40-550: Horton Township may refer to: In Canada [ edit ] Horton Township, Nova Scotia In the United States [ edit ] Horton Township, Osceola County, Iowa Horton Township, Michigan Horton Township, Stevens County, Minnesota Horton Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
80-578: A Baptist church in Canada was that of the Horton Baptist Church (now Wolfville), established on October 29, 1778. The church was established with the assistance of the New Light evangelist Henry Alline . The Baptist movement remained strong in the area. In 1838 Acadia University was founded as a Baptist college. In 1830, the town of Mud Creek changed its name to Wolfville, in honour of Elisha DeWolf ,
120-466: A land area of 6.46 km (2.49 sq mi), it had a population density of 782.8/km (2,027.5/sq mi) in 2021. With Acadia University having a full time student population of 3,765, the population can fluctuate greatly with the school semesters. The Acadia University Art Gallery and The Festival Theatre are both located on Main Street, along with many bistros and boutiques. The town's history
160-692: A major expansion in 1808, the three-mile-long Wickwire Dyke, which connected the Wolfville and Grand Pre dykes. This allowed the agricultural development of an additional 8,000 acres. The town site for Horton was initially surveyed in the Grand-Pré area at Horton Landing near the mouth of the Gaspereau River . However, the town developed around the sheltered harbour on the Cornwallis River at Wolfville, at first known as Mud Creek. The first official record of
200-555: A more suitable site. Called Port-Royal , it became the first European settlement in New France. In 1607, Champlain left for France, never to return to Acadia again. However, in 1608, Champlain set sail in his third voyage from France to establish a settlement on a site on the Saint Lawrence River that later became Québec ; it became the first permanent European settlement in New France. In October 1613, after having burned
240-405: A nexus of culture and entertainment for the town's populace. Opened in 1911 and operating as an opera house until 1923 when it became a community theater and cinema, the theater underwent various changes in ownership until 1997 under the management of Acadia Cinems. With the retirement of its long-serving manager Al Whittle (1929–2021), the theater closed in 2000. In 2004, the theater was re-opened by
280-510: A settlement on Saint Croix Island in June 1604 under the authority of Henry IV , King of France. This outpost was one of the first attempts by France at year-round colonization in the territory they called l'Acadie . Earlier attempts at Charlesbourg-Royal in 1541 by Jacques Cartier , at Sable Island in 1598 by Marquis de La Roche-Mesgouez, and at Tadoussac, Quebec , in 1600 by François Gravé Du Pont , had failed. Cartographer Samuel de Champlain
320-515: Is Wolfville Memorial Library. Prentice Roger H. 2024. Co-edited by Paul L. Harris and Karen E. Smith. Baptists in Early North America -- Wolfville, Nova Scotia . Mercer University Press. 45°05′N 64°22′W / 45.083°N 64.367°W / 45.083; -64.367 Saint Croix Island, Maine Saint Croix Island ( French : Île Sainte-Croix ), long known to locals as Dochet Island ( / ˈ d u ʃ eɪ / ),
360-516: Is a Canadian town in the Annapolis Valley , Kings County, Nova Scotia , located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of the provincial capital, Halifax . The town is home to Acadia University and Landmark East School . The town is a tourist destination due to its views of Cape Blomidon , the Bay of Fundy and Gaspereau Valley , as well as its wine industry. The downtown portion of Wolfville
400-700: Is a small uninhabited island in Maine near the mouth of the Saint Croix River that forms part of the Canada–United States border separating Maine from New Brunswick . The island is in the heart of the traditional lands of the Passamaquoddy people who, according to oral tradition, used it to store food away from the dangers of mainland animals. The island was the site of an early attempt at French colonization by Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons in 1604. In 1984 it
440-601: Is home to pubs, bars, cafes and shops. Wolfville is also home to the Acadia Cinema Cooperative, a non-profit organization that runs the local movie/performance house. In the past few years, several Victorian houses in Wolfville have been converted to bed and breakfast establishments. From ancient times, the area of Wolfville was a hunting ground for First Nations peoples, including the Clovis , Laurentian , Bear River, and Shields Archaic groups. They were attracted by
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#1732872402709480-768: Is presented at the Randall House Museum, operated by the Wolfville Historical Society . Each year, the Annapolis Valley Music Festival is held at Acadia Campus, where musicians from across the valley compete. Wolfville hosts two annual arts festivals, the Deep Roots Music Festival in September and Devour! The Food Film Fest in late October. The Al Whittle Theatre operated by the Acadia Cinema Cooperative has for generations served as
520-511: The expulsion of the Acadians (see also the Bay of Fundy Campaign ). Beginning in September 1755 and continuing into the fall, approximately 2,000 Acadians were deported by the British from the area around Wolfville. The villages lying beyond Grand-Pré were burned by British forces, and still more buildings were destroyed by both sides during the guerrilla war that took place until 1758. Around 1760,
560-569: The Acadia Cinema Cooperative Ltd. and named in honour of Al Whittle. The theater has continued to serve as a local gathering place and centre for the arts ever since, from hosting local theater productions to screening international independent films. Wolfville has a farmers market located in the DeWolfe building, a former apple packing warehouse. In July 2022, the town will host the first ever Annapolis Valley Pride Festival. The library
