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Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia. Maritime province of Canada, home to the largest population of speakers of any Celtic language to be found outside Europe. Migration from the Highlands of Scotland to Nova Scotia began in the late 18th century, chiefly to the north-eastern portions of the province, most especially on Cape Breton Island. Although speakers of Scottish Gaelic established settlements elsewhere in Canada, those in Nova Scotia have maintained it most persistently. The 1931 census recorded 24,303 speakers, the bulk of them born in Nova Scotia. Although not a language of commerce or education, Scottish Gaelic was spoken in the home and often in churches. Many of the Scottish emigrants were from the poorest classes, although far fewer were victims of the Clearances than was once popularly supposed. Scottish literary tradition migrated as well, as the Nova Scotian settlers included several bards. Oral tradition in Gaelic continued to the end of the 20th century; the huge repertoire of storyteller Joe Neil MacNeil (b. 1908) includes stories with many parallels with Scottish collections. The province is also home to many Irish and some Welsh immigrants; Cape Breton Island was named for Breton fishermen who plied its waters as early as the 16th century. See Charles W. Dunn, The Highland Settler in Nova Scotia (Toronto, 1953); Margaret MacDonell, The Emigrant Experience: Songs of Highland Emigrants in North America (Toronto, 1982); C. I. N. MacLeod, Highland Scottish Folklore and Beliefs (Antigonish, Canada, 1975); Sgialachdan a Albainn Nuaidh (Glasgow, 1969); Bàrdachd a Albainn Nuaidh (Glasgow, 1970); Joe Neil MacNeil, Tales Until Dawn: The World of a Cape Breton Story-Teller, trans. John Shaw (Kingston and Montreal, 1987).
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Nova Scotia." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Nova Scotia." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-NovaScotia.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Nova Scotia." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-NovaScotia.html |
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Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia, Canada Acadie/Acadia A province sighted in 1497 by John Cabot (c.1450–c.1499), the Italian‐born explorer, who claimed it for England. It was the French who were the first to settle in the area in 1605 and they adopted the local Micmac name Acadie ‘Acadia’. Also claimed by England, in 1621 King James I† awarded Acadia to Sir William Alexander (c.1567–1640), Earl of Stirling, tutor to the king's son, Prince Henry (1594–1612), to found the colony of ‘Nova Scotia or New Scotland’. In 1611 Sir William had established an order of baronets to promote ‘plantation’ in the north of Ireland. This had been so successful that he proposed doing the same in North America; the king agreed, hence the grant. The area changed hands on a number of occasions until it was awarded to Great Britain under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 and renamed officially Nova Scotia, the Latin for ‘New Scotland’. Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick were detached from Nova Scotia in 1769 and 1784 respectively; and in 1867 Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick merged to form the new Dominion of Canada.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Nova Scotia." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Nova Scotia." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-NovaScotia.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Nova Scotia." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-NovaScotia.html |
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Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Maritime province in se Canada, consisting of a mainland peninsula, the adjacent Cape Breton Island and a few smaller islands; the capital is Halifax. The first settlement of Nova Scotia was made by the French in 1605. The mainland was awarded to Britain in 1713, and Cape Breton Island was seized from the French in 1758. Nova Scotia joined New Brunswick, Québec and Ontario to form the Dominion of Canada in 1867. The land is generally low-lying, rolling country and there are extensive forests. The principal crops are hay, apples, grain and vegetables. There are coal deposits on Cape Breton Island. Fishing is very important. Industries: shipbuilding, pulp and paper, steelmaking, food processing. Area: 55,490sq km (21,425sq mi). Pop. (2001) 908,007.
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"Nova Scotia." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Nova Scotia." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-NovaScotia.html "Nova Scotia." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-NovaScotia.html |
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Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia owes its name to a 17th-cent. Scottish attempt at colonization. France ceded its claims to Britain in 1713. Halifax was founded in 1749, and an assembly introduced in 1758. British garrisons discouraged temptations to join the American Revolution. In the 19th cent. Nova Scotians exploited their timber resources and Atlantic orientation to create a trading economy based on the sailing ship. Self-government was achieved in 1848. After heated controversy, Nova Scotia joined the dominion of Canada in 1867. Historians attribute subsequent sluggish development to the decline of the ‘wood, wind, and water’ economy. Nova Scotians, who retain a pronounced ‘Bluenose’ patriotism, blame the indifference of Canadian governments.
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JOHN CANNON. "Nova Scotia." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Nova Scotia." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-NovaScotia.html JOHN CANNON. "Nova Scotia." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-NovaScotia.html |
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Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia owes its name to a 17th‐cent. Scottish attempt at colonization. Halifax was founded in 1749, and an assembly introduced in 1758. In the 19th cent. Nova Scotians exploited their timber resources and Atlantic orientation to create a trading economy based on the sailing ship. Self‐government was achieved in 1848. After heated controversy, Nova Scotia joined the dominion of Canada in 1867.
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JOHN CANNON. "Nova Scotia." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Nova Scotia." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-NovaScotia.html JOHN CANNON. "Nova Scotia." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-NovaScotia.html |
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Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia a province of eastern Canada, originally settled by the French in the early 18th century as Acadia, which became one of the original four provinces in the Dominion of Canada in 1867.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Nova Scotia." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Nova Scotia." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-NovaScotia.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Nova Scotia." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-NovaScotia.html |
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