government, and points of interest in this article.

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  4. 5 days ago · The city site was first visited by Samuel de Champlain about 1605, and in the early 18th century it was a French fishing station. The Nova Scotia peninsula was a component of the French colony of Acadia at that time. The British takeover of Nova Scotia in 1713 resulted in a permanent British settlement at Halifax when Edward Cornwallis arrived ...

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  5. Apr 16, 2024 · The island was captured in 1758 by the British, to whom formal cession was made in 1763 in the Treaty of Paris. It was joined to Nova Scotia but in 1784 became a separate British crown colony. It was rejoined to Nova Scotia in 1820. The causeway linking Cape Breton Island with the mainland across the Strait of Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada.

  6. Apr 19, 2024 · Berwick is located in the eastern part of the Annapolis Valley on the Cornwallis River. The town site stretches south from the river and Exit 15 of Highway 101 to Highway 1. It was incorporated as a town on May 25, 1923. With it’s official slogan “Apple Capital of Nova Scotia”, Berwick honours the importance of the apple industry as a ...

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