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91-481: Musquodoboit means foaming to the sea , flowing out square or rolling out in foam, or suddenly widening out after a narrow entrance at its mouth . The community is an anglicized version of the Mi’kmaq word Moosekudoboogwek or Muskoodeboogwek . The community was settled in the 1780s mainly by Loyalists . Through the late 18th and early 19th centuries many settlers from Scotland , England and Germany immigrated to

182-572: A 24-hour emergency department and provides a variety of outpatient and inpatient services. United Empire Loyalists United Empire Loyalist ( UEL ; or simply Loyalist ) is an honorific title which was first given by the 1st Lord Dorchester , the Governor of Quebec and Governor General of the Canadas , to American Loyalists who resettled in British North America during or after

273-574: A Loyalist stronghold, was named in honour of King George III . And on the outskirts of that city is a township simply named " Loyalist ". Canada's 2021 Census estimates a population of 10,015 who identify as having United Empire Loyalist origins, based on a 25% sample. On 1 July 1934, Royal Mail Canada issued "United Empire Loyalists, 1776–1784" designed by Robert Bruce McCracken based on Sydney March 's sculpture United Empire Loyalists . In 1996, Canadian politicians Peter Milliken (a descendant of American Loyalists) and John Godfrey sponsored

364-531: A charity sermon preached by a Dr Crane before the Duke of Kent" , wrote Adams in a diary entry from August 1815. Following the birth of Princess Victoria in May 1819, the Duke and Duchess, concerned to manage the Duke's great debts, sought to find a place where they could live inexpensively. After the coast of Devon was recommended to them they leased from a General Baynes, intending to remain incognito , Woolbrook Cottage on

455-418: A consolation for the ending of his active military career when he was 35, he was promoted to the rank of field marshal and appointed Ranger of Hampton Court Park on 5 September 1805. This office provided him with a residence now known as The Pavilion. (His sailor brother, William , with children to provide for, had been made Ranger of Bushy Park in 1797.) The Duke continued to serve as honorary colonel of

546-785: A farmer. The Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary formed in February 1967. In 1996, Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford, and the County of Halifax amalgamated into what is today the Halifax Regional Municipality. Dozens of fire departments merged into the Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency Services, and the Musquodoboit Harbour Volunteer Fire Department received the designation of "Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency, Station 24." On June 13, 2008, The station

637-582: A mason in L'Union , the most important Genevan masonic lodge in the 19th century. In 1789, he was appointed colonel of the 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) . In 1790, he returned home without leave and, in disgrace, was sent off to Gibraltar as an ordinary officer. He was joined from Marseilles by his mistress Madame de Saint-Laurent . Due to the extreme Mediterranean heat, Edward requested to be transferred to present-day Canada , specifically Quebec , in 1791. Edward arrived in Canada in time to witness

728-620: A polling station in Charlesbourg on 27 June 1792. In the 21st century, he has been styled the "Father of the Canadian Crown" for his contribution to the development of Canada. Edward was also the first British prince to enter the United States since the recognition of American independence in 1783, travelling to Boston on foot from Lower Canada in 1794. Prince Edward was born on 2 November 1767 to King George III and Queen Charlotte . He

819-405: A portable pump and some hose. But by now, the two-story house was in flames and the dozen family members who lived there could only watch helplessly as it burned to the ground. The loss motivated Garth Young and other people in the community to establish their own fire department. By 1960 Garth Young was clearing land for the new station. A year later the Musquodoboit Harbour Volunteer Fire Department

910-536: A question of the expediency of comprehending the two small islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with Nova Scotia. Believe me ever to remain, With the most friendly regard, My dear Sewell, Yours faithfully, EDWARD In January 1813, Prince Edward's brother, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (sixth son of King George III ), became Grand Master of the Premier Grand Lodge of England (aka "The Moderns") on

1001-672: A shorthand for identifying the ancestry of particular families. The influence of the Loyalists on the evolution of Canada remains evident. Their ties with Britain and antipathy to the United States provided the strength needed to keep Canada independent and distinct in North America. The Loyalists' basic distrust of republicanism and " mob rule " influenced Canada's gradual, "paper-strewn" path to independence. The new British North American provinces of Upper Canada (the forerunner of Ontario) and New Brunswick were created as places of refuge for

