Ferguson's Cove, Nova Scotia

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Ferguson's Cove is a community within the Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia on the western shore of Halifax Harbour between Purcell's Cove and Herring Cove along Nova Scotia Route 253 . The first 3 digits of the postal code in the area is B3V.

[edit] History

First known as Falkland , it was first settled in 1788 by William Glazebrook . it was first known as Falkland after Lady Falkland, wife of Lucius Bentinck Falkland, one of the Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia . The Lynch family from Ireland settled in 1803. Then William Embley from Newfoundland , who served in the Royal Navy moved to Ferguson's Cove after being discharged in 1811.

Many of the men, made their living as harbour pilot . The area was used as a military fort to 1956 as York Redoubt .