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Wentworth

Posted by on December 16, 2011 Comments Off on Wentworth

MANY WATERMILLS AND TWO COPPER MINES ONCE OPERATED AT WENTWORTH

The following is reprinted from the March 29, 1962, issue of The Oxford Journal.

In response to The Oxford Journal editor’s request for the information regarding former industries in Central and Eastern Cumberland, Mr. Ira BROWN of Wentworth gave us considerable information regarding former business in the Wentworth district. Prior to the days of steam engines, water power was the only source of power and the rivers were the most important means of communication. This, and the fact that fertile land was usually to be found along river valleys, was no doubt the reason that early settlers preferred to establish themselves near streams or rivers.

Like most other districts in this heavily wooded province, Wentworth had sawmills on every little brook, as well as on the Wallace River.

Some of these recalled by Mr. BROWN were: a sawmill on Hart Brook, operated by Washington HART; one at Wentworth Valley owned by Burpee BLAIR; one on Whilstone Brook, owned by Rufus PURDY; one at East Wentworth, owned by Wm. SWAN & Sons; one at Florida Road corner owned by BEEBE Bros.; one on Wallace River owned by Amos PURDY; another on Wallace River, operated by MACLEAN Bros. (this included a sawmill, grist mill, wool carding mill and undertaking business). There were sawmills on the Tedd and Gough Brooks. A mill on West Branch was operated by a Mr. MORRIS; one on Drennen Brook (now Mahoney Brook) by Wm. DRENNEN and other on the same brook by OGILVIE Bros. Lemuel BIGNEY and James BIGNEY each had sawmills at Lower Wentworth, while Squire Wm. CHISHOLM and Malcolm CHISHOLM both operated mills at West Wentworth. Ephriam HOWARD had a sawmill at Middleboro, while Carr’s Mill, the head of the tide, was the first above salt water. Cornelius CROWLEY had a mill on the Crowley Brook and James HENDERSON had a sawmill at West Wentworth (on the Plain Road). Banford MIERS had a mill at Wentworth.

All the above operated with water power and many of the sawmills also had flour mills as well. Prior to the building of the Short Line Railway from Oxford to Pictou, Wentworth Station was the railway center for a large section of the Northumberland Strait shore. There were 5 stores at the station, as well as three hotels and livery stables. A stage coach ran from Wentworth Station to Wallace, by way of the old Purdy Road. This road (now closed) left what is now the Trans-Canada highway near the new Wentworth Elementary School and came out on the Coulter Road near Wallace Station. Mr. BROWN tells us that the Purdy Road was built in as nearly a straight line as possible. When laying out the route the builders started at the Wallace end and kept heading directly for the high point on the mountain, only leaving the direct course to get around bogs and steep hills. Stores in the Wentworth district included REED’s, at the corner of the Florida Road; James WELSH’s at Wentworth; and stores at Lower Wentworth operated by Lemuel BIGNEY and William CHISHOLM

James BIGNEY operated a carriage shop at Lower Wentworth and there were blacksmith shops at Wentworth. Robt. MCNEIL operated a tannery and shoemaker shop at Lower Wentworth. Mr. MCNEIL was the father of the late C.C. MCNEIL who years ago was a well known lumberman of Oxford, and at one time part owner of the Oxford Foundry & Machine Co.

Copper Smelter Once Operated at Wentworth

Two copper mines once operated in the district, The PALMER mine was located at West Wentworth. A copper mine at Lower Wentworth in the farm now owned by Harry FEELEY, was operated by the Copper Crown Co., Cumberland Copper and Wentworth Copper Co. It was American financed and the last man in charge was a Mr. HOWARD. A copper smelter was built on the Wallace River by Heber TRATTS and Mr. BROWN recalls that is operated all the winter of 1906.

The Crown Copper Company built a big hotel at Wentworth around 1900-1902. This for many years was OGILVIE’s store, now operated by Lorne HENDERSON.

There were two blacksmith shops at West Wentworth, one operated by Herbert OGILVIE, the other by Robt. HENDERSON, who also made butter tubs.

The Maritime Handle Factory was operated by Wm. SWAN and Sons. This factory was originally located at Collingwood but it was moved to Wentworth about 1917. It was twice burnt out. After the first fire, the plant was rebuilt, but it ceased operation in the early twenties when it was again destroyed by fire.