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1092-679: A total of about 2,000 slaves to British North America: 500 in Upper Canada (Ontario), 300 in Lower Canada (Quebec), and 1,200 in the Maritime colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. The presence and condition of slaves in the Maritimes would become a particular issue. They constituted a larger portion of the population, but it was not an area of plantation agriculture. The settlers eventually freed many of these slaves. Together with

1183-668: Is also celebrated on the same day in Saskatchewan , on 18 May in New Brunswick and on 22 July in British Columbia . The Loyalists paid attention to their history developing an idealized image of themselves in which they took great pride. In 1898, Henry Coyne provided a glowing depiction: The Loyalists, to a considerable extent, were the very cream of the population of the Thirteen Colonies. They represented in very large measure

1274-522: Is home to a learn-to-sail program, small marina and a kayaking program. The yacht club hosts an annual regatta-the Shearwater to Petpeswick Race, Canada Day festivities and a number of dances and social events throughout the year. The clubhouse was newly renovated in 2011 and is available for private hire. The Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital , which opened in 1976, is located on Highway 7. It has

1365-540: Is named after Prince Edward who took part in the 1794 Capture of Martinique . There is a wildlife sanctuary adjacent to Martinique Beach. Canada Geese and Black Ducks can often be seen during migratory periods. There is even a protected nesting area for the Piping Plover, an endangered species. The site is an Important Bird Area . Just 2 kilometers down the East Petpeswick Road is Petpeswick Yacht Club. PYC

1456-401: Is so remarkable that no consideration has ever induced him to swerve from a promise he has once given. To these good qualities his Royal Highness united a most benevolent disposition; and amidst all his pecuniary embarrassments he has invariably set apart 500l. a year of his income for the relief of private indigence and distress—throughout all British America he was so universally beloved, that

1547-468: The 1st Regiment of Foot (the Royal Scots) until his death. Though it was a tendency shared to some extent with his brothers, the Duke's excesses as a military disciplinarian may have been due less to natural disposition and more to what he had learned from his tutor Baron Wangenheim. Certainly Wangenheim, by keeping his allowance very small, accustomed Edward to borrowing at an early age. The Duke applied

1638-705: The American Revolution . At that time, the demonym Canadian or Canadien was used by the descendants of New France settlers inhabiting the Province of Quebec . They settled primarily in Nova Scotia and the Province of Quebec. The influx of loyalist settlers resulted in the creation of several new colonies. In 1784, New Brunswick was partitioned from the Colony of Nova Scotia after significant loyalist resettlement around

1729-547: The Bay of Fundy . The influx of loyalist refugees also resulted in the Province of Quebec's division into Lower Canada (present-day Quebec ), and Upper Canada (present-day Ontario ) in 1791. The Crown gave them land grants of one lot. One lot consisted of 200 acres (81 ha) per person to encourage their resettlement, as the Government wanted to develop the frontier of Upper Canada. This resettlement added many English speakers to

1820-595: The British Army and the sedentary units of the Canadian Militia . American leaders assumed that Canada could be easily overrun, with former president Thomas Jefferson optimistically describing the potential conquest of Canada as "a matter of marching". Many Loyalist Americans had migrated to Upper Canada after the Revolutionary War. However, there was also a significant number of non-Loyalist American settlers in

1911-633: The Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences (1864). Edward's 1814 letter to Sewell: My dear Sewell, I have had this day the pleasure of receiving your note of yesterday with its interesting enclosure. Nothing can be better arranged than the whole thing is or more perfectly, and when I see an opening it is fully my intention to point the matter out to Lord Bathurst and put the paper in his hands, without however telling him from whom I have it, though I shall urge him to have some conversation with you relative to it. Permit me, however, just to ask you whether it

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2002-818: The Earl of Huntingdon , Groom of the Stole , stood proxy), the Hereditary Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (his paternal aunt, who was represented by a proxy) and the Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (his paternal grandfather's sister, for whom Elizabeth, Marchioness of Lorne , Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen, stood proxy). The Prince began his military training in the Electorate of Hanover in 1785. King George III intended to send him to

2093-713: The Godfrey–Milliken Bill , which would have entitled Loyalist descendants to reclaim ancestral property in the United States which had been confiscated during the American Revolution . The bill, which did not pass the House of Commons , was intended primarily as a satirical response to the contemporaneous American Helms–Burton Act . In 1997, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario passed a bill declaring 19 June, "United Empire Loyalist Day" in Ontario . United Empire Loyalist Day

