Blockhouse, Nova Scotia

Blockhouse in Nova Scotia

Blockhouse is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Lunenburg Municipal District in Lunenburg County .

History

During the French and Indian War, the British and their native allies fought against the French, Acadians and Mi'kmaq. Following the 1756 raid on Lunenburg, Governor Lawrence sought to protect the area by establishing blockhouses at the LaHave River, Mush-a-Mush (present day Mahone Bay) and at the Northwest Range (present day Blockhouse, Nova Scotia).[1] Despite the protection of these blockhouses, Indians and Acadians continued raiding the area, executing eight such raids over the next three years.[2] A total of 32 people from Lunenburg were killed in the raids with more being taken prisoner.[3]

There were two raids on Blockhouse in 1758. In March there was a raid on the Lunenburg Peninsula at the Northwest Range (present-day Blockhouse, Nova Scotia) when five people were killed from the Ochs and Roder families. [4] The Mi'kmaq conducted another raid on 11 September and a child was killed on the Northwest Range.[5]

Endnotes

  1. ^ Bell, W. Foreign Protestants, p.507.
  2. ^ The "Foreign Protestants" and the Settlement of Nova Scotia by Dr Winthrop Bell. pp. 504-513
  3. ^ Bell. Foreign Protestants. p. 515
  4. ^ Bell, p. 509
  5. ^ Bell, p. 512

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