Early Surveyors Maps Cobequid Bay Dykelands
"A plan of Londonderry Township set off and subdivided into proportions by the Jury on a
Writt
of Partition .
Surveyed and drawn by a scale of 20 chains to an inch by James Fullton, Deputy Surveyor":
Crown Land Information Management Centre
Larger Version of Map
The Crown Land Information Management Centre (Suite 501, Founders Square, 1701
Hollis St, Halifax) has an extensive collection of archival documents dealing with early
Nova Scotia land grants. This collection contains a "set of plans showing the marsh and
improvements belonging to the Villages in the Township of
Londonderry set off to the proprietors by the Jury for a Writt of Partition Surveyed and drawn
by a Scale of 10 chains to an Inch.By James Fullton, Deputy Surveyor and Copied by William McKay,
March 1834"
This collection is called B-12-4 and four of the villages covered are shown below as Plan 1A, Plan 2A, Plan 3A and Plan4. Additional drawings are located in
another collection called "Plans in Colchester County Portfolio". Three of these plans are given
below as Plan 1B, Plan 2B, and Plan 3B.
Plan 1A: Village of Chignoise
Plan 1A_Large:
Plan 1B: Fort Belcher and a Plan of King's Village in the Township of Onslow.
Plan 1B Large Image:
Plan 2A_Large Image:
Plan 2B: Port Of Londonderry
Plan 3A: Little Dyke, Folly and
Deburt Villages
Plan 4: Scotch Village and part of Portaupique
Village