600-518: The Acadians in the Wolfville area were implicated in the Battle of Grand Pré , during which a French military force, reinforced by Mi'kmaq and Acadian allies, defeated a British force. After the outbreak of the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, the Acadians in the Wolfville area, along with all Acadians in peninsular Nova Scotia, were involved in the deportations which took place as part of
640-555: The Acadians. Both the British and the French coaxed and threatened the Acadians in attempts to secure their loyalty, as is evidenced by the various oaths of allegiance each side attempted to extract from them. This complex situation led many Acadians to attempt to maintain a neutral path; while others openly supported either the French or the British. During the War of the Austrian Succession ,
680-577: The Blomidon area to make arrowheads. After an initial effort in 1604 by Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons and his cartographer Samuel de Champlain to establish a colony at Saint Croix Island , the colony was relocated to the Habitation at Port-Royal . The French and the Mi'kmaq quickly established a reciprocal trading relationship which continued to serve both peoples well until the mid eighteenth-century. The French found
720-704: The British authorities in Nova Scotia made several township plots of land available in the Annapolis Valley for colonization by English-speaking settlers. Horton Township was created in the Grand-Pré/Wolfville Area. Because of pressure on agricultural lands in New England , Anglophone farmers moved north in search of fertile land at a reasonable price. It is thought that between 1760 and 1789, more than 8,000 people known as New England Planters immigrated to
760-472: The French mission at Mount Desert Island , Samuel Argall went on to burn the old French buildings that remained on Sainte-Croix before he moved on to raid Port Royal. During a boundary dispute between Britain and the U.S. in 1797, the island was deemed to be under U.S. sovereignty by a survey of the river which determined it to be on the western side of its main channel. Canada issued a nationally circulating twenty-five cent piece in 2004 that commemorated
800-543: The French under the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye . The progeny of these settlers, as well as the second wave of settlers under Hector d'Andigné de Grandfontaine , would eventually become known as the Acadians . By the late 1690s their population numbered about 350. French settlement in the Wolfville area began in about 1680, when Pierre Melanson established his family at Grand-Pré . The Acadians prospered as farmers by enclosing
840-611: The French, and the whole river was called St. Croix when he was a boy, and did not know that the Scoudiac was ever called St. Croix. The two islands on this side of Devil's Head are called Muttoneguis and Aluttonegwenish, a great and little island, where was a store to deposit things." St. Croix became known as Bone Island in the 18th century after many of the graves were exposed by erosion. Twenty-three sets of remains were removed in 1969 and subsequently reburied in 2003. Analysis showed that many of them had indications of scurvy , confirming
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#1732872402709880-483: The HSMB had recommended Dochet Island National Historic Site in 1958, it was unclear whether the HSMB's later recommendation, in 1968, was to name it a Site or an Event. This was clarified in 2008. Relying on a 1960 HSMB decision that naming national historic sites outside Canada should be avoided, and in light of policy that Events and Persons outside the country may be designated, it decided that Dochet Island had been designated
920-517: The United States National Parks [ sic ] Service in the development of the island as an Historic Park." This was approved, and today Parks Canada operates St. Croix Island International Historic Site at Bayside, Charlotte County , a site overlooking the island, similar to the U.S. approach to the site's interpretation. The two nations routinely cooperate on commemorative activities and promotions. Special commemorations by
960-412: The area to be rich in furs and fine fertile land. Reports sent to France by individuals such as Samuel de Champlain, Marc Lescarbot and Nicolas Denys proclaimed the rich bounty to be found in the Annapolis Valley area. French settlement efforts continued in fits and starts. By 1636 under Charles de Menou d'Aulnay , Port Royal was reestablished after Acadia/Nova Scotia was transferred from England to
1000-511: The cause of the deaths described by Champlain. One skull showed signs of having been autopsied, which Champlain wrote that he had ordered to try to discover the cause of their illness. The island was neutral territory in the War of 1812 , leading it to be sometimes called Neutral Island. Named by the French, Ile Ste-Croix, the island has also been called Demont's Island, Doucett Island, and Docea's Island, which became Dochet Island. The French noble Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons , established
1040-456: The establishment of Halifax in 1749, the British remained at Annapolis Royal and Canso. The French-speaking Catholic population grew over the intervening years to well over 10,000 and the Minas region (Wolfville and environs) quickly became the principal settlement. Acadia was a borderland region between the British and French empires, and this caused a complex socio-political environment to develop for