A small quantity of bricks were made by TEEDS. The clay was obtained across the road from Roy SWALLOW’s, where Don WOOD recently built his new home.

Mr. BROWN also gave us the following bits of history concerning the Wentworth district. TUTTLE & ALLEN received the first grant of land on the Wallace River (900 acres). What was known as “the Bacon Clear” was the first cleared land at Wentworth (now the Ira BROWN farm). HERLEYS settled the first farm on the river at Lower Wentworth (now Mr. Will WHIDDEN’s farm).

Wentworth was first settled in 1771. The first frame house was built by Secord BEEBE. This house had a solid wood wall 10″ thick, said to be bullet-proof, and built in this manner as protection against the Indians. This house was built on the farm now owned by Percy and Audrey TUTTLE, on the road to Westchester.

Richard LETCHER had the first car (a model T Ford); Tuttle Bros. had the first truck (also a model T Ford).

It is said that a young couple named MIERS walked all the way from Massachusetts to Wentworth. They cleared land and built a home on what is now William BETTS’ farm. Mr. and Mrs. MIERS are buried across the road from the BETTS home near the bank of the river.

A MCKAND family, with several grown-up children decided to leave their home in Scotland and settle in Nova Scotia. As the boat was leaving Scotland Mr. MCKAND changed his mind about leaving, but Mrs. MCKAND was more determined and set sail with her children. They travelled from Wallace to Wentworth where they built a log cabin on the Plain Road, West Wentworth, where the family grew up.

Editor’s Note–Perhaps other readers of The Oxford Journal will be able to give us similar information regarding the early days in their home communities and list some of the former industries that formerly flourished in this part of Nova Scotia.

(Source: The Oxford Journal, Thursday, March 23, 1972 – MANY WATERMILLS AND TWO COPPER MINES ONCE OPERATED AT WENTWORTH)

Wallace Bay

Posted by on December 16, 2011 Comments Off on Wallace Bay

Early Industry in The Wallace Bay Area

The following letter is reprinted from the Feb. 22, 1962, issue of The Oxford Journal, and describes some of the early industries in the Wallace Bay area. It was written by Mrs. Ada G. Foster, then of Naples, Florida. Mrs. Foster is still a subscriber of The Oxford Journal and she now lives at Cyress, California.

To the Editor of The Oxford Journal

I have been asked to write what I know or can remember hearing about early industries in the Wallace Bay area.

Two of my ancestors, Major Andrew Forshner and Stephen Tuttle, were among the first settlers, and I have been told that Major Forshner was the first. He was a soldier in the Army of King George 3rd and was born in the province of Hesse, Germany.

Due to an injury he did not take part in, but watched the progress of the Battle of Bunker Hill. I have heard my grandparents re-telling the story of that battle, as described by the major. According to his account, it was less a battle than a massacre, and in the book “Oliver Wisell” by Kenneth Roberts there is a description of the battle that is very much like the one I heard so many times.

After the war, the Major received a grant of land from King George. I often saw the old parchment document in my grandfather’s desk, when I was a child, but when I was old enough to be interested it had disappeared. It was called the “Remsheg Grant” and as I remember it, the western boundary was the crossroad, now unused, leading across what used to be known as the “Head of the Bay bridge”. The northern boundary was Wallace Bay but I do not remember the Eastern and Southern boundaries. There was marshland next to the Bay, some of it protected grandmother told me, had been built by the French soldiers. There could have been French settlers in earlier times. I have read recently, that during the French – English wars, the French assisted farmers along the North Shore of Nova Scotia, because is was easy to get produce across the Louisburg garrison without risking encounters with the English fleet.

The original homestead was built on the North side of the road, just a little East of the United Church of today. The cellar hole remains, now filled by a grove of Balm of Gilead trees, and I think there are still some old apple trees on the slope below it.

A small spring fed stream runs in a northerly direction across this grant. I believe it was called “Forshner’s Brook” but to us it was just the Millbrook. In the early days, three small dams were built across this brook by the Forshners. I can not give dates but I know there was the “Upper Pond” back in the woods, for holding water, then the “Middle Pond” where I believe a sawmill was located, and just south of the road was the “Millpond”. The water wheel which must have been used, was gone before I can remember, but there was a carding mill and a grist mill operating there in the eighteen hundreds. The carding mill was still standing up to about 1900, with the rusted machinery still inside, and I loved to go and play in the old, tumbling down building. It was just north of the road, on the west side of the brook.

