Earltown, Nova Scotia

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Located in Colchester County, Earltown, Nova Scotia is district of several communities located 15 miles northeast of the town of Truro. It encompasses approximately 60 square miles in an escarpment known as the Cobequid Mountains. It is bounded on the north by the districts, (townships), of Tatamagouche and Waugh River, on the east by Pictou County, on the south by the Kemptown district and on the west by New Annan. European settlement commenced in 1813 as an extension of the Highland Scot settlements in Western Pictou County. The two earliest settlers were Angus Sutherland and Donald MacIntosh, natives of Rogart, Sutherland, Scotland, who had previously settled in Pictou County. In the following years they were joined by approximately 100 families who immigrated directly from the Sutherland, Ross and Caithness, Scotland. The earliest name for the settlement was New Portugal, some of the settlers having fought in the Peninsular War. The name was subsequently changed to Earltown in honour of the Earl of Dalhousie. At its height in the late 1800's, the area boasted a population of 2000 with most of the people employed in farming or lumbering. The twentieth century brought about widescale abandonment of farms as the youth removed to the nearby towns, New England or the West Coast to find work. The area currently has a population of around 250. School districts within the area were: Earltown Village, Central Earltown, East Earltown, West Earltown, The Falls, Balmoral, Clydesdale and the Berrichon.

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