Colchester County, Nova Scotia
Area:	3627.72
Population:	49,307
Population Density:	13.6
Average Earnings:	$25,117.00
Mayor:	Mike Smith
Governing Body:	Colchester County Council
Incorporated Towns & Municipalities:	Stewiacke Truro

Colchester County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. ... Canada consists of ten provinces and three territories. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (One defends and the other conquers) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Lieutenant Governor Myra Freeman Premier John Hamm (PC) Area 55,283 km² (12th) • Land 53,338 km² • Water 1,946 km² (3. ...

The appellation Colchester was applied in 1780 to the district previously called Cobequid, and was derived from the town of Colchester in Essex. The old name Cobequid was derived from the Mi'kmaq word "Wagobagitk" meaning "the bay runs far up", in reference to the area surrounding the easternmost inlet of the Minas Basin, a body of water called Cobequid Bay. 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Districts are a form of local government in several countries. ... Colchester town centre Colchester is an historic town in the north of the English county of Essex, with a population of about 160,000. ... This article is about the county of Essex in England. ... The Mikmaq (also Míkmaq, Micmac, Migmaq) are a First Nations people indigenous to northeastern New England, Canadas Maritimes, and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec. ... The Minas Basin is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy located in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ... Jump to: navigation, search A body of water is any significant natural pool of water such as an ocean, a lake, or a river, covering the Earth or another planet. ... Cobequid Bay is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy and the easternmost part of the Minas Basin, located in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ...

The District of Colchester, which was at first part of Halifax County, was established as county in its own right in 1835. In 1838 a distinct line of division between Cumberland County and Colchester County was established. Two years later, in 1840, the Township of Parrsboro was divided and part of it annexed to Colchester County. In 1871, the boundaries between the Counties of Hants and Colchester and between the Counties of Halifax and Colchester were established. In 1880 the boundary between the Counties of Halifax and Colchester was revised. Eventually in 1897 a portion of the boundary between the Counties of Colchester and Cumberland was fixed and defined. Halifax County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Cumberland County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The word Boundary has a variety of meanings. ... Hants County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

The question of the boundary between Colchester and Cumberland Counties was the subject of a Commission of Inquiry established in 1946. The report was filed in the office of the Provincial Secretary and in the office of the Department of Lands and Forests in January 1959. Certified copies of it were sent to the Registrars of Deeds for the Counties of Colchester, Cumberland and Kings. In law a commission is a patent which allows a person to take possession of a state office and carry out official acts and duties. ... The Provincial Secretary was a senior position in the executive councils of British North Americas colonial governments, and was retained by the Canadian provincial governments for at least a century after Canadian Confederation was proclaimed in 1867. ... Oil, Forest, coal, fish, huntting ... Kings County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ...

Millbrook is the location of a Mi'kmaq First Nations reserve. The Mikmaq (also Míkmaq, Micmac, Migmaq) are a First Nations people indigenous to northeastern New England, Canadas Maritimes, and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec. ... First Nations is a term of ethnicity used in Canada that has widely replaced the use of the word Indian. It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. ... In Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band. ...

Towns in Colchester County are Stewiacke and Truro. Each has its own local governing council. Jump to: navigation, search Stewiacke pronounced (Stoo-yahk) is a town in Nova Scotia, Canada, 45 minutes from Halifax. ... One of Truros tree sculptures Truro (2001 population 11,457; area population 44,276) is a town in central Nova Scotia, Canada. ... In the British Isles, a county council is a council that governs a county. ...

All other communities in the county are located within one of eleven geographically determined districts, each of which provides a representative that along with a county mayor form the Municipal government of the county. Jump to: navigation, search Districts are a form of local government in several countries. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ...

Unincorporated villages are Bible Hill, and Tatamagouche. Tatamagouche (population approx. ...

Unincorporated communities include:

• Alton
• Balmoral Mills
• Bass River
• Bayhead
• Beaver Brook
• Belmont
• Black Rock
• Brookfield
• Brule
• Burnside
• Camden
• Central Economy
• Central Onslow
• Cloverdale
• Coldstream
• Cove Road
• Debert
• Demmark
• Earltown
• East Earltown
• East Mines Station
• East New Annan
• Eastville
• Economy
• Five Islands
• Folly Lake
• Forest Glen
• Gays River
• Glenholme
• Great Village
• Greenfield
• Green Oaks
• Harmony
• Hilden
• Kemptown
• Londonderry
• Londonderry Station
• Lornevale
• Lower Economy
• Lower Five Islands
• Lower Truro
• Lynn
• Malagash Station
• Masstown
• McCallum Settlement
• Middle Stewiacke
• Montrose
• New Annan
• Newton Mills
• North Earltown
• North River
• Nuttby
• Old Barns
• Oliver
• Onslow
• Otter Brook
• Pembroke
• Portapique
• Princeport
• Riversdale
• Salmon River
• Sandville
• South Branch
• Stewiacke Cross Road
• Stewiacke East
• The Falls
• Truro Heights
• Union
• Upper Economy
• Upper Stewiacke
• Valley
• West New Annan
• West St. Andrews
• Wittenburg

Bass River is an unincorporated rural community in western Colchester County, north-central Nova Scotia, in the Maritimes of Canada. ... Economy is an unincorporated community of approximately 200 people located along the north shore of the Minas Basin/Cobequid Bay, at approximately 45°23N, 63°54W, in Colchester County, Nova Scotia. ... Debert is an unincorporated farming community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ... The islands are named Moose, Diamond, Long, Egg and Pinnacle. ... Great Village is a community of approximately 500 people located along Nova Scotia Highway 2 and the north shore of Cobequid Bay in Colchester County Nova Scotia. ... Londonderry is an unincorporated community located in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada. ...

External links

• Municipality of Colchester
• Government of Nova Scotia Municipal Services, County of Colchester map