The grist mill must have been beside it, for several of the old mill stones were still lying on the ground there. One had been moved to my grandfather’s house, just east of the church and used as a front doorstep. The grant was divided among the Major’s three sons, Andrew, Knapp and John, a number of his descendants still live there. Stephen Tuttle was a Crown surveyor in New York State, and came to Nova Scotia, where he also received a land grant, after the Revolutionary War. Many of his descendants still live in the Wallace Bay, Wallace, Wentworth and Pugwash areas.

Two of his great-grandsons, brothers, William and Thomas Tuttle, lived on the main road, now the Sunrise Trail, a short distance west of the “Crossroad” previously mentioned. William was a carriage builder and Thomas a blacksmith, and they carried on a business there which probably ended in the years between 1890 and 1900. In the earlier years they also built coffins or caskets.

Thomas was my grandfather, and my grandmother has told me how she used to line the coffins with padded white silk, and she also helped to upholster the seats and backs of the buggies. They had a shop just south of the road, consisting of two buildings set at right angles. The heavier work and the blacksmithing were done on the ground floors and the finishing and painting in the upper rooms which were connected by a platform on which the carriages could be moved from one building to the other.

It was very fascinating to watch Uncle Willie put long strips of bright colors on the shafts and other parts of the completed work, as a decorative touch. I could never understand how he made such straight lines, as I never saw him use any sort of guide.

My grandfather, Thomas, married Julia Stevens in 1862. Her father, Joshua Stevens, was a shoemaker or cobbler, but I do not know where he carried on his work. He had a large family. His youngest son, John, was for years the proprietor of the Stanely House Hotel in Truro.

My father, W. Arthur Tuttle, and his brother, Harvey M. Tuttle, ran a portable sawmill for a number of years, taking large cuts in various parts of Nova Scotia during the winters, and usually setting up the mill on Forshner brook or some other place near their homes, and doing custom work in spare time during the summers. They also used their steam boiler to run a threshing outfit in the fall. All of this work ended by 1920.

When I was very young, I remember a tiny store, run by George Forshner, at the corner opposite where Harvey Mitchell’s blacksmith shop now stands. His wife was Mary Jane Peers, and her brother, Andrew Peers, operated the blacksmith shop for many years, before Mr. Mitchell bought it.

Another small business was carried on by a man named Harry Oxley. He had a tall, two-wheeled cart, and he peddled fish. Salt fish were staple, and finnan-haddie, but at times he would have salmon, or mackeral, and in season, shad, from the St. John River. I hope this may be some use to you. The writing of it has stirred such a flood of memories that I find it hard to return to the days of atom bomb, and reaching for the moon.

(Source: Oxford Journal, Thursday, March 9, 1972, Page 7 – Early Industry in The Wallace Bay Area)

[And a sincere thanks to CCGS member Kathryn Jeffers for this submission.]

Down Memory Lane Series

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Down Memory Lane DVD Series

Down Memory Lane DVD SeriesCCGS CD Publication Number 3    Price   $12.00 ea. + S & H DVD 

This is a timeless collection of 51 unique videos of Cumberland County senior residents.

Each DVD features one senior and includes family photos, a family tree, and heart-warming memories of school days, Christmas celebrations, work and family. They help preserve local history and describe changes to family traditions and Cumberland County communities over the years.

This is a New Horizons for Seniors Project produced by our Society. A small group of our local members were involved in taking the videos, digital images of family pictures, developing family trees and transcribing the interviews for editing.  Proceeds from the sale of these DVDs will allow CCGS to continue interviewing seniors who would like to help preserve their memories and our history and culture.

Here is the list of seniors interviewed, who are now Cumberland County’s newest movie stars.

Name Age Grew Up In Length Price + shipping & handling is extra
Frances (Terrio) Legere *
 104 Minudie and Barronsfield 32 min.

Celia “Mae” (King) Fullerton * 103 River Philip and Halfway River 33 min.

Clayton A. Colpitts * 101 Diligent River 48 min.

Vera (Simmonds) Bowser * 100 Leicester 7 min.

Alex Burbine * 98 Lower Cove 23 min.

