Closer and closer and closer

Written By William Dockrill
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Mapannapolis volunteers have been mapping the stories of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia since 2012.

Annapolis County is farm country, forestry country, and deeply involved in the fishing industry. While the Mi’kmaq have been here for millennia, Europeans arrived only early in the 1600s.

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Annapolis County is farm country, forestry country, and deeply involved in the fishing industry. While the Mi’kmaq have been here for millennia, Europeans arrived only early in the 1600s.

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When the River and the Bay were the only highways, that’s where most newcomers settled.

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Annapolis Royal was for a time the capital of Nova Scotia.

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The French, the Scots, and the British all wanted Annapolis County and in particular and first, this piece of Annapolis County where the Basin narrowed to an easily-defended choke point on the River.

French and British fought over it for a hundred years.

Begin your exploration of Annapolis County here.

William Dockrill
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