History of Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia History has something for everyone; prehistoric life, intrigue, war, pirates & privateers, a union of cultures, incredible music, the desire to survive and prosper. The history of Nova Scotia goes back thousands of years and will leave you with a reason to find out more.

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Mi'kmaq - The Canadian Encyclopedia
V. Goade
Nova Scotia Archives

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[seanchilttt]

Commenting from Scotland, absolutely fascinated by this!

[Miguel_and_The_Microbes]

I enjoyed this short video. I'm an American who lived in Halifax 2010-11 with my girlfriend who was from Montreal. I really enjoyed my 9 months in Nova Scotia. Now, in 2023, i'm researching parts of the world to include in my 1830s radio project entitled SALTY SPURS -- set along the California coast 15 years before the GOLD RUSH. Hoping to have 1-2 characters from NOVA SCOTIA in some of my 25 episodes of RADIO THEATRE.

[courtneyboudreau]

My home! Born raised in Nova Scotia Acadian Mi'kmaq, African Irish European french!! Soo proud of my cultures and heritage!!! Bless Nova Scotia

[theunveiling]

Watching this because my roots come from Nova Scotia, and I’m trying to learn as much as I can about where I came from.

[cdm]

I love my province. I'd never live anywhere else. I'll never get bored, and there's so much history right in front of us here. There's a house made of stone just a minute away from my house thats hundreds of years old, a lot of people don't even know about it.

[thejkyle]

Great video! I spend so much time learning about other places sometimes I forget to learn about my own backyard. If anyone is curious, Cape Breton is a very beautiful place.

[HalifaxHercules]

I'm originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, but have been living in Western Newfoundland's Corner Brook and Bay of Islands areas for the last 12 years.

My Paternal Ancestors migrated from Ireland to England, and eventually to Newfoundland's Northwestern Avalon Peninsula.

I'm also have German, Swiss, Scottish, and Mi'kmaq Ancestry from my Maternal side as they were descendants of "The Foreign Protestants" through the Eisenhauer/Isnor family and "Scottish Immigrants" through the MacDonald family.

While I knew that I have German ancestry as the Eisenhauer/Isnor's migrated from Germany to Nova Scotia during the early 1750s, I also found out that my Maternal Grandfather's family also came from Switzerland.

[lorimaloney]

thank you friend for doing this I love history and am from Indian Brook, I see some ppl need to polish up on their history & be a bit more polite, I grew up on the rez may look a liitle bit more light then my clan so I seen & heard enough misinformation and blatant racism so lets just be happy we live in a beautiful & Safe part of the planet welalin thank you & merci danke etc :)

[EdinburghFive]

Hi Gerry, Great video.

One small note about Port Royal. You stated it was established in 1604 by "...Champlain and others...". Port Royal (Habitation) was established in 1605 by Pierre Dugua de Mons. Champlain did of course go on to achieve a greater fame in Canadian history, but at the time of the establishment of Port Royal, he was hired help; being in the employ of de Mons.

[jmeneely]

Would like to hear some about Pictou and the Hector. Also Port Royal and the Annapolis Valley.

[Betterthenme]

I’d argue we are a distinct culture from the rest of Canada. I’m so proud of my home and love literally every person in our province as if you were my direct family ( likely we are some sort of cousins anyway 😂 )

[nature_photography_yukon]

Great video, very informative, thank you for sharing!

[hopevincent]

So my family told me that Nova Scotia is where they came from. Now we're in Louisiana, where we call ourselves Cajun and Creole. My dad's parents could only speak Cajun French and also were black and French. I'm wondering how and why did they come to Louisiana.

[NayrGamingHD]

Would love to visit you in Nova Scotia!!! am from there historically and would love to see it

[acechadwick]

My DNA results show that some of my Scottish ancestors were in Nova Scotia. I am beyond excited at this news! During what time period in history was the biggest influx of Scots? I hope they behaved themselves!

[RomeoWhiskey]

My 4th great grandfather Richard Wallace was born in NS in 1753. He became a Revolutionary War hero. 😊

[justrumzy]

I like the video I am researching about the history of panda and the provinces to later expand to all countries to research about

[eileenmurphy]

Looking for ancestor Langleys from around the Canso area

[Sabhail_ar_n-Alba]

The Gaelic is still spoken in Alba Nuadh.

[livelife]

The Maritimes is a great a great place and there is a lot of history there between the provinces and the US. Confederation for example, two years after the American Civil war, the Fathers of Confederation thought that the mistake America made was to give the individual states too much power. Therefore, in creating Canada, the federal government would have more power than the provinces and so it goes …..