Inez (Chapman) Finley 97 Chapman Settlement 22 min.

Marjorie (Chapman) Austin 97 Tidnish 57 min.

Kathleen (Sullivan) Dwyer 96 Amherst 27 min.

Irene Boudreau * 96 Joggins 11 min.

Gerry A. Clarke * 96 Hastings 68 min.

Albert Arseneau *
 96 River Hebert 37 min.

Bill Gilroy 95 Linden and Stanley 46 min.

Muriel (Smith) Allen *
 95 East Wallace 53 min.

Isabella “Bella” LeBlanc * 93 Amherst 24 min.

Earl Clark 93 New Salem and Advocate 48 min.

Ruth “Bunny” Symes 93 Minudie 34 min.

Allan M. Roblee 92 Streets Ridge 42 min.

Earl Gouchie * 91 Nappan 31 min.

Merle (Betts) Moore * 91 Middleboro 53 min.

Gwen (Angus) Wainwright 91 Amherst 43 min.

Clarence Reid 90 Fenwick 33 min.

Sydney “Sunshine” Melanson * 90 River Hebert 84 min.

Ruth (Wood) Ripley * 90 Port Howe 30 min.

Sheldon Bruce Moore 90 Mansfield and East Leicester 66 min.

Elvie Lowther 90 Leicester 27 min.

Marion (Baird) Thompson 89 LittleRiver 53 min.

Clayton Graham 89 Diligent River and Parrsboro 55 min.

Bina Alice (Brander) Brownell 89 Northport 35 min.

Charlie Farrow * 89 Malagash 22 min.

Isabell (Ripley) Moore 89 Fenwick 32 min.

Elda (Hunsley) Lowther * 89 Leicester 23 min.

Violet (Hamilton) Williams 89 Pugwash Junction 40 min.

Garnet Ezra Rushton 88 Westchester 74 min.

Muriel (Crawford) Purdy 88 Millvale 68 min.

Mildred (Langille) Clarke *
 88 Amherst and Leicester 57 min.

Alice (Ogden) Hudson 87 Oxford 29 min.

Evelyn (Skidmore) Wasson * 87 New Canaan 22 min.

Vera (Thompson) Furlong 86 Lower Shinimicas 37 min.

Bob Atkinson * 86 Wentworth Stn. and Fort Lawrence 49 min.

Arnold Blenkhorn 86 South Athol and Southampton 20 min.

Raymond Halliday * 85 Rose 12 min.

Elijah Matthew Brown 85 East Mapleton 27 min.

Aubrey V. Hoeg * 85 Maccan 34 min.

Darrell LeBlanc * 85 Joggins 33 min.

Walter Goodwin 85 Amherst 30 min.

Keith Purdy * 85 Westchester 30 min.

Ben Legere 85 Joggins 40 min.

Mildred (Swan) Tower * 84 Amherst Highlands 21 min.

Jennie (Weeks) Embree 83 Chapman Settlement 24 min.

Helen (Hayes) Breau * 82 Springhill 35 min.

Daisy (Corbin) Morris 81 West Advocate 30 min.

*denotes senior passed away since the interview was videotaped

Cover photo by John Wm. Reid

Map & Place Names

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Cumberland County Map

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Amherst – The Micmac name was Nemcheboogwek meaning “going up rising ground”. The Acadians who settled here as early as 1672 called the village Les Planches. It was named Amherst by Colonel Joseph Morse, the first settler, in honor of Lord Jeffrey Amherst, Commander of the British forces in America.1

Amherst Shore – Originally called Rockwell Settlement after early settlers there.1

Apple River – The Indian name was Agoomakun, meaning “Herring Fishery.” The present name is derived from the large number of fruit trees found at one time in the area.1

Athol – The original name was Little Forks. The name was changed to Athol in 1871, in honour of the Duke of Athol, a prominent Scottish statesman.1

Barronsfield – Named in 1765 after Captain Edward Baron – one of the early settlers.1

Brookdale – Originally known as River Nappan. The name is self-explanatory.1

Collingwood – Named after Admiral Lord Collingwood, who was second in command to Lord Nelson at Trafalgar.1

Conn Mills – Named after an early settler who was a millowner. Among the first grantees were Henry Purdy, 1812, and George Bishop, 1814. Purdy was a Loyalist who came to Nova Scotia from New York in 1783. A school was opened in Conn Mills in 1890. The population in 1956 was 50.2

Fenwick – Named after Sir Fenwick Williams, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia from 1865-1867.1

Fort Lawrence – The Indian name was Kwesownmalegeh, meaning “hardwood point”. The place was also known as Missiquash and as Beaubasin. The present name is derived from the fort built there by Major Charles Lawrence in 1750.1

Hastings – Originally called Porter Town after the early settlers. The name was changed to Hastings in 1864 in honour of Warren Hastings. At the same time, part of East Amherst became Warren.

