Nova Scotia's English Speaking Dykeland Farmers: The Beginnings

Group One

Acadians who had not been deported.

The New England Planters of 1760/61 and the planters who arrived later in the 1760,s

Planters who came from Ireland

The so-called land grab of the 1760,s

Cumberland County's Yorkshire settlers. Cumberland Township 1772 and continued for 5 more years.

Group Two

The Loyalists: circa1783



New England Planters

Parrsborough Township Loyalist