Shelburne County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia .
19-582: La Tour may refer to: Places [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Port La Tour, Nova Scotia France [ edit ] La Tour, Alpes-Maritimes La Tour, Haute-Savoie La Tour-Blanche , Dordogne La Tour-d'Aigues , Vaucluse La Tour-d'Auvergne , Puy-de-Dôme La Tour-de-Salvagny , Rhône La Tour-de-Sçay , Doubs La Tour-du-Crieu , Ariège La Tour-du-Meix , Jura La Tour-du-Pin , Isère La Tour-en-Jarez , Loire La Tour-Saint-Gelin , Indre-et-Loire La Tour-sur-Orb , in
38-530: A disastrous war was not destined to last. King Charles’ haste to make peace with France on the terms most beneficial to him meant that the new North American gains would be bargained away in the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1632) . There were three battles in Nova Scotia during the colonization of Scots: one at Saint John ; another battle at Balene , Cape Breton; and one on Cape Sable (Port La Tour). In 1627, as
57-525: A result of these Scottish victories, Cape Sable was the only major French holding in North America. There was a battle between Charles and his father at Fort St. Louis (See National Historic Site - Fort St. Louis ), the latter supporting the Scottish who had taken Port Royal, Nova Scotia. The battle lasted two days. Claude was forced to withdraw in humiliation to Port Royal. As a result, La Tour appealed to
76-654: A settlement near Port La Tour and captured 72 men, women, and children. In the late summer of 1758, the British launched three large offensives against the Acadians. One was the St. John River Campaign , another was the Petitcodiac River Campaign , and the other was against the Acadians at Cape Sable Island. Major Henry Fletcher led the 35th regiment and a company of Joseph Gorham 's Rangers to Cape Sable Island. He cordoned off
95-470: A somewhat bleak environment in which to make their homes. The land is rocky with acidic soil. There is also much forest. The area had previously been settled by French-speaking Catholic Acadians , many of whom had been deported to British Colonies. The new arrivals included Black Loyalists who were given substandard land, particularly around Birchtown . In 1796 about 600 Jamaican Maroons were deported to this area of Nova Scotia as well. In 1824, at
114-511: A strong post at Cap de Sable (present-day Port La Tour, Nova Scotia) beginning in 1623, called Fort Lomeron in honour of David Lomeron who was his agent in France. (The fur trading post called Fort Lomeron was later renamed Fort La Tour although – erroneously – identified as Fort Saint-Louis in the writings of Samuel de Champlain.) Here he carried on a sizable trade in furs with the Mi'kmaq and farmed
133-548: A time when the lines of a number of counties were being cut out and marked, the boundary between Queens and Shelburne Counties was surveyed. In 1836 Shelburne County was divided into two separate and distinct counties with Yarmouth County being formed out of what had been part of Shelburne County. In 1854, Shelburne County was divided into two districts for court sessional purposes - Shelburne and Barrington . In 1879, these districts were incorporated as district municipalities . A 2023 wildfire near Barrington Lake became
152-626: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Port La Tour, Nova Scotia Port La Tour is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia , located in the Municipality of the District of Barrington of Shelburne County . The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada asserts that Fort Saint Louis is located at Port La Tour, although this has been disputed. It has also been claimed that
171-686: The British and maintained vital supply lines to the French Fortress of Louisbourg and Fort Beausejour. The Acadians and Mi'kmaq from Cape Sable Island raided the Protestants at Lunenburg , Nova Scotia numerous times. During the French and Indian War , the British sought to neutralize any military threat Acadians posed and to interrupt the vital supply lines Acadians provided to Louisbourg by deporting Acadians from Acadia . In April 1756, Major Preble and his New England troops, on their return to Boston, raided
190-674: The Hérault Switzerland [ edit ] La Tour-de-Trême , Fribourg La Tour-de-Peilz , Vaud United States [ edit ] La Tour, Missouri Other uses [ edit ] La Tour (comic) , comic book by François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters La Tour (surname) Château Latour , a French wine estate in the north-west of Bordeaux LaTour , American musician, disc jockey and voice over artist See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing La Tour Latour (disambiguation) Latur Tour (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
209-536: The King of France for assistance and was appointed lieutenant-general in Acadia in 1631. By 1641, La Tour lost Cape Sable Island, Pentagouet ( Castine, Maine ), and Port Royal, Nova Scotia to Governor of Acadia Charles de Menou d'Aulnay de Charnisay. La Tour retired to Cap de Sable with his third wife Jeanne Motin, wed in 1653, and died in 1666. Port La Tour was the site of the first recorded conflict between New England and
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#1732844821578228-620: The Mi'kmaq (see Battle off Port La Tour (1677) ). During Father Le Loutre's War there were various naval battles just off shore as the French vessels carried war munitions and supplies from Quebec to the Saint John River for Boishebert at Fort Menagoueche . The British Conquest of Acadia happened in 1710. Over the next forty-five years the Acadians refused to sign an unconditional oath of allegiance to Britain. During this time period Acadians participated in various militia operations against
247-562: The cape and sent his men through it. One hundred Acadians and Father Jean Baptiste de Gray surrendered, while about 130 Acadians and seven Mi'kmaq escaped. The Acadian prisoners were taken to Georges Island in Halifax Harbour. En route to the St. John River Campaign in September 1758, Moncton sent Major Roger Morris, in command of two men-of-war and transport ships with 325 soldiers, to deport more Acadians. On October 28, his troops sent
266-426: The fort at Port La Tour was Fort Lomeron (also known as Fort La Tour) and that Fort St. Louis was located at the neighbouring community of Villagedale, Nova Scotia . Cape Sable and Eel Bay, Nova Scotia were first settled by the Acadians who migrated from Port Royal in 1620. The French governor of Acadia, Charles de la Tour , colonized Cap de Sable giving it the present name, meaning Sandy Cape. La Tour built up
285-524: The land. During the Anglo-French War (1627–1629) , under Charles I , by 1629 the Kirkes took Quebec City , Sir James Stewart of Killeith, Lord Ochiltree planted a colony on Cape Breton Island at Baleine , and Alexander’s son, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling established the first incarnation of “New Scotland” at Port Royal, Nova Scotia. This set of British triumphs in what had otherwise been
304-584: The largest wildfire in the history of Nova Scotia. As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Shelburne County had a population of 13,704 living in 6,473 of its 7,904 total private dwellings, a change of -1.9% from its 2016 population of 13,966 . With a land area of 2,462.58 km (950.81 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.6/km (14.4/sq mi) in 2021. Population trend Mother tongue language (2011) Ethnic Groups (2006) Highways and numbered routes that run through
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342-558: The women and children to Georges Island. The men were kept behind and forced to work with troops to destroy their village. On October 31, they were also sent to Halifax. In the spring of 1759, Joseph Gorham and his rangers arrived to take prisoner the remaining 151 Acadians. They reached Georges Island with them on June 29. 43°29′50″N 65°28′29″W / 43.49722°N 65.47472°W / 43.49722; -65.47472 ( Port La Tour, Nova Scotia ) Shelburne County, Nova Scotia Shelburne County
361-654: Was founded in 1784 shortly following the influx of Loyalist settlers evacuated from the newly independent United States . It was originally named Port Roseway, until it became a very busy town and was considered to be the capital of Nova Scotia, in which the name was changed to Shelburne in an attempt to please Lord Shelburne , the British Prime Minister from 1782 to 1783. The boundaries of Shelburne County were established by Governor and Council on December 16, 1785. The first Loyalists arrived in May 1783. They were faced with
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