These names were largely dictated by the school act of 1864 when it became necessary to form school sections. Until that time, Amherst, more or less, extended from Amherst Point to Amherst Head, Amherst Point, East Amherst, West Amherst, Amherst Head retained the Amherst title but Truemanville, Warren and Hastings received new names at this time.1

Joggins – The Indian name was Chegoggin. Che means “great” and Joggin “fish weir” so the name means ” a fish weir place”. The name is seen on maps as early as 1750.1

Leamington – Originally know as Maccan Mountain. The name was changed to Leamington in 1886, in honor of the place with the same name in England.1

Leicester – Named after the town of the same name in England.1

Linden – Was originally known as Goose River. The name Linden, after the linden tree, was adopted in 1882.1

Maccan – The name is derived from the Indian name Maakan, meaning fishing place. Settlement here goes back well over two hundred years.1

Malagash – Another Indian derivation from Malegawach meaning “Mocking Place” or where the Indians met to play games. Possibly an early form of Olympic Games?1

Mapleton – Originally called Maccan Mountain. The name Mapleton was adopted in 1789 – derived from the abundance of maple trees in the area.1

Minudie – The name comes from the Indian word Menoodek – “a small sack or bag” or from Munoodeh, which has nearly the same meaning. There was a French settlement here in the early 18th century. In 1765, the whole area was granted to J.F.W. DesBarres, whose heirs sold it to Amos “King” Seaman.1

Nappan – Known by the Indians as Nepan – a good place to get Wigwam poles. The name was derived from the original Nepan.1

Oxford – The original name was Slabtown because of the abundance of sawmills and slab wood in the area. It was supposedly named after the famous university city of the same name in England, although some say it was from “the place where oxen could ford the river.”1

Parrsboro – The Indian name was Awokun meaning “a portage.” Later, the place was called Partridge Island. It was named Parrsboro after John Parr, the Governor of Nova Scotia, 1782-91. Parrsboro became an incorporated town in 1884 – the first town incorporated in Cumberland County.1

Pugwash – The name probably comes from the Indian word, Pagweckk meaning shallow water or shoal. Pugwash was called Waterford in the early 19th century.1

River Hebert – Named after Louis Hebert, a French settler who came to Annapolis with DeMonts in 1604. He sailed into Cumberland Basin and into the river which still bears his name.1

Salem – Originally known as Sugarwoods Hill, also as River Philip Road. The name Salem was adopted in 1852. This was a fairly important place in stage coach days.1

Shinimicas – The Indian name for Shining River.1

Shulie – The origin of this name is rather obscure. It appears on many early maps under a variety of spellings. It is generally thought to be of French origin, possibly derived from the word “soulier” meaning a shoe.1

Southampton – Named after Southampton, England in 1872.1

Springhill – The name comes from the fact that the hill on which the town is situated, once contained numerous springs.1

Tidnish – Derived from the Indian word Mtogunechk, meaning a paddle.1

Truemanville – Named in 1786 after the first settlers – the Truemans.1

Wallace – Originally called Ramsheg, the name was changed to Wallace in 1810, probably after Michael Wallace, an early Nova Scotia statesman. It is also claimed that the place was named after Sir William Wallace, a national hero in Scotland.1

Warren – Originally part of East Amherst, named after Warren Hastings, a prominent English statesman.1

Westchester – Named in 1784 after Westchester County, New York by Loyalists who were the first settlers.1

Wentworth – Named in honour of Sir John Wentworth, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia from 1792-1808.1

Sources: (1) The Citizen, Saturday, March 19, 1988, Page Three: “A Touch of Cumberland County History” – Some place names in Cumberland area, by Dr. Graham P. Hennessey; (2) Place Names and Places of Nova Scotia, by P.A.N.S., 1967 page 143 [Note – P.A.N.S. now Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management].