2184-525: The Hamoaze and set off immediately for Weymouth to pay his respects to their Majesties. While we rejoice in his safe arrival we cannot but regret that ill health should again have been the cause of his Royal Highness's return to this country, especially when we reflect on the motives which induced him to quit England. Before his Royal Highness was created Duke of Kent with a suitable income, he had incurred some debts. On his returning to England on finding that he

2275-703: The Iroquois , led by Joseph Brant Thayendenegea , settled at Six Nations of the Grand River , the largest First Nations reserve in Canada. A smaller group of Iroquois led by Captain John Deserontyon Odeserundiye , settled on the shores of the Bay of Quinte in modern-day southeastern Ontario. The government settled some 3,500 Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, but they faced discrimination and

2366-665: The Provincial Marine , or with the sedentary militia. With the successful defence of the Canadian colonies from American invasion, the War of 1812 is seen by Loyalists as a victory. After the war, the British government transported to New Brunswick and settled about 400 of 3,000 former slaves from the United States whom they freed during and after the war. It had fulfilled its promise to them of freedom if they left Patriot slaveholders and fought with

2457-616: The University of Göttingen , but decided against it upon the advice of the Duke of York . Instead, Edward went to Lüneburg and later Hanover , accompanied by his German tutor, Lieutenant Colonel George von Wangenheim, Baron Wangenheim . On 30 May 1786, he was appointed a brevet colonel in the British Army. From 1788 to 1789, he completed his education in Geneva . On 5 August 1789, aged 22, he became

2548-540: The 27-year relationship between Edward Augustus and Madame de Saint-Laurent; although many Canadian families and individuals (including the Nova Scotian soldier Sir William Fenwick Williams , 1st Baronet), have claimed descent from them. Such claims can now be discounted in light of this research. While Prince Edward lived in Quebec (1791–93) he met with Jonathan Sewell , an immigrant American Loyalist who played trumpet in

2639-649: The American South; they suffered from this discrimination and the harsh winters. When Great Britain set up the colony of Sierra Leone in Africa, nearly 1300 Black Loyalists emigrated there in 1792 for the promise of self-government. And so 2,200 remained. The Black Loyalists that left established Freetown in Sierra Leone. Well into the 20th century, together with other early settlers from Jamaica and slaves liberated from illegal slave ships, and despite vicious attacks from

2730-487: The British. Enslaved African Americans risked considerable danger by crossing to British lines to achieve freedom. While the honorific "United Empire Loyalist" is not part of the official Canadian honours system , modern-day descendants of Loyalist refugees may employ it, sometimes using "U.E." as postnominal letters . The practice, however, is uncommon today, even in original Loyalist strongholds like southeastern Ontario. Historians and genealogists use it extensively as

2821-673: The Canadian population. It was the beginning of new waves of immigration that established a predominantly Anglo-Canadian population in the future Canada both west and east of the modern Quebec border . Following the end of the American Revolutionary War and the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783, both Loyalist soldiers and civilians were evacuated from New York City, most heading for Canada. Many Loyalists had already migrated to Canada, especially from New York and northern New England, where violence against them had increased during

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2912-450: The Duke of York , then Commander-in-Chief of the Forces , recalled him in May 1803 after receiving reports of the mutiny, but despite this direct order he refused to return to England until his successor arrived. He was refused permission to return to Gibraltar for an inquiry and, although allowed to continue to hold the governorship of Gibraltar until his death, he was forbidden to return. As

3003-509: The Duke took up with " Madame de Saint-Laurent " (born Thérèse-Bernardine Montgenet), the wife of a French colonel. She went with him to Canada in 1791, where she was known as "Julie de Saint-Laurent". She accompanied the Duke for the next 28 years, until his marriage in 1818. The portrait of the Duke by Beechey was hers. Mollie Gillen , who was granted access to the Royal Archive at Windsor Castle , established that no children were born of

3094-617: The New England states alone, more than 10% of the population can trace their roots to the Maritime Provinces. Two million more of 14 million inhabitants, or roughly 15%, are part or wholly of French Canadian descent. The United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada (UELAC) is an organization of Loyalist descendants and others interested in Canadian history, in particular the role of the United Empire Loyalists. The organization