1080-533: The estuarine salt marshes with dykes, and successfully converting the reclaimed lands into fertile fields for crops and pasturage. In 1710, however, Acadia was lost by the French crown after the English laid siege to Annapolis Royal . Under the 1713 Peace of Utrecht , signed at the close of the War of the Spanish Succession , Acadia was ceded for the final time to the British. For the next thirty-six years, until
1120-481: The island and the beginnings of Acadia there. The United States Congress designated the island Saint Croix Island National Monument in 1949. The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. It was given its current International Historic Site designation by Congress on September 25, 1984, unique in the national park systems of both the United States and Canada. Since 1968,
1160-555: The island has been managed by the National Park Service from offices at Acadia National Park , the nearest staffed U.S. national park unit, in consultation with Parks Canada , which maintains a viewing and interpretation site on the New Brunswick side of the river. Visitors are prohibited from the island to protect historical remains. A statue of Champlain and interpretive facilities on shore depict its history. In Canada,
1200-469: The island was first recognized in 1958 by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board (HSMB) as having national historic significance. It recommended creation of Dochet Island National Historic Site, but this was rejected by the government on the basis that its location fell outside national jurisdiction. A decade later, in 1968, the HSMB reiterated the site's significance, suggesting Parks Canada "cooperate with
1240-436: The land around the Annapolis Valley. In 1763, there were 154 families living in the area of Horton Township. The New England Planters set up a primarily agricultural economy, exporting cattle, potatoes, and grain, and later apples, as well as developing lumbering and shipbuilding. They settled and re-used the same dyke-lands as the Acadians had used before them, repairing and later expanding the agricultural dykes. They developed
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1280-612: The mouth of the river on Passamaquoddy Bay . The Passamaquoddy Nation, who had lived around and used the island for numerous centuries before European discovery used several names for the island including Muttoneguis, Muttoneguamus, Metanegwis, and Metnegwis. "Captain Nicola Anawan, 67 years old, said the Indians called the Magaguadavic the St. Croix , because there was a cross put up there by
1320-547: The salmon in the Gaspereau River and the agate stone at Cape Blomidon , with which they could make stone tools. Many centuries before European contact, Mi'kmaq people, related to the Algonquin and Ojibwe peoples, migrated into Nova Scotia. The Mi'kmaq were seasonal hunters, using dogs and traveling on webbed snowshoes to hunt deer. They used the various semi-precious stones (including jasper, quartz, and even amethyst) from
1360-526: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Horton_Township&oldid=603643625 " Categories : Place name disambiguation pages Township name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Horton Township, Nova Scotia Wolfville
1400-423: The town was declared a nuclear free zone . Wolfville was declared Canada's first fair trade town on April 17, 2007. In May 2016, Wolfville was designated as the third Cittaslow in Canada. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Wolfville had a population of 5,057 living in 2,441 of its 2,856 total private dwellings, a change of 20.5% from its 2016 population of 4,195 . With
1440-486: The town's postmaster at the time. In the mid-19th century, Wolfville was renowned as the world's smallest port. The town became part of Canada with Confederation in 1867. The Windsor and Annapolis Railway arrived in 1868, later becoming the Dominion Atlantic Railway . Wolfville became a seaport devoted principally to the export of apples from the orchards of the fertile Annapolis Valley. Wolfville Harbour
1480-504: The two nations in 2004 marked the 400th anniversary of French settlement in North America. In 2009, the site started offering a full French translation of its U.S. website, offered by teen volunteer Olivier Fontenelle. Its Parks Canada website, like all others in its network, has been offered in French since first appearing online. The HSMB designates three categories of commemoration: nationally significant Sites, Events, and Persons. While
1520-558: Was also a terminus of the MV Kipawo ferry, the last of a long succession of ferries that connected Wolfville, Kingsport and Parrsboro for 200 years. The harbour, which empties twice a day due to the high tides of the Bay of Fundy, was once described by Robert Ripley as the smallest in the world. On March 20, 1893, the Town was incorporated, with E. Perry Bowles elected as its first mayor. In 1985,
1560-552: Was designated by the United States Congress as Saint Croix Island International Historic Site . There is no public access to the island, but there is a visitor contact station on the U.S. mainland and a display on the Canadian mainland opposite the island. The 6.5 acres (26,000 m ) island measures approximately 200 by 100 yards (183 m × 91 m) and is located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) upstream from
1600-455: Was part of the Dugua expedition and settlement on the small river island in 1604. During the first winter there, 35 of the 79 settlers perished due to a "land-sickness" believed to be scurvy . The following spring, Champlain and François Gravé Du Pont moved the settlement to a new location on the southern shore of the Bay of Fundy . Champlain had found the site during a shoreline reconnaissance for
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