The Chignecto Isthmus And Its First Settlers

By Howard Trueman, New Index by Ann Ward

In discussing the history of the Chignecto Isthmus, the author highlights the importance of Yorkshiremen and their descendants, who played a significant role and helped secure Nova Scotia for Great Britain. Their loyalty and steadfastness during the Eddy incident in 1776 was crucial in suppressing the uprising and contributing to the region's development. The immigration of Yorkshiremen had a positive impact on the Chignecto region and Canada as a whole, as they were known for their qualities of being religious, loyal, hardworking, and progressive.

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Contents:

• Chapter I. The Chignecto Isthmus
• Chapter II. The New England Immigration, 1755-1770
• Chapter III. The Yorkshire Immigration
• Chapter IV. The Eddy Rebellion
• Chapter V. The First Churches of the Isthmus
• Chapter VI. The Truemans
• Chapter VII. Extracts from Journal and Letters
• Chapter VIII. Prospect Farm
• Chapter IX. Families Connected by Marriage with the Second Generation of Truemans
• Chapter X. The First Settlers of Cumberland
• Index (new Index compiled by Ann Ward for this edition)

Background: 

The Isthmus of Chignecto is an area bordering the Maritime provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia which connects the mainland portion of Nova Scotia with North America. The isthmus separates the waters of Chignecto Bay, a sub-basin of the Bay of Fundy, from those of the Northumberland Strait, an arm of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The isthmus is generally acknowledged to stretch from its northerly point at an area in the Petitcodiac River valley near the city of Dieppe, New Brunswick to its southerly point at an area near the town of Amherst, Nova Scotia. At its narrowest point between Amherst and Tidnish, Nova Scotia , the isthmus measures 24 kilometres wide.

The lands of the isthmus have very low elevation above sea level with a large portion comprising the Tantramar Marshes, as well as tidal rivers, mud flats, inland freshwater marshes, and mixed forest. Several prominent ridges rise above the surrounding low land and marshes along the Bay of Fundy shore, namely the Fort Lawrence Ridge (in Nova Scotia), the Aulac Ridge, the Sackville Ridge, and the Memramcook Ridge (in New Brunswick).

Details

6.25" X 9.25"
Index [new Index added 2011]
Originally published by William Briggs, Toronto, 1902
This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2011 
ISBN13 978-1-897210-78-9 (Hardcover)