3185-630: The Prince's regimental band. Sewell would rise in Lower Canadian government to hold such offices as Attorney General, Chief Justice, and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. In 1814, Sewell forwarded to the Duke a copy of his report "A plan for the federal union of British provinces in North America." The Duke supported Sewell's plan to unify the colonies, offering comments and critiques that would later be cited by Lord Durham (1839) and participants of

3276-443: The United Empire Loyalists. The mottoes of the two provinces reflect this history: Ontario's, also found on its coat of arms, is Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet ("Loyal she began, loyal she remains"); New Brunswick's, Spem Reduxit ("Hope restored"). The word "Loyalist" appears frequently in school, street, and business names in such Loyalist-settled communities as Belleville, Ontario . The nearby city of Kingston , established as

3367-457: The United States. As some families split in their loyalties during the war years, many Loyalists in Canada continued to maintain close ties with relatives in the United States. They conducted commerce across the border with little regard to British trade laws. In the 1790s, the offer of land and low taxes, which were one-quarter those in America, for allegiance by Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe resulted in

3458-400: The United States. Most were loyal to all things British, but other Loyalists supported the United States in the War of 1812. Conrad and Finkel conclude: [I]n using their history to justify claims to superiority, descendants of the Loyalists abuse the truth and actually diminish their status in the eyes of their non-Loyalists neighbours ... The scholars who argue that the Loyalists planted

3549-486: The area and they still have descendants in the area, evidenced by prominent family names such as Tibbo, Rowlings, Anderson, Gaetz, and Bayers. Much early travel was by water as roads were rough. Beginning in 1852, the stage coach travelled from Musquodoboit Harbour to Dartmouth at a cost of 5 shillings. The first automobile was owned by Dr. Kennedy in 1909. The Dartmouth Eastern Railway commenced in 1912 to carry lumber and lime from Middle Musquodoboit to Dartmouth. A station

3640-535: The area due to the offer of land grants to immigrants. The Americans assumed the latter population would favour the American cause, but they did not. Although the population of Upper Canada included recent settlers from the United States who had no obvious loyalties to the Crown, the American forces found strong opposition from settlers during the War of 1812. A number of loyalists served as fencibles , provincial regulars, in

3731-519: The arrival of 30,000 Americans often referred to as Late Loyalists. By the outbreak of the War of 1812, of the 110,000 inhabitants of Upper Canada, 20,000 were the initial Loyalists, 60,000 were later American immigrants and their descendants, and 30,000 were immigrants from the UK, their descendants or from the Old Province of Quebec . The later arrival of many of the inhabitants of Upper Canada suggests that land

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3822-467: The concept of the United States negotiators "advising" the U.S. Congress to provide restitution. For the British, this concept carried significant legal weight, far more than it did to the Americans; the U.S. Congress declined to accept the advice. Slave-owning Loyalists from across the former Thirteen Colonies brought their slaves with them to Canada, as the practice was still legal there . They took

3913-478: The defeat of France in the Seven Years' War . With the creation of Upper and Lower Canada, most Loyalists in the west could live under British laws and institutions. The predominantly ethnic French population of Lower Canada, who were still French-speaking, could maintain their familiar French civil law and Catholic religion. Realizing the importance of some type of recognition, on 9 November 1789, Lord Dorchester ,

4004-525: The depiction of them in the Sandham painting which suggests the arrivals were well-dressed upper-class immigrants. Loyalists soon petitioned the government to be allowed to use the British legal system, which they were accustomed to in the American colonies, rather than the French system. Great Britain had maintained the French legal system and allowed freedom of religion after taking over the former French colony with

4095-608: The famous commander was duly honoured after his leadership during the Battle of Chateauguay . The prince was promoted to the rank of major-general in October 1793. He served successfully in the West Indies campaign the following year, and was commander of the British camp at La Coste during the Battle of Martinique , for which he was mentioned in dispatches by General Charles Grey for his "great Spirit and Activity". He subsequently received

4186-423: The fashionable vices of the age; but nothing was ever more remote from the truth—for it may be truly said of the Duke of Kent (what can be said of very few men of Rank) that he never was known to be intoxicated, or ever won or lost a farthing at any kind of play in his life; that he never endeavored to seduce the wife of another, or even made a promise he did not do his utmost to perform—his rigid adherence to his word