News Articles

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Amherst

  • The Local Newspaper — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, May 8, 1993, Page 3 – A Touch of Cumberland History – The local newspaper)
  • Amherst’s first “court house” —  (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, January 30, 1993, Page 3 – A Touch of Cumberland History – Amherst’s first “court house”)
  • Cumberland Bar in years of old —  (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, January 30, 1993, Page 3 – A Touch of Cumberland History – Cumberland Bar in years of old)
  • Down one side of Victoria St. East —  (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, July, 1992, Page 3 – A Touch of Cumberland History – Down one side of Victoria St. East)

Conn Mills

Cumberland County

Cumberland Township

Fenwick

Fort Lawrence

  • Unique architecture found in Fort Lawrence — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, July 9, 1994, Page 33 – Cumberland’s Built Heritage, by Laurie A. Glenn – Unique architecture found in Fort Lawrence)
  • Plaque honours heritage home — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, July 13, 1996, – Cumberland’s Built Heritage, by Nelson Bezanson – Plaque honours heritage home)

Fraserville

  • Fraserville Church celebrates birthday – Fraserville Union Church — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, August 13, 1994, – Fraserville Church celebrates birthday – Fraserville Union Church)

Joggins

Little River

Lower Cove

  • Former site of booming quarry — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, August 20, 1994, Page 30 – Cumberland’s Built Heritage, compiled by Laurie A. Glenn – Former site of booming quarry)

Maccan

Minudie

  • A story of historical interest in county — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, January 7, 1989, Page Three – A Touch of Cumberland History – A story of historical interest in county)
  • King Seaman School Museum — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, August 2, 1997, – Cumberland County’s Built Heritage – King Seaman School Museum)

Nova Scotia

  • Nova Scotia place names  — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, February 27, 1993 – A Touch of Cumberland History – Nova Scotia place names)

Oxford

Parrsboro

  • Parrsboro reaches civic jubilee — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, July 24, 1993, Page 3 – A Touch of Cumberland History – Parrsboro reaches civic jubilee)
  • Parrsboro reaches civic jubilee  — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, July 31, 1993, Page 3 – A Touch of Cumberland History – Parrsboro reaches civic jubilee)

Port Greville

Pugwash

  • The early history of Pugwash — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, February 6, 1993, Page 3 – A Touch of Cumberland History – The early history of Pugwash)
    (Addendum – Source: The Citizen, Saturday, May 10, 1997, Page 16 – Pugwash 100 years ago – Editor’s note: A customer of Sandpiper Restaurant in Port Philip found their place mat to be filled with valuable information. Here is a story of Pugwash 100 years ago, as published in The Oxford Journal on April 12, 1923.)
  • The Early History of Pugwash and Vicinity — (Source: The Oxford Journal, Oxford, Nova Scotia, Thursday, Feb. 14, 1963) – [A similar article from The Oxford Journal, used as a place mat at Sandpiper Restaurant]
  • Some colorful days in Pugwash area — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, January 7, 1989, Page Three – A Touch of Cumberland History – Some colorful days in Pugwash area)

Ratchford River

River Hebert

River Philip

  • The early history of River Philip — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, February 20, 1993, Page 3 – A Touch of Cumberland History – The early history of River Philip)
  • River Philip heritage — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, July 23, 1994, Page 26 – Cumberland’s Built Heritage, compiled by Laurie A. Glenn – River Philip heritage)

Rose

  • Cumberland’s Built Heritage – Compiled by Laurie A. Glenn – Rose Union Church — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, June 11, 1994, – Cumberland’s Built Heritage – Compiled by Laurie A. Glenn – Rose Union Church)

Southampton

  • Southampton land grant — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, July 25, 1992, Page 3 – A Touch of Cumberland History – Southampton land grant)

Springhill

Thomson

Tidnish

  • Foundation laid July 13, 1892 – Church of the Good Shepherd, Tidnish Crossroads — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, July 16, 1994, Page 33 – Cumberland’s Built Heritage, by Laurie A. Glenn – Foundation laid July 13, 1892 – Church of the Good Shepherd, Tidnish Crossroads)
  • Chignecto Ship Railway – Part 1 — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, October 11, 1986, Page Three – A Touch of Cumberland History – Chignecto Ship Railway)
  • Chignecto Ship Railway – Part 2 — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, October 18, 1986, Page Three – A Touch of Cumberland History – Chignecto Ship Railway – [cont.])
  • Chignecto Ship Railway – Part 3 — (Source: The Citizen, Saturday, October 25, 1986, Page Three – A Touch of Cumberland History – Chignecto Ship Railway – [cont.])

