History of Inverness County, Nova Scotia

By J.L. MacDougall

This book is filled with local history of Inverness County plus detailed family sketches of its early families.

Originally published in 1922, it is a highly regarded history of Inverness County that was written to record "the names and memories of the brave and intrepid men and women to whom we are indebted for the opening up and reclaiming from the wilderness, this favored region".

Contents include:

• THE PIONEER SETTLERS'; THEIR RACES; WHAT THEY HAD TO DO
• SOME OUTLINES OF CAPE BRETON HISTORY
• A GENERAL SKETCH OF INVERNESS COUNTY, ITS PROMINENT FEATURES. AND SOME OF ITS DISTINGUISHED SONS AND CITIZENS
• FARMING IN INVERNESS
• RELIGION IN INVERNESS COUNTY
• SOME OLD SCHOOLS, AND OLD TEACHERS
• GEOLOGICAL NOTES
• ROADS AND BRIDGES
• FISHERIES
  PUBLIC COURTS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, PUBLIC MEN, AND POLITICS
• DISTRICT SKETCHES [The section makes up the bulk of this thick book. Individual hamlets, villages, towns and rural areas are described, including detailed family sketches for many of the early families of Inverness County]
• APPENDIX
• Mac Varish family sketch
• Extract [small] from "CENSUS BY THE SIEUR DE LA ROQUE [1752]"
• Extract [small] from "'THE SCOTSMAN IN CANADA" by Wilfred Campbell [regarding Inverness County]
• Extract [small] from "CAPE BRETON" by C. W. Vernon
• THE COLLEGE MERGER OF THE MARITIMES

History of Inverness County, Nova Scotia is generous resource to be treasured by all with an interest in the history and families of Inverness.

Details

690 Pages
6.25 X 9.25" (hardcover)
Originally published in Truro, 1922
This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2005
ISBN 1-897210-71-x