and included raids on all the major outposts in Nova Scotia. The first raid on Chester occurred in 1779 and the second three years later. On June 30, the...
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Chester is a village on the Chester Peninsula, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. The French had been present in Acadia since the early 1600s, but when the...
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British settlement at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia on July 1, 1782. The raid was the last major privateer attack on a Nova Scotia community during the war. Lunenburg...
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Jonathan Prescott (category History of Nova Scotia)
became the Captain of the militia at Chester, Nova Scotia and later was involved with the Raid on Chester, Nova Scotia (1782). He was the father of Charles...
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as a result of American privateer raids on Nova Scotia villages, as the war continued, the population of Nova Scotia solidified their support for the British...
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remained a threat to Nova Scotian ports for the rest of the war. For example, after a failed attempt to raid Chester, Nova Scotia, American privateers...
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Cap de Sable (present-day Port La Tour, Nova Scotia) (1630) and the Raid on Saint John (1632), . Nova Scotia was returned to France via the Treaty of...
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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...
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attempt to raid Chester, Nova Scotia, American privateers struck again in the Raid on Lunenburg in 1782. American Revolution - Nova Scotia theatre Military...
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located in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a service centre for the western part of the county and is situated on Highway 101. The community...
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a suburban community northeast of Lower Sackville on the Beaver Bank Road (Route 354) in Nova Scotia, Canada, within the Halifax Regional Municipality...
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Americans regularly attacked Nova Scotia by land and sea. American privateers devastated the maritime economy by raiding many of the coastal communities...
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following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia – meaning New Scotland in Latin, is the second-smallest province...
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Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Chester Municipal District on the Aspotogan Peninsula on the Lighthouse Route (Nova Scotia Route 329). Blandford...
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Siege of Port Royal (1710) (category Military history of Nova Scotia)
British control over the peninsular portion of Acadia, which they renamed Nova Scotia, and it was the first time the British took and held a French colonial...
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Battle of Blomindon (category Nova Scotia articles missing geocoordinate data)
remained a threat to Nova Scotian ports for the rest of the war. The following year, after a failed attempt to raid Chester, Nova Scotia, U.S. privateers...
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British victory over the USA Raid on Chester, Nova Scotia 30 June - British victory over the USA Raid on Lunenburg, Nova Scotia 1 July - American victory...
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Battle off Halifax (1780) (category Military history of Nova Scotia)
remained a threat to Nova Scotian ports for the rest of the war. For example, after a failed attempt to raid Chester, Nova Scotia, American privateers...
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Battle off Halifax (1782) (category Conflicts in Nova Scotia)
following month, after a failed attempt to raid Chester, Nova Scotia, American privateers struck again in the raid on Lunenburg in 1782. The United States navy...
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Aspotogan Peninsula (category Peninsulas of Nova Scotia)
Chester, Nova Scotia (1760s) and, finally, second generation Foreign Protestants arrived from French Village, Nova Scotia and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1780s)...
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Capture of USS Hancock (category Military history of Nova Scotia)
remained a threat to Nova Scotian ports for the rest of the war. For example, after a failed attempt to raid Chester, Nova Scotia, American privateers...
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A township in Nova Scotia, Canada, was an early form of land division and local administration during British colonial settlement in the 18th century...
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Herbert Woodbury (category History of Nova Scotia)
Hope on May 28, 1782. On June 30, 1782, Woodbury, commanding the Brigantine MA Hope, was involved in gathering intelligence in Chester, Nova Scotia. The...
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Battle off Yarmouth (1777) (category Nova Scotia articles missing geocoordinate data)
remained a threat to Nova Scotian ports for the rest of the war. For example, after a failed attempt to raid Chester, Nova Scotia, American privateers...
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Siege of Louisbourg (1745) (category Conflicts in Nova Scotia)
Military history of Nova Scotia Louisbourg Garrison Provincial troops in the French and Indian Wars The focus of the raids were the towns on the Northern New...
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George Wait Babcock (category History of Nova Scotia)
While on the Hero, Babcock was involved in gathering intelligence at Chester, Nova Scotia, and the following day, he led the land forces in the Raid on Lunenburg...
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Sexton Blake bibliography part 2: 1912–1945 (category Comics based on fiction)
novels published by Stillwoods Publishing, a Canadian publisher out of Nova Scotia. In 2020 ROH Press began publishing Sexton Blake tales with Sexton Blake...
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Bobby Gilmer Moss, The Patriots in the Snow Campaign, 1775 (Blacksburg, SC: Scotia Hibernia Press, 2007), 18. Anderson, Mark R. (2013). The battle for the...
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Mary Ann Shadd (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
original on May 8, 2015. The Elevator, "The National Colored Convention," 1869. Census of Nova Scotia, 1851. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: Nova Scotia Archives...
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John Lockhart-Ross (category Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia)
the coast of North America. While serving on the North American station he was moved into the 50-gun HMS Chester and returned to England with her in late...
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