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2389:Lawrencetown
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1835:Cato Perkins
1815:David George
1810:Davis family
1787:Settler Town
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1741:Rose Fortune
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2493:Communities
2467:North Shore
2414:St. Peter's
2261:New Glasgow
2216:Bridgewater
2158:Guysborough
2095:Cape Breton
1964:Guysborough
1944:Cape Breton
1918:Nova Scotia
1830:Boston King
1825:John Kizell
1695:Nova Scotia
1491:Clyde River
1089:Hartz Point
1046:Boston King
957:ethnicity.
844:Nova Scotia
759:Nova Scotia
602:established
571:established
154:Nova Scotia
107: /
2597:Categories
2570:65°22′57″W
2567:43°44′40″N
2344:Bible Hill
2286:Stellarton
2246:Mahone Bay
2206:Antigonish
2173:St. Mary's
2153:East Hants
2133:Barrington
2110:West Hants
2052:Cumberland
2047:Colchester
2042:Antigonish
1954:Cumberland
1949:Colchester
1939:Antigonish
1873:miniseries
1496:Churchover
1134:References
546:Launch of
503:Launch of
493:Saxby Gale
421:Chesapeake
184:Population
95:65°22′57″W
92:43°44′40″N
2394:New Minas
2379:Hebbville
2374:Greenwood
2334:Aylesford
2311:Wolfville
2306:Westville
2291:Stewiacke
2281:Shelburne
2251:Middleton
2241:Lunenburg
2236:Lockeport
2231:Kentville
2168:Shelburne
2163:Lunenburg
2057:Inverness
2037:Annapolis
2009:Shelburne
1989:Lunenburg
1979:Inverness
1934:Annapolis
1703:Birchtown
1661:(Niagara)
1633:Post-war
1563:Loyalists
1471:Shelburne
1460:Birchtown
1430:Welshtown
1349:Birchtown
1076:Methodist
1064:Methodist
1050:Methodist
943:Annapolis
864:who were
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822:known as
763:Shelburne
751:Birchtown
245:Area code
193:Time zone
178:Shelburne
166:Shelburne
68:Birchtown
43:Community
36:Birchtown
18:Birchtown
2434:Weymouth
2429:Westport
2424:Tiverton
2384:Kingston
2369:Freeport
2326:Villages
2316:Yarmouth
2256:Mulgrave
2178:Yarmouth
2077:Victoria
2072:Richmond
2019:Yarmouth
2014:Victoria
2004:Richmond
1926:Counties
1859:In media
1654:Merikins
1340:Archived
1190:, p. 129
1083:See also
1078:preacher
1048:, first
951:Virginia
800:Creation
794:New York
783:Tracadie
548:Bluenose
301:Bluenose
278:a series
275:Part of
141:Province
2404:Pugwash
2354:Chester
2349:Canning
2339:Baddeck
2296:Trenton
2211:Berwick
2196:Amherst
2138:Chester
2100:Halifax
1969:Halifax
1260:, p. 67
1175:, p. 67
1037:Baptist
935:Preston
891:and in
870:British
832:slavery
484:elected
383:1760–61
265:Trunk 3
237:B0T 1W0
121:Country
2503:People
2271:Pictou
2266:Oxford
2128:Argyle
2105:Queens
2067:Pictou
1999:Queens
1994:Pictou
1775:(1792)
1645:(1783)
1597:(1779)
1591:(1775)
1318:3 July
1292:3 July
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309:Events
281:on the
161:County
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134:Canada
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2301:Truro
2226:Digby
2188:Towns
2148:Digby
2143:Clare
2062:Kings
1984:Kings
1974:Hants
1959:Digby
1110:Notes
947:Digby
931:Digby
654:Other
219:UTC-3
198:UTC-4
1320:2015
1294:2015
1234:ISBN
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