4277-575: The former railway station and parallels the river , running 15 km north-northwestwards to Gibraltar . Several hiking trails branch off the main trail into the granite uplands , named the Bayers Lake Loop, Admiral Lake Loop, North Granite Ridge, and South Granite Ridge trails. Motorized vehicles are not permitted to use the trail; they must use Highway 357 , which runs generally parallel to the trail. The Rural Telephone system came into use around 1909. It all began one evening in 1957 when Garth Young

4368-464: The free Black Loyalists, many chose to go to Sierra Leone in 1792 and following years, seeking a chance for self-government. Meanwhile, the British Parliament passed an imperial law in 1790 that assured prospective immigrants to Canada that they could retain their slaves as property. In 1793, an anti-slavery law was passed, in the 1st Parliament of Upper Canada . The Act Against Slavery banned

4459-661: The governor of Quebec and Governor General of British North America, declared "that it was his Wish to put the mark of Honour upon the Families who had adhered to the Unity of the Empire". As a result of Dorchester's statement, the printed militia rolls carried the notation: Those Loyalists who have adhered to the Unity of the Empire, and joined the Royal Standard before the Treaty of Separation in

4550-431: The importation of slaves into the colony, and mandated the emancipation of all children born henceforth to female slaves upon reaching the age of 25. The Act was partially introduced due to the influx of the number of slaves brought by Loyalist refugees to Upper Canada. The slave trade was abolished across the British Empire in 1807. The institution of slavery was abolished Empire-wide by 1834 (except in India , where it

4641-442: The indigenous peoples that nearly ended the Maroon colony, they and their descendants dominated the culture, economy and government of Sierra Leone. Numerous Loyalists had been forced to abandon substantial amounts of property in the United States. Britain sought restoration or compensation for this lost property from the United States, which was a major issue during the negotiation of the Jay Treaty in 1795. Negotiations settled on

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4732-402: The kingdom from 1801 to his death, differenced by a label argent of three points, the centre point bearing a cross gules, the outer points each bearing a fleur-de-lys azure . We have the pleasure to announce the safe arrival of the Duke of Kent in England. His Royal Highness landed at Plymouth on Sunday evening under a Royal Salute from the Forts , the ships on the Sound , Cawsand Bay and

4823-582: The learning, the piety, the gentle birth, the wealth and good citizenship of the British race in America, as well its devotion to law and order, British institutions, and the unity of the Empire. This was the leaven they brought to Canada, which has leavened the entire Dominion of this day. According to Canadian historians Margaret Conrad and Alvin Finkel, Coyne's memorial incorporates essential themes that have often been incorporated into patriotic celebrations. The Loyalist tradition, as explicated by Murray Barkley and Norman Knowles, includes: The elite origins of

4914-496: The proclamation of the Constitutional Act of 1791 , became the first member of the Royal Family to tour Upper Canada , and became a fixture of British North American society. Edward and his mistress, Julie St. Laurent , became close friends with the French Canadian family of Ignace-Michel-Louis-Antoine d'Irumberry de Salaberry ; the Prince mentored all of the family's sons throughout their military careers. Edward guided Charles de Salaberry throughout his career, and made sure that

5005-455: The refugees, their loyalty to the British Crown, their suffering and sacrifice in the face of hostile conditions, their consistent anti-Americanism, and their divinely inspired sense of mission. Conrad and Finkel point out some exaggerations: only a small percentage of the Loyalists were colonial elite. In fact Loyalists were drawn from every stratum of colonial society, and few suffered violence and hardship. About 20 percent would later return to

5096-418: The resignation of his brother, the Prince Regent ; and, in December of that year, Prince Edward became Grand Master of the Antient Grand Lodge of England (aka "The Ancients"). In 1811, both Grand Lodges had appointed Commissioners; and over the ensuing two years, articles of Union were negotiated and agreed upon. On 27 December 1813, the United Grand Lodge of England , formed as a result of these negotiations,

5187-416: The same inadequate support that all Loyalists experienced. Delays in making land grants, but mostly the willingness of the blacks to under-cut their fellow Loyalists and hire themselves out to the few available jobs at a lower wage aggravated racist tensions in Shelburne. Mobs of white Loyalists attacked Black Loyalists in the Shelburne Riots in July 1784, Canada's first so-called "race" riot. The government

5278-589: The same military discipline to his own duties that he demanded of others. Though it seems inconsistent with his unpopularity among the army's rank and file, his friendliness toward others and popularity with servants has been emphasized. He also introduced the first regimental school . The Duke of Wellington considered him a first-class speaker. He took a continuing interest in the social experiments of Robert Owen , voted for Catholic emancipation , and supported literary, Bible, and abolitionist societies. His daughter, Victoria, after hearing Lord Melbourne 's opinions,

