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Chebogue, Nova Scotia

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22: 29: 186:, called Planters, landed at Chebogue. They consisted of Captain Moses Perry, Ebenezer Ellis and Sealed Landers and their families. A plaque mounted besides the cemetery gate at Town Point in Chebogue commemorates this event. 171:
The Acadian community of Chebogue received an influx of settlers in 1740. A chapel, Sainte-Anne, was constructed on Durkee Island. It was one of the most important Acadian communities in south western
153:, on a map dated 1607, has drawn buildings on both sides of a river which is probably the Chebogue River. That would make Chebogue the third oldest European settlement in Canada after 138:. Other meanings for the area of Chebogue include "large tranquil river" and "narrow passage". Mi'kmaq stone tools were found nearby, dating from 5000 to 7000 years ago. 284: 168:, France. It was however destroyed by the Kirke brothers in 1628. Chebogue was also referred to as Port Lomeron and Fort Lomeron in some accounts of the time. 21: 37: 289: 134:
gave it its name which means "big marshes" because of the 343 hectares (837 acres) of salt marshland along the Chebogue River beginning at
249: 51: 204:, the British Navy drove an American Privateer ashore near Chebogue River, where the prisoners escaped into the village. 119: 201: 158: 190: 212:
Today Chebogue's main economy is still based on farming and fishing, the same as almost 400 years ago.
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An habitation or fort and trading post was built here by David Lomeron, a merchant from
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at the time. However, in 1758 the entire settlement was destroyed and the
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began in 1614 with the establishment of a permanent
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situated above the marshes of the Chebogue River in
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Chebogue, Nova Scotia is located in Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia
43°47′23″N 66°05′20″W / 43.78972°N 66.08889°W / 43.78972; -66.08889
/ʃˈbɡə/
fishing village
Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
Mi'kmaq
Arcadia
European history
Acadian
Samuel de Champlain
Sainte-Croix
Port Royal, Nova Scotia
La Rochelle
Nova Scotia
Acadian inhabitants deported
New England
Ephraim Cook (mariner)
American Revolution
Battle off Yarmouth (1777)
The Canadian Press
The Canadian Press
"A brief history of Chebogue"
the original
Categories
General Service Areas in Nova Scotia
Communities in Yarmouth County

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