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Item · 1850
Original hand drawn map of "Follie Village, surveyed by me this 9th day of January 1850" by Donald Urquhart. Shows Colchester County land lots, owner names and directional measurements. Note: Map 2011.62.9 is very similar but has a few different names on the lots. Both maps were apparently done the same day by the same person. This map states, "This plan belongs to J. A. Fraser 2011.62.8
Item · 1850
Original hand drawn map of A Plan of Lands in Folly Village, surveyed by Donald Urquhart, Dep. Sur., January 9, 1850.Shows Colchester County land lots, owner names and directional measurements. Note: Map 2011.62.8 is very similar but has a few different names on the lots. Both maps were apparently done the same day by the same person. 2011.62.9
Item · 1858
Original hand drawn map of the Back Lots of the Township of Truro, NS. Copied by Isreal Longworth March 7, 1858. Includes land grants and names of property owners, some roads, marshlands and waterways. 2019.38.1
Camp Debert, 1940
Item · 1940
Printed reproduction map of Camp Debert, 1940, showing topography, roads, waterways, buildings, railways and many other details. 2002.141.31
Collection · 1934
A collection of 5 maps which include: Approaches to St. John's Harbour (1921), The North Atlantic (1919), East Coast of North America (1880), Bay of Fundy, Southern Part (1934), and St. Martins, New Brunswick and NS (1934).These maps all belonged to Captain Jonathan Borden Marsh, who was from Economy, Colchester County. 2016.14.1 to 2016.14.5
Churches in Colchester
Item · [ca.1977]
4 maps of Colchester County with colored markers to locate churches and dates of existence.Each map represents an approximate date: 1800, 1867, 1925 and 1977.Denominations include Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, Anglican, United, Congregationalists, Catholics and Other. 87.1.b
Item · 1872
Original reproduction certificate issued to J. L. Peppard. Certifies that, "...he having expressed a desire to withdraw from the Lodge, is fully paid and has complied with the requirements, his leave is therefore granted." Signed at Truro, October 14, 1872. 2019.20.1
Fonds · 1868-1986
Fonds contains school registers for Colchester County schools from 1868-1986. Most registers measure 28x44cm or 26x38cm and contain 10-20 pages, though in some cases, only a few pages remain. Registers generally include a list of students' names, along with their sex, age, address, parent or guardians' names, as well as a record of attendance and general standing. Registers have been printed by the Nova Scotia Department of Education and data has been handwritten by the schoolteacher. Registers for the following schools are included: Acadia Mines, Alma, Balfron, Balmoral, Bass River, Bass River Elementary, West Colchester High (Bass River), Bayhead, Beaver Brook, Belmont, College Road (Bible Hill), East Court Road (Bible Hill), Bible Hill Central, Bible Hill Junior High, Birch Hill, Brentwood, Brookfield, Brookfield Memorial, Brookfield Rural High/South Colchester High, Brookfield Junior High, Brule, Brule Point, Burnside, Byers, Camden, Central Economy, Wilson’s (Central New Annan), Central North River, Central Onslow, Parade (Central Onslow), Central Colchester High (Central Onslow), Central Colchester Junior High (Central Onslow), Clifton, Cross Roads, Crowes Mills, Debert, Denmark, East Earltown, East Folly Mountain, East Village, Eastville, Five Islands, Forest Glen, Fort Ellis, French River, Gays River/Pine Grove, Glenholme, Grahamville, Grandview, Great Village, Greek Oak, Greens Creek, Hardwood Hill, Harmony, Hilden/Johnson’s Crossing, Kemptown, Lake Road, Little Bass River, Londonderry, Londonderry Station, Lower Debert, Lower Economy, Boydtown (Lower Five Islands), Lower Onslow, Lower Truro, Lynn, Masstown, Chiganois Elementary (Masstown), McCallum Settlement, Middle Stewiacke, Middle Stewiacke Consolidated, Middleton, Millbrook, Montrose, Mount Pleasant, North River, North River Elementary, Nuttby, Old Barns, Cobequid Consolidated Elementary (Old Barns), Oliver, Otter Brook, Pembroke, Portapique, Portapique Mountain, Princeport, Riversdale, Riverside, Salmon River, Salmon River Central, Maple Leaf (Salmon River), Shubenacadie, Shubenacadie East, Slades, South Branch, Stewiacke, Stewiacke East, Tarbet (Barrachois), Tatamagouche, Conkey’s (Tatamagouche), Tatamagouche Rural High/North Colchester High, Tatamagouche Elementary, Tatamagouche Bay, The Falls, Truro, Victoria Street (Truro), Willow Street (Truro), Alice Street (Truro), Colchester Academy (Truro), Centre (Truro), Princess Margaret Rose (Truro), Truro Senior High, Douglas Street (Truro), Central Junior High (Truro), Central Elementary (Truro), St. Mary’s Elementary (Truro), Truro Regional Vocational/Colchester Regional Vocational, Cobequid Educational Centre (Truro), Truro Junior High, Prince Street (Truro), Upper Belmont, Upper Economy, Upper North River, Upper Onslow, Upper Pleasant Valley, Upper Stewiacke, Valley, Forest (Waldegrave), Murphy’s (Waugh’s River), West Folly Mountain, McLeod’s (West New Annan), West St. Andrews, and West Tatamagouche. 2023.1