5369-441: The seaside by Sidmouth . The Duke of Kent died of pneumonia on 23 January 1820 at Woolbrook Cottage, Sidmouth, and was interred in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle . He died six days before his father, George III, and less than a year after his daughter's birth. He predeceased his father and his three elder brothers but, as none of his elder brothers had any surviving legitimate children, his daughter Victoria succeeded to

5460-439: The seeds of Canadian liberalism or conservatism in British North America usually fail to take into account not only the larger context of political discussion that prevailed throughout the North Atlantic world, but also the political values brought to British North America by other immigrants in the second half of the 18th century. From the 1870s, many of their descendants returned to the United States in pursuit of cheaper land. In

5551-435: The station was officially staffed with career personnel, Monday to Friday, with anywhere between 2 and 4 people, depending on the needs. Located at the end of the East Petpeswick Rd, Martinique Beach is the longest sandy beach in Nova Scotia. This 5 kilometre long beach is a provincial park which boasts both picnic and swimming facilities. The excellent surf conditions at Martinique Beach draw in surfers from all over. The beach

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5642-407: The statue is seven feet two inches (2.18 m) tall and represents the Duke in his Field Marshal's uniform, over which he wears his ducal dress and the regalia of the Order of the Garter . He is the namesake of Prince Edward Island , Prince Edward Islands , Prince Edward County , and Duke Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia . As a son of the sovereign, the Duke of Kent had use of the arms of

5733-632: The thanks of Parliament. After 1794, Prince Edward lived at the headquarters of the Royal Navy 's North American Station located in Halifax , Nova Scotia. He was instrumental in shaping that settlement's military defences, protecting its important Royal Navy base, as well as influencing the city's and colony's socio-political and economic institutions. Edward was responsible for the construction of Halifax's iconic Garrison Clock , as well as numerous other civic projects such as St. George's Round Church . Lieutenant Governor Sir John Wentworth and Lady Francis Wentworth provided their country residence for

5824-465: The throne on the death of her uncle King William IV in 1837, and reigned until 1901. In 1829, the Duke's former aide-de-camp purchased the unoccupied Castle Hill Lodge from the Duchess in an attempt to reduce her debts; the debts were finally discharged after Victoria took the throne and paid them over time from her income. There is a bronze statue of the prince in Park Crescent , London. Sculpted by Sebastian Gahagan and installed in January 1824,

5915-401: The throne. For his part the Duke of Kent, aged 50, was already considering marriage, and he became engaged to Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld , who had been the sister-in-law of his now-deceased niece Princess Charlotte. They were married on 29 May 1818 at Schloss Ehrenburg , Coburg , in a Lutheran rite, and again on 11 July 1818 at Kew Palace , Kew , Surrey. Princess Victoria

6006-620: The time of the American Revolution , this was the flag in use. When those loyal to the Crown left the United States for British North America , they took this flag with them, and because of this historical connection, it continues to be the official flag of the UELAC. In Canadian heraldry , Loyalist descendants are entitled to use a Loyalist coronet in their coat of arms . 18th-century names are listed first, alongside their present-day equivalents. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (Edward Augustus; 2 November 1767 – 23 January 1820)

6097-464: The use of Prince Edward and Julie St. Laurent. Extensively renovated, the estate became known as " Prince's Lodge " as the couple hosted numerous dignitaries, including Louis-Phillippe of Orléans (the future King of the French). All that remains of the residence is a small rotunda built by Edward for his regimental band to play music. After suffering a fall from his horse in late 1798, he was allowed to return to England. On 24 April 1799, Prince Edward

6188-528: The war. The Crown-allotted land in Canada was sometimes allotted according to which Loyalist regiment a man had fought in. This Loyalist resettlement was critical to the development of present-day Ontario, and some 10,000 refugees went to Quebec (including the Eastern Townships and modern-day Ontario). But Nova Scotia (including modern-day New Brunswick) received three times that number: about 35,000–40,000 Loyalist refugees. An unknown but substantial number of individuals did not stay; they eventually returned to

