History of Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia History has something for everyone; prehistoric life, intrigue, war, pirates & privateers, a union of cultures, incredible music, the desire to survive and prosper. The history of Nova Scotia goes back thousands of years and will leave you with a reason to find out more.
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[@seanchilttt]

Commenting from Scotland, absolutely fascinated by this!

[@KenseiSwords]

Come see us.

[@seanchilttt]

@@KenseiSwords As soon as I have the means 🙂

[@lucieni]

Commenting from England with Scottish/Irish parentage I would definitely love to visit NS... The NS accent is adorable btw ;@)

[@HalifaxHercules]

I have some Scottish ancestry myself as my Maternal Grandmother's maiden name was MacDonald. Her family migrated from Scotland to Harrigan's Cove in the Eastern Shore region in the late 18th century.

[@heyo3846]

Nova Scotia here!! Hiiiii!! Loll

[@courtneyboudreau4284]

My home! Born raised in Nova Scotia Acadian Mi'kmaq, African Irish European french!! Soo proud of my cultures and heritage!!! Bless Nova Scotia

[@vmchase03]

Me too Cheers neighbour lol

[@cheefqueef6494]

I'm Hwite

[@SkaterTE]

Alright, now tell us where the money pit is xD

[@T_Dun]

Is there anywhere your ancestors are not from?

[@davidyates1860]

Cape Breton here

[@theunveiling9709]

Watching this because my roots come from Nova Scotia,and I’m trying to learn as much as I can about where I came from.

[@Miguel_and_The_Microbes]

I enjoyed this short video. I'm an American who lived in Halifax 2010-11 with my girlfriend who was from Montreal. I really enjoyed my 9 months in Nova Scotia. Now, in 2023, i'm researching parts of the world to include in my 1830s radio project entitled SALTY SPURS -- set along the California coast 15 years before the GOLD RUSH. Hoping to have 1-2 characters from NOVA SCOTIA in some of my 25 episodes of RADIO THEATRE.

[@cdm94]

I love my province. I'd never live anywhere else. I'll never get bored, and there's so much history right in front of us here. There's a house made of stone just a minute away from my house thats hundreds of years old, a lot of people don't even know about it.

[@thejkyle]

Great video! I spend so much time learning about other places sometimes I forget to learn about my own backyard. If anyone is curious, Cape Breton is a very beautiful place.

[@lorimaloney2368]

thank you friend for doing this I love history and am from Indian Brook ,I see some ppl need to polish up on their history & be a bit more polite,I grew up on the rez may look a liitle bit more light then my clan so I seen & heard enough misinformation and blatant racism so lets just be happy we live in a beautiful & Safe part of the planet welalin thank you & merci danke etc :)

[@cdm94]

You live just a few minutes away from me!

[@pg8455]

Beautiful, moving in two months.

[@nature_photography_yukon]

Great video, very informative, thank you for sharing!

[@HalifaxHercules]

I'm originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, but have been living in Western Newfoundland's Corner Brook and Bay of Islands areas for the last 12 years. My Paternal Ancestors migrated from Ireland to England, and eventually to Newfoundland's Northwestern Avalon Peninsula. I'm also have German, Swiss, Scottish, and Mi'kmaq Ancestry from my Maternal side as they were descendants of "The Foreign Protestants" through the Eisenhauer/Isnor family and "Scottish Immigrants" through the MacDonald family. While I knew that I have German ancestry as the Eisenhauer/Isnor's migrated from Germany to Nova Scotia during the early 1750s, I also found out that my Maternal Grandfather's family also came from Switzerland.

[@EdinburghFive]

Although the Foreign Protestants are referred to as Germans this is a reference to language spoken more than nationality. Germany did not exist in the mid-eighteenth century. The whole region was made up of petty principalities and duchies, comprising the Holy Roman Empire. The Nova Scotia Foreign Protestants come from several of these states that would today be part of either Germany, France, and Switzerland.

[@EdinburghFive]

Hi Gerry, Great video. One small note about Port Royal. You stated it was established in 1604 by "...Champlain and others...". Port Royal (Habitation) was established in 1605 by Pierre Dugua de Mons. Champlain did of course go on to achieve a greater fame in Canadian history, but at the time of the establishment of Port Royal, he was hired help; being in the employ of de Mons.

[@thenovascotiachannel6498]

Perfect! You are totally correct. Thanks for update

[@jmeneely]

Would like to hear some about Pictou and the Hector. Also Port Royal and the Annapolis Valley.

[@NayrGamingHD]

Would love to visit you in Nova Scotia!!! am from there historically and would love to see it

[@hopevincent3889]

So my family told me that Nova Scotia is where they came from. Now we're in Louisiana, where we call ourselves Cajun and Creole. My dad's parents could only speak Cajun French and also were black and French. I'm wondering how and why did they come to Louisiana.

[@chrissmith2921]

The English government kicked you out and stole your farms. And they were the best farms then and some of the best today.

[@rogergamble4760]

Hope I live in Northern Nova Scotia on the Bay of Fundy my region was occupied by the Acadians such a sad story!!!

[@crikeny7466]

If you got forcefully deported to louisiana or somewhere else in Canada, you got lucky. Many farmers were outright killed for defending their land. 1200 acadians were used as slave labour to fortifications in Halifax

[@EdinburghFive]

@J OneLife Well again you show you know very little about the history of the region. Acadians made a farily good living but Acadia was hardly "...the most prosperous colony at the time." the British had in North America at the time. Approximately 15,000 tenant farmers could not compare to the more than 1.2 millions people in the British thirteen colonies with their plantations, fisheries, shipping trade, etc. Also there was very little fur trade in Acadia. The animal resources had largely been over trapped by the Mi'kmaq in the 1600s.

