This well-preserved building, constructed between 1802 and 1805, is the oldest-known combined court house and jail still remaining in Canada. A prominent symbol of law and order, this building type was common to British North American towns in the . . . — — Map (db m108770) HM
Nova Scotia was the first colony in British North America to receive English law in all its jurisdictional variants, and the first colony to establish the legislative institutions necessary for the enactment of law. It was the first to evolve . . . — — Map (db m108771) HM
The year 1879 was a disastrous one for Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, with no fewer than 31 vessels lost along with 106 persons. The ships lost were among the best of the Yarmouth fleet, some carrying valuable cargoes. The loss of life left 26 . . . — — Map (db m112154) HM
Le plus ancient tribunal
Le premier gouvernement local de la région du comté actuel de Yarmouth fut institué en 1789 par l’établissement du Tribunal des Sessions générales de la paix qui servait les districts de Yarmouth et d’Argyle. Il . . . — — Map (db m112162) HM
Next to the Court House on the east side of the street was the Tusket Cycle Company and just south of that, the Methodist Church built in 1877. On the opposite side of the street, the building in the foreground with the bundle of . . . — — Map (db m108772) HM
GIIIR
In proud memory
of those
United Empire Loyalists
the majority
of them of Dutch origin
who
defeated and despoiled
were compelled to find
refuge here following the
American Revolution.
Arriving here, . . . — — Map (db m108760) HM
In honour and loving memory
of our heroes
who met death to save life.
Corp. Joseph B. Jeffery
222979, 85th. Canadian Battalion
Died of Wounds, St. Pol. France
Oct. 4th. 1918
Aged 25 years
Pte. Clement Jeffery . . . — — Map (db m108761) WM