6279-430: The whole, namely one for the two Canadas, and one for New Brunswick and the two small dependencies of Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island, the former to reside in Montreal, and the latter at whichever of the two (following) situations may be considered most central for the two provinces whether Annapolis Royal or Windsor. But, at all events, should you consider in your Executive Councils requisite I presume there cannot be

6370-498: The year 1783, and all their Children and their Descendants by either sex, are to be distinguished by the following Capitals, affixed to their names: UE or U.E. Alluding to their great principle The Unity of the Empire. Because most of the nations of the Iroquois had allied with the British, which had ceded their lands to the United States, thousands of Iroquois and other pro-British Native Americans were expelled from New York and other states. They were also resettled in Canada. Many of

6461-547: Was considered an indigenous institution ). From 1812 to 1815, the United States and the United Kingdom were engaged in a conflict known as the War of 1812 . On 18 June 1812, US President James Madison signed the declaration of war into law, after receiving heavy pressure from the War Hawks in Congress. By 1812, Upper Canada had been settled mostly by Revolution-era Loyalists from the United States (United Empire Loyalists) and postwar American and British immigrants. The Canadas were thinly populated and only lightly defended by

6552-486: Was 51 years old at the time of her birth. The Duke took great pride in his daughter, telling his friends to look at her well, for she would be Queen of the United Kingdom. Various sources report that the Duke of Kent had mistresses. In Geneva, he had two mistresses, Adelaide Dubus and Anne Moré. Dubus died at the birth of her daughter Adelaide Dubus (1789 – in or after 1832). Anne Gabrielle Alexandrine Moré

6643-596: Was able to add to her private journal of 1 August 1838 "from all what I heard, he was the best of all". Following the death of Princess Charlotte of Wales in November 1817, the only legitimate grandchild of George III at the time, the royal succession began to look uncertain. The Prince Regent (later King George IV ) and his younger brother Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany , though married, were estranged from their wives and had no surviving legitimate children. The King's fifth son, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland ,

6734-549: Was actively involved in the Porter's Lake fire, one of the biggest forest fire in Nova Scotia's history. Members spent 5 days working side-by-side with the Department of Natural Resources. On October 6, 2008, the station was staffed with career personnel for the very first time. From October 6, 2008 to December 31, 2008, the crew was made up of a career Lieutenant and a casual worker taken from the station's own volunteers. On January 1, 2009

6825-575: Was already married but had no living children at that time, whilst the marriage of the sixth son, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex , was void because he had married in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772 . The king's surviving daughters were all childless and past likely childbearing age. The King's unmarried sons, the Duke of Clarence (later King William IV ), Edward, Duke of Kent, and Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge , all rushed to contract lawful marriages and provide an heir to

6916-457: Was appointed Governor of Gibraltar and nominally retained that post until his death. The Duke was appointed Field-Marshal of the Forces on 3 September 1805. Edward lived in Lower Canada and Nova Scotia from 1791 to 1800. He is credited with the first use of the term Canadian to mean both French and English settlers in the Canadas, using the term to quell a riot between the two groups at

7007-410: Was born and he became one of its original members. The Musquodoboit Harbour Volunteer Fire Department formed in 1961 with the fire hall opening on October 6, 1964. The first piece of equipment they had was a trailer with a pump on it. It had compartments on each side into which they were able to put extra equipment, such as hoses. The first truck they had was a 1957 milk truck that they bought in 1963 from

7098-694: Was completed in 1918 and today houses the Musquodoboit Harbour Railway Museum, which also serves as the local tourism office in summer. The museum grounds contain a passenger car, snow plow from the Dominion Atlantic Railway and a caboose from the Canadian National Railway . The museum is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. Today, the former railbed has been converted into a rail trail , which starts at

7189-479: Was confidently expected his next appointment would be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . Appointed Governor of Gibraltar by the War Office, gazetted 23 March 1802, the Duke took up his post on 24 May with express orders from the government to restore discipline among the drunken troops. The Duke's harsh discipline precipitated a mutiny by soldiers in his own and the 25th Regiment on Christmas Eve. His brother Frederick,

7280-665: Was constituted at Freemasons' Hall, London with the younger Duke of Sussex as Grand Master. A Lodge of Reconciliation was formed a few weeks prior to reconcile the rituals worked under the two former Grand Lodges. The Duke of Kent purchased a house of his own from Maria Fitzherbert in 1801. Castle Hill Lodge on Castlebar Hill , Ealing ( West London ), was then placed in the hands of architect James Wyatt and more than £100,000 spent (£9.62 million in 2023). Near neighbours from 1815 to 1817 at Little Boston House were US envoy and future US President John Quincy Adams and his English wife Louisa . "We all went to church and heard

