Thoughts From a "Lost Canadian" About My Ancestor's Roots in Nova Scotia, Canada

I've been writing about the areas of Canada where my ancestors are from, so today I'm writing about Nova Scotia. We have limited information about my Canadian ancestors from Nova Scotia - we do not know what town or area they are specifically from, but since the man my my third great-grandma married was from New Brunswick, I suspect she and my fourth great-grandma may have lived in an area of Nova Scotia near New Brunswick - just a suspicion on my part. So today I'm going to write about what it was like in Nova Scotia in the late 1700s to now to cover the time my ancestors lived there . . .

The area near the current border between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick has a history defined by shifting colonial boundaries, the displacement and return of the Acadian people, and the arrival of thousands of American Loyalists. 

Late 1700s: Partition and Resettlement

Boundaries: Prior to 1784, Nova Scotia included all of present-day New Brunswick (then known in part as Sunbury County) and parts of northern Maine. 
The Loyalist Influx (1783–1784): After the American Revolutionary War, over 30,000 British Loyalist refugees arrived in Nova Scotia. This massive population surge overwhelmed the existing governance. 
Creation of New Brunswick (1784): To better administer the western mainland territory, Britain split New Brunswick off from Nova Scotia in 1784, establishing the Chignecto Isthmus and the Bay of Fundy region as the dividing borderland. 
Acadian Return: Following the Great Expulsion (Le Grand Dérangement) of the 1750s, many Acadians returned to the Maritimes, settling heavily in northern and western regions close to the new New Brunswick border and the St. John River Valley. 

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