colchester county, nova scotia

Colchester County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The appellation Colchester was applied in 1780 to the district previously called Cobequid, and was derived from the town of Colchester in Essex. The old name Cobequid was derived from the Mi'kmaq word "Wagobagitk" meaning "the bay runs far up", in reference to the area surrounding the easternmost inlet of the Minas Basin, a body of water called Cobequid Bay. The District of Colchester, which was at first part of Halifax County, was established as county in its own right in 1835. In 1838 a distinct line of division between Cumberland County and Colchester County was established. Two years later, in 1840, the Township of Parrsboro was divided and part of it annexed to Colchester County. In 1871, the boundaries between the Counties of Hants and Colchester and between the Counties of Halifax and Colchester were established. In 1880 the boundary between the Counties of Halifax and Colchester was revised. Eventually in 1897 a portion of the boundary between the Counties of Colchester and Cumberland was fixed and defined. The question of the boundary between Colchester and Cumberland Counties was the subject of a Commission of Inquiry established in 1946. The report was filed in the office of the Provincial Secretary and in the office of the Department of Lands and Forests in January 1959. Certified copies of it were sent to the Registrars of Deeds for the Counties of Colchester, Cumberland and Kings. Millbrook is the location of a Mi'kmaq First Nations reserve. Towns in Colchester County are Stewiacke and Truro. Each has its own local governing council. All other communities in the county are located within one of eleven geographically determined districts, each of which provides a representative that along with a county mayor form the Municipal government of the county. Villages are Bible Hill, and Tatamagouche. Unincorporated communities include Brookfield, Onslow, Five Islands, Earltown, Masstown, Upper Stewiacke, Middle Stewiacke, Debert, Bass River, Economy, Great Village, Londonderry, Hilden, Truro Heights, New Annan, Lower Truro, North River, Salmon River, and Old Barns.

External Link

Municipality of Colchester Government of Nova Scotia Municipal Services, County of Colchester map

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