7371-513: Was created Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Earl of Dublin , and received the thanks of parliament and an income of £12,000 (£1.49 million in 2023). In May that same year, the Duke was promoted to the rank of general and appointed Commander-in-Chief of British forces in North America . He took leave of his parents on 22 July 1799 and sailed to Halifax. Just over twelve months later he left Halifax and arrived in England on 31 August 1800 where it

7462-573: Was fourth in the line of succession to the British throne . He was named after his uncle Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany , who had died several weeks earlier and was buried at Westminster Abbey the day before Edward's birth. Edward was baptised on 30 November 1767; his godparents were the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg (his paternal uncle by marriage, for whom the Earl of Hertford , Lord Chamberlain , stood proxy), Duke Charles of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (his maternal uncle, for whom

7553-507: Was incorporated on 27 May 1914 by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario . In 1972, the organization was granted a coat of arms from the College of Arms through a letter patent, dated 28 March 1972. On 17 April 1707, Queen Anne issued a proclamation referencing the use of the Union Flag "at Sea and Land". The Union Flag began to appear on forts and as regimental colours from this point, and at

7644-693: Was not an oversight in you to state that there are five Houses of Assembly in the British Colonies in North America. If I am not under an error there are six, viz., Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the islands of Prince Edward and Cape Breton. Allow me to beg of you to put down the proportions in which you think the thirty members of the Representatives Assembly ought to be furnished by each Province, and to suggest whether you would not think two Lieutenant-Governors with two Executive Councils sufficient for an executive government of

7735-482: Was sitting at the table playing crib with friends. His sister ran in and said she could see flames in a window upstairs as she was driving down the road. Garth and his father each grabbed a bucket of water and ran upstairs, but there was nothing they could do. There was no fire department in Musquodoboit Harbour. They called Lands and Forests (now called the Department of Natural Resources) who showed up later with

7826-454: Was slow to survey the land of Black Loyalists (which meant they could not settle); it was also discriminatory in granting them smaller, poorer, and more remote lands than those of white settlers; not counting those Loyalists who were resettled in what would become Upper Canada, in general, or around the Bay of Quinte, in specific. This increased their difficulties in becoming established. The majority of Black Loyalists in Canada were refugees from

7917-449: Was the daughter of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld , and the sister of Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld , husband of the recently deceased Princess Charlotte. She was a widow: her first husband had been Emich Karl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen , with whom she had had two children: a son, Karl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen , and a daughter, Princess Feodora of Leiningen . They had one child, Alexandrina Victoria , born 24 May 1819. He

8008-419: Was the fourth son and fifth child of King George III and Queen Charlotte . His only child, Victoria , became Queen of the United Kingdom 17 years after his death. Prince Edward was created Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Earl of Dublin on 23 April 1799 and, a few weeks later, appointed a General and commander-in-chief of British forces in the Maritime Provinces of North America . On 23 March 1802, he

8099-470: Was the main reason for immigration. The arrival of the Loyalists after the Revolutionary War led to the division of Canada into the provinces of Upper Canada (what is now southern Ontario ) and Lower Canada (today's southern Quebec ). They arrived and were largely settled in groups by ethnicity and religion. Many soldiers settled with others of the regiments they had served with. The settlers came from every social class and all thirteen colonies, unlike

8190-589: Was the mother of Edward Schenker Scheener (1789–1853). Brought up in Geneva as the ostensible son of Thimothée Schencker, his father promised to find him a post in the UK civil service and in 1809 he was appointed a clerk in the Foreign Office, being retired with a pension in 1826. When his half-sister Victoria became Queen in 1837, with his English wife Harriet Boyn (1781-1852) he returned to Geneva, where he died in 1853. He had no children. In 1790, while still in Geneva,

8281-546: Was unable to live in any degree suitable to his rank, and at the same time to discharge his debts, he generously resolved again to go to America, and to remain there, living solely on his pay as an Officer, till his debts were entirely liquidated, to which purpose he gave up the whole of his income allowed him by Government, and in this resolution he persisted, till repeated bilious attacks compelled him to quit that country. We are sensible that an idea once prevailed that his Royal Highness, in early life, had participated in several of

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