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3rd Thursday of every month
Planters 2010 Committee Meeting 5:00 pm at the Enterprise Centre of Hants County in the downtown Windsor Mall, 80 Water Street, Windsor.
The Fifth Planter Studies Conference
June 17th to 20th, 2010
Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Click here for information about the conference and how to register.
Kings County Museum
37 Cornwallis Street, Kentville The exhibit “Planter Generations: The Cultural
Legacy” will be open throughout the 2010 season.
Includes artifacts and documents from the Planters
of Horton, Cornwallis and Aylesford Townships.
The museum also houses Parks Canada’s permanent
exhibit and 30 minute film on the New England
Planters.
Randall House Museum
Wolfville Historical Society, 259 Main St., Wolfville Open June 15 to September 15. Admission charge is
$2.00. Exhibit: “The New England Planters in Horton
Township.”
Fieldwood Heritage Society
Library & Heritage Centre, Main Street, Canning
The 2010 Planter anniversary display will feature
a large display of Divisions and Farm Lots of the
eastern section of Cornwallis Township in 1760,
Planter Artifacts of the period, and a listing of the
early homes in the area. The Built Heritage Inventory
will be available.
1760 Planter Trail
Upper Burlington
Built by local citizens using hand labour, this 1760
foot long walking trail promotes heritage and health.
Interpretive signage recounts local history and land
division from Planter beginnings to the present day.
Located at 69 Old Walton Road, Upper Burlington,
near the Great Kennetcook Dyke and former Great
Acadian Village.
Avon River Heritage Museum
17 Belmont Road, Avondale The museum, located on the shores on which the
Newport Planters landed in 1760, looks at this local
event in the context of world history in the time of
the great global wars of 1754–63. Records of fifty years
of Planter community meetings, starting in June
1760, are available, as well as contemporary artifacts.
West Hants Historical Society Museum
281 King St. Windsor Through exhibits of household, industrial and shipping
technologies of a bygone era, the museum displays
the cultural history of one of Nova Scotia’s oldest
communities. Help is available with research in
the extensive genealogical collection. The museum
provides staff for nearby Fort Edward, built in 1750.
Hantsport & Area Historical Society Museum
Churchill House, 6 Main Street, Hantsport
The museum focuses on shipping and shipbuilding,
and the genealogy of the Hantsport area. Self guided
tours of Churchill House are available. The Ben
Jackson interpretive panel at the Hantsport school is
a stop on the Mathieu Da Costa African Heritage
Trail, and the memorial to William Hall VC is very
near.
Grand-Pré National Historic Site
Saturday July 24: The annual public lecture will
focus in part on Acadian-Planter connections. Please
consult the web site under “programs” for more information.
Grand-Pré Public Archaeology Experience
The Grand-Pré Public Archaeology Experience will be held every day from July 12 to 23 inclusive. All those who wish to participate must make reservations by contacting the Société Promotion Grand-Pré by e-mail at fouilles-digs@grand-pre.com or by visiting their Website: www.grand-pre.com. There is a limit of 12 participants per day for the experience, therefore, those interested are encouraged to register early. Click here for more informaiton about the event as well as the cost...
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250 Years Young! 1760-2010
The Parish of Cornwallis will celebrate two milestones in 2010 - the 250th anniversary of Parish worship, and the 200th anniversary of the erection of the new and second St. John's Church.
Services have been held at St. John's Cornwallis continuously for 200 years and the Parish of Cornwallis has sent Delegates to the Diocesan Synod every year since 1855. The present Wardens are closely connected to the founders of Cornwallis Township and the Parish of Cornwallis.
Read More...
Henry Alline:
A Planter Boy's Immigration Story
The year was 1759. Henry Alline, 11 years old, was living in Newport, Rhode Island, the fourth child of seven in the family of William and Rebecca Alline. His parents had for several months been earnestly considering a big move for their family. Now it seemed a decision had been made. Henry, his parents, and his brother and sisters would be moving to Nova Scotia.
Read More... Dress Like a Planter
Randall House Museum curator and seamstress-tailor Bonnie Elliott is making it easier for those wanting to dress correctly for the Planter anniversary events by holding workshops this summer at Randall House in Wolfville called “Dress Like a Planter”.
Read More...
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Check out all of the great exhibits and events listed in the "Upcoming Events" section on the left. They are also listed in this Events Brochure.
We welcome the opportunity to provide resources to educators who wish to share this aspect of local history with their students by providing a New England Planter Edukit. |
Other Upcoming Events Sunday, September 12th, (rain date September 19th) at
4 p.m Kings County Museum 37 Cornwallis Street Kentville, NS Taking place at the Cairn at Willowbank on Starrs Point, you are invited to join in worship and to a picnic to follow at Willowbank Farm, to remember the arrival of the Planters from New England there in June of 1760, for what was a re-founding of the local community both civil and religious after the expulsion of the Acadians. More Details. ----------------------------------------------------------- August 4, 2010 at 10 a.m
Kings County Museum
37 Cornwallis Street
Kentville, NS> View Full Size Poster in english and french. Saturday June 12th 7:30pm,
Saturday July 17th 7:30pm,
Saturday August 14th 7:30pm,
{A different show each month}. |
The Planter 2010 committee has commissioned a booklet on the history of each of the four townships.
You can download them clicking on the appropriate township in this site's top banner or by visiting the
Resources and Publications section.
Welcome to the Planter 2010 website which commemorates the 250th anniversary of the first arrival in Nova Scotia of settlers (Planters in 18th century usage) from the New England States.
This site tells the story of the New England Planters who, over a decade and a half after 1760, came to farm chiefly in areas around the Minas Basin which had been vacated by the Expulsion of the Acadians five years previously. Both the Expulsion and the official enticement of New Englanders to settle on Acadian lands were small sideshows in the Seven Years War (1764-1763), that great conflict between Britain and France which led first to British dominance in North America and then to American independence.
Today's Nova Scotia, particularly the Annapolis Valley, is populated by thousands of descendants of the New England Planters, and many more are found across Canada and in the New England states. You will find material in this website which examines that early migration, the contributions made by New England Planter descendants over the subsequent two and a half centuries, and a guide to genealogical sources.
Walking Trail and Interpretive Signage in Upper Burlington, Done as a Commemoration of Planter Immigration.
by Randy Barkhouse
The Planter Trail is 1760 feet long, and constructed in 2009 entirely by pioneer (shovel and wheelbarrow) methods with no use of machinery except delivery of the gravel and sawdust. Construction was done by members of the Upper Burlington Community Hall Association and the Burlington Workers 4-H Club members and parents.
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