Cornwallis River, the Glossary
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34 relations: Acadians, Annapolis River, Annapolis Valley, Berwick, Nova Scotia, Canada, Cornwallis Square, Cornwallis Township, Cornwallis Valley Railway, Dominion Atlantic Railway, Edward Cornwallis, Expulsion of the Acadians, Father Le Loutre's War, George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, Grafton, Nova Scotia, Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia, Hortonville, Nova Scotia, Kentville, Kings County, Nova Scotia, List of rivers of Nova Scotia, Mi'kmaq, Minas Basin, New England Planters, New Minas, North Mountain (Nova Scotia), Nova Scotia, Port Williams, Nova Scotia, Portage, Provinces and territories of Canada, Samuel de Champlain, Sea level, Silas Tertius Rand, Tidal marsh, Watson Kirkconnell, Wolfville.
- Rivers of Nova Scotia
Acadians
The Acadians (Acadiens) are an ethnic group descended from the French who settled in the New France colony of Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Annapolis River
The Annapolis River (Rivière Annapolis) is a Canadian river located in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley. Cornwallis River and Annapolis River are rivers of Nova Scotia.
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Annapolis Valley
The Annapolis Valley is a valley and region in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Berwick, Nova Scotia
Berwick is a Canadian town in Kings County, Nova Scotia.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
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Cornwallis Square
Cornwallis Square is a Canadian village in Kings County, Nova Scotia.
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Cornwallis Township
Cornwallis Township was one of the original townships of Kings County, Nova Scotia.
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Cornwallis Valley Railway
The Cornwallis Valley Railway (CVR) was a historic Canadian railway in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley.
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Dominion Atlantic Railway
The Dominion Atlantic Railway was a historic railway which operated in the western part of Nova Scotia in Canada, primarily through an agricultural district known as the Annapolis Valley.
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Edward Cornwallis
Edward Cornwallis (– 14 January 1776) was a British career military officer and member of the aristocratic Cornwallis family, who reached the rank of Lieutenant General.
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Expulsion of the Acadians
The Expulsion of the Acadians was the forced removal of inhabitants of the North American region historically known as Acadia between 1755 and 1764 by Great Britain.
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Father Le Loutre's War
Father Le Loutre's War (1749–1755), also known as the Indian War, the Mi'kmaq War and the Anglo-Mi'kmaq War, took place between King George's War and the French and Indian War in Acadia and Nova Scotia.
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George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, (6 October 1716 – 8 June 1771) was a British statesman of the Georgian era.
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Grafton, Nova Scotia
Grafton is a small farming community in the Annapolis Valley area of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia
Grand-Pré is a Canadian rural community in Kings County, Nova Scotia.
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Hortonville, Nova Scotia
Hortonville is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Kings County at the mouth of the Gaspereau River and is part of the Landscape of Grand Pré UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Kentville
Kentville is an incorporated town in Nova Scotia.
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Kings County, Nova Scotia
Kings County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
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List of rivers of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia's rivers all flow into the Atlantic Ocean through four unique watersheds: the Gulf of Maine, the Northumberland Strait, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and into the Atlantic Ocean itself. Cornwallis River and List of rivers of Nova Scotia are rivers of Nova Scotia.
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Mi'kmaq
The Mi'kmaq (also Mi'gmaq, Lnu, Miꞌkmaw or Miꞌgmaw) are a First Nations people of the Northeastern Woodlands, indigenous to the areas of Canada's Atlantic Provinces, primarily Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland, and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec as well as Native Americans in the northeastern region of Maine.
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Minas Basin
The Minas Basin (Bassin des Mines) is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy and a sub-basin of the Fundy Basin located in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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New England Planters
The New England Planters were settlers from the New England colonies who responded to invitations by the lieutenant governor (and subsequently governor) of Nova Scotia, Charles Lawrence, to settle lands left vacant by the Bay of Fundy Campaign (1755) of the Acadian Expulsion.
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New Minas
New Minas is a Canadian village located in the eastern part of Kings County in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley.
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North Mountain (Nova Scotia)
North Mountain (French: Montagne du Nord; Gaelic: Beinn a Tuath) is a narrow southwest-northeast trending volcanic ridge on the mainland portion of southwestern Nova Scotia, stretching from Brier Island to Cape Split.
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Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is a province of Canada, located on its east coast.
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Port Williams, Nova Scotia
Port Williams is a Canadian village in Kings County, Nova Scotia.
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Portage
Portage or portaging (CA) is the practice of carrying water craft or cargo over land, either around an obstacle in a river, or between two bodies of water.
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Provinces and territories of Canada
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.
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Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain (Fichier OrigineFor a detailed analysis of his baptismal record, see RitchThe baptism act does not contain information about the age of Samuel, neither his birth date nor his place of birth. – 25 December 1635) was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler.
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Sea level
Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured.
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Silas Tertius Rand
Silas Tertius Rand (May 18, 1810 – October 4, 1889) was a Canadian Baptist clergyman, missionary, ethnologist, linguist and translator.
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Tidal marsh
A tidal marsh (also known as a type of "tidal wetland") is a marsh found along rivers, coasts and estuaries which floods and drains by the tidal movement of the adjacent estuary, sea or ocean.
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Watson Kirkconnell
Watson Kirkconnell, (16 May 1895 – 26 February 1977) was a Canadian literary scholar, poet, playwright, linguist, satirist, and translator.
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Wolfville
Wolfville is a Canadian town in the Annapolis Valley, Kings County, Nova Scotia, located about northwest of the provincial capital, Halifax.
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See also
Rivers of Nova Scotia
- Annapolis River
- Aspy River
- Avon River (Nova Scotia)
- Baddeck River
- Barrington River (Nova Scotia)
- Bear River (Nova Scotia)
- Canard River
- Chéticamp River
- Cornwallis River
- East River Sheet Harbour
- East River of Pictou
- Farrells River
- Framboise River
- Gaspereau River
- Halfway River (Avon River tributary)
- Halfway River (River Hebert tributary)
- Kennetcook River
- LaHave River
- List of rivers of Nova Scotia
- Little Sackville River
- Maccan River (Nova Scotia)
- Margaree River
- Medway River (Nova Scotia)
- Mersey River (Nova Scotia)
- Middle River of Pictou
- Mira River (Nova Scotia)
- Missaguash River
- Musquodoboit River
- Petite Rivière (Lunenburg County)
- Pugwash River
- River Hebert
- River John
- River Philip
- Sackville River
- Salmon River (Nova Scotia)
- Shelburne River
- Shubenacadie River
- Sissiboo River
- St. Croix River (Nova Scotia)
- St. Mary's River (Nova Scotia)
- Stewiacke River
- Sydney River
- Tidnish River
- Tusket River
- Wallace River (Nova Scotia)
- West River Sheet Harbour