Wallace Bay

Wentworth

Churches

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Anglican

St. George’s Anglican Church
Church Street
Parrsboro, NS B0M 1S0
Hall, Tel: (902) 254-3864
Rectory, Tel: (902) 254-2106

St. George’s Anglican Church
Russell Street
Pugwash, NS B0K 1L0
Rectory, Tel: (902) 243-2132

All Saint’s Anglican Church
Junction Road
Springhill, NS B0M 1X0
Rectory, Tel: (902) 597-2143
Parish Hall & Office, Tel: (902) 597-2303

Christ Church Anglican
Victoria Street
Amherst, NS B4H 1C8
Tel: (902) 667-2415

Baptist

Amherst Open Bible Church
131 Victoria Street West
Amherst, NS B4H 1C7
Tel: (902) 667-7271

Baptist Church
Advocate, NS B0M 1A0
Tel: (902) 392-2250

Baptist Church
Rideau Street
Oxford, NS B0M 1P0
Tel: (902) 447-3367
Parsonage, Sunset Avenue
Tel: (902) 447-3263

Baptist Church
3905 Eastern Avenue
Parrsboro, NS B0M 1S0
Parsonage, Tel: (902) 254-2300
Vestry, Tel: (902) 254-2558

Baptist Church
Malagash, NS B0K 1E0
Parsonage, Tel: (902) 257-2291

Baptist Church
River Hebert, NS B0L 1G0
Parsonage, Tel: (902) 251-2568

Baptist Church
Westchester, NS B0K 1E0
Parsonage, Tel: (902) 548-2291

First Baptist Church
90 Victoria Street
Amherst, NS B4H 1C8
Tel: (902) 667-2001

Little River Baptist Church
Little River Road,
Oxford, NS B0M 1P0
Tel: (902) 447-3225

Wallace River United Baptist Church
Fountain Road,
Wallace, NS B0K 1Y0
Tel: (902) 257-2579

United Baptist Church
47 Church Street
Springhill, NS B0M 1X0
Office, Tel: (902) 597-2252
Hall, Tel; (902) 597-3937

United Baptist Church
Maccan, NS B0L 1B0

Memorial United Baptist Church
Durham Street
Pugwash, NS B0M 1L0
Tel: (902) 243-2116

Jehovah’s Witnesses

Jehovah’s Witnesses
189 Church Street
Amherst, NS B4H 3C7
Tel: (902) 667-6036

Jehovah’s Witnesses
Main Street
Oxford, NS B0M 1P0
Tel: (902) 447-2544

Jehovah’s Witnesses
140 Main Street
Springhill, NS B0M 1X0

Latter-day Saints

Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints
Milford Street
Amherst, NS B4H 2H5
Tel: (902) 667-5724
Office, Tel: (902) 667-5554

Nazarene

Church of the Nazarene
207 Main Street
Oxford, NS B0M 1P0
ParsonageTel: (902) 447-2539

Pentecostal

Calvary Pentecostal Church
Handel Street
Oxford, NS B0M 1P0
Tel: (902) 447-2719

Crossroads Gospel Temple PAOC
155 Church Street
Amherst, NS B4H 3C7
Tel: (902) 667-1750
Office, Tel: (902) 667-4331

Faith United Pentecostal Church
83A Robert Angus Drive
Amherst, NS B4H 4S5
Tel: (902) 667-7859

Highway Pentecostal Tabernacle
740 Main Street
Parrsboro, NS B0M 1S0
Tel: (902) 254-3444

Presbyterian

St. David’s Presbyterian Church
Junction Road
Springhill, NS B0M 1X0
Tel: (902) 597-2626
Manse, 154 Main
Tel: (902) 597-3858

St. James Presbyterian
Main Street
Oxford, NS B0M 1P0
Tel: (902) 447-3013

Roman Catholic

St. Brigid’s Parish
P.O. Box 337
60 Main St.
Parrsboro, NS B0M 1S0
Glebe, 340 Main St.
Tel: (902) 254-2228
Fax: (902) 254-2263

Holy Family Parish
63 Church Street
Amherst, NS B4H 3B
Tel: (902) 667-2523
Fax:  (902) 667-8675
E-mail:  amhrcparishes@eastlink.ca
Web: http://www.holyfamilyamherst.ca/

St. Cornelius Mission (Streets Ridge)
{c/o St. John the Baptist Parish}
P.O. Box 103
Springhill, NS B0M 1X0
Tel: (902) 597-3465
Fax: (902) 597-8838>

St. John the Baptist Parish
42 Chapel Street
P.O. Box 103
Springhill, NS B0M 1X0
Tel: (902) 597-8747
Glebe, Pleasant St.
Tel: (902) 597-3465
Fax: (902) 597-8838

St. Paul the Apostle Parish
P.O. Box 35
River Hebert, NS B0L 1G0
Tel: (902) 251-2193
Fax: (902) 254-2263

St. Thomas Aquinas Parish
Main St.
Joggins, NS B0L 1A0
Tel: (902) 251-2193
Fax: (902) 254-2263

St. Thomas More Parish
P.O. Box 132
Pugwash, NS B0K 1L0
Tel: (902) 597-3465
Fax: (902) 597-8838

Salvation Army

Salvation Army
93 Main Street
Springhill, NS B0M 1X0
Tel: (902) 597-3954

Salvation Army
66 Victoria Street West
Amherst, NS B4H 1C5
Tel: (902) 667-9421
Fax: (902) 661-4285

United

Bethany United Church
Thomson, NS B0L 1G0

Calvary United Church
Port Howe, NS B0K 1K0

Fenwick United Church
Fenwick, NS

Grace United Church
Port Greville, NS B0M 1T0
Tel: (902) 348-2182

Immanuel United Church
25 Hickman Street
Amherst, NS B4H 2L9
Office, Tel: (902) 667-0501

Millvale United Church
Williamsdale, NS B0M 1V0
Tel: (902) 686-3896

St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church
9 Main Street
Springhill, NS B0M 1X0
Tel: (902) 597-3181

Sunrise Trinity United Church
RR# 3
Amherst, NS B4H 3Y2
Tel: (902) 661-9422

Trinity-St. Stephen’s United Church
1 Ratchford Street
Amherst, NS B4H 1X2
Tel: (902) 667-8483

Trinity United Church
171 Queen Street
Parrsboro, NS B0M 1S0
Tel: (902) 254-3081
Manse, 28 Chapel St.
Tel: (902) 254-2318

United Church
Advocate, NS B0M 1A0
Tel: (902) 392-2078

United Church
Wentworth, NS B0M 1Z0
Tel: (902) 548-2226

United Church
Collingwood, NS B0M 1V0
Manse, Tel: (902) 686-3276

United Church
Southampton, NS B0M 1W0
Tel: (902) 546-2556
Manse, Tel: (902) 546-2700

United Church
Oxford, NS B0M 1P0
Office, Tel: (902) 447-2541
Manse, Tel: (902) 447-2843

United Church
Wallace, NS B0K 1Y0
Manse, Tel: (902) 257-2336

United Church
River Hebert, NS B0L 1G0
Manse, Tel: (902) 251-2001

Renwick United Church
Linden, NS

Wesley-St. Matthew’s United Church
Church Street
Pugwash, NS B0K 1L0
Manse, Tel: (902) 243-2621

Wesleyan

The Amherst Wesleyan Church
50 Cornwall Avenue
Amherst, NS  B4H 2L6
Tel: (902) 667-9126
Cellular Telephone:  (902) 694-4931
Home Telephone:  (902) 667-5171

Wesleyan Church
Parsonage
Westchester Station, NS B0M 2A0

Regional

Archival Resource
Web: Archdiocese of Halifax Archives, Roman Catholic
{in Catholic Pastoral Centre, 1531 Grafton Street}
Box 1527, Halifax, NS B3J 2Y3
(902) 429-9800 (ext 317)
Fax (902) 423-5201
E-mail: ah611@chebucto.ns.ca
Web: www.catholichalifax.org

The Archives preserves the institutional memory of the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese
of Halifax, which includes the counties of Colchester, Cumberland, Halifax, Hants,
Lunenburg and Queens in Nova Scotia.