[@EdinburghFive]

@@crikeny7466 There are no Acadians deported to Louisiana. The British deported the Acadians to their other North American colonies during the initial deportations and then later deportations sent Acadians to England and France. The Acadians who end up in Louisiana did it as a matter of choice primarily, moving from France under a scheme that had been arranged by a Frenchman with the Spanish, who controlled Louisiana at the time.

[@jjah6376]

I loved the channel

[@elninoson5282]

Great video

[@acechadwick]

My DNA results show that some of my Scottish ancestors were in Nova Scotia. I am beyond excited at this news! During what time period in history was the biggest influx of Scots? I hope they behaved themselves!

[@yeaaboi6784]

acechadwick did you find out if you were Native American or Scott's that lived there mine came up same thing I'm a little confused lol

[@gameaddictions5581]

I'm native/ mi'kmaq but I do have part Scottish

[@EdinburghFive]

The main Scottish immigration to Nova Scotia started in the 1770s and continued into the early 1800s. Same period of much of the highland clearances in Scotland.

[@alexn.2901]

Nova Scotia was a Scottish colony

[@momzilla9491]

@@EdinburghFive I have been researching in the Nova Scotia/Cape Breton Canada online archives. Great fun reading the internal Towns communications from around 1840 forward. Almost as fun as reading Hillary Clinton's stolen emails! MacDonald didn't just fight in Scotland. They were fighting with the New Canada government over their land grants as well, and a few were already thrown in Jail. Seems the Crown wasn't very timely in paying the Residents for the land seized for building roads. EdinburghFive, do you know if there are accessible UK records saying which highlands were cleared in what year? What I do know is that all the best lands in Nova Scotia along the rivers were supposedly already divided up by 1820. Oh, any chance you would know what a Pound Sterling was valued at around 1820? 100 acre parcels (land grants) were about 6 pounds. I learned that you couldn't buy less than 500 acres if you wanted waterfront as well. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. XOX BigMac

[@Betterthenme]

I’d argue we are a distinct culture from the rest of Canada. I’m so proud of my home and love literally every person in our province as if you were my direct family ( likely we are some sort of cousins anyway 😂 )

[@robertarisz8464]

How can you be distinct from other parts of Canada without them being distinct from you? I love visiting other parts of Canada because of the wonderful hospitality and experience they offer. Not in least seeing the common bounds with our compatriots. But whenever I get back to the East Coast, it is always with a feeling of returning home. Basically, I see no duality in being a Maritimer and a Canadian at the same time. Some sort of cousins by blood but siblings by spirit.

[@marlindagomez5766]

I believe Nova Scotia should be separated and form an independent country of each own.

[@robertfstrickland6207]

I moved here from Ontario in 2002

[@XXXM0777]

would you recommend in 2022?

[@robertfstrickland6207]

@@XXXM0777 Cape Breton Island

[@rumzyosas9123]

I like the video I am researching about the history of panda and the provinces to later expand to all countries to research about

[@kuunda8363]

More videos on this channel please

[@RomeoWhiskey613]

My 4th great grandfather Richard Wallace was born in NS in 1753. He became a Revolutionary War hero. 😊

[@JonBaldock]

The oldest grave I've found in Cape Breton was from 1820s. So where are the people previous to that time buried. Its a personal interest, I discovered an abandoned cemetery out in the middle of nowhere. There has to be 1000s of forgotten graves there.

[@kisequeira1447]

Interesting! Was that black wood cemetery? I've heard it's in the middle of nowhere. The latest I've found was at Macpherson cemetery at Cape Breton.

[@EdinburghFive]

Nova Scotia has many abandoned cemeteries. Keep in mind that most people in past centuries did not have stone grave markers. At best there was a wooden cross. These of course rot away .

[@donaldfaulk2968]

my family came thru nova scotia en route to settle in south central louisiana where we are known as cajuns.

[@chainsherlock6268]

I kinda want to go move there from Minnesota

[@Sabhail_ar_Alba]

The Gaelic is still spoken in Alba Nuadh.

[@MacAutopsy]

You forgot to mention upper Ontario rebellion and in 1840s. That has led to stationery army that pleads allegiance to the crown.

[@chrissmith2921]

.Nova Scotia could care less about Ontario.

[@livelife4471]

The Maritimes is a great a great place and there is a lot of history there between the provinces and the US. Confederation for example, two years after the American Civil war, the Fathers of Confederation thought that the mistake America made was to give the individual states too much power. Therefore, in creating Canada, the federal government would have more power than the provinces and so it goes …..

[@lights-kinmikmaqseminole5198]

Mi'kmaw are my people, the original have melanin. My birth name translates to the same name as the island.

[@EdinburghFive]

What island?

[@luziez_vee]

I should have told this

[@waynescountry]

New Glasgow , is the worst place to live in Canada , 7 years running

[@thedevilsaid6846]

I dunno, I’m in new Glasgow and it’s pretty bad lol

[@volgawolfhounds741]

@@thedevilsaid6846 Nowhere near as shitty as Hamilton Ontario.

[@thedevilsaid6846]

Volga Wolfhounds Yeah, good point.. been there. I’m still in N.S. at least lol. Rest of it is nice, except for the few odd ball towns

[@chrissmith2921]

@@volgawolfhounds741 Yes it is worse. It's not his opinion it's a fact. Lol

[@oak1739]

@Talorc MacAllan I'm from real Glasgow you're wrong

[@robpere276]

Wow, 1848 Nova Scotia had a responsible government. Here in BC, we're still waiting for one of those.

[@barryrenouf3450]

Does anyone know the names of the ships that France sent here to pick up the Acadians after they sold their lands to Britain in 1713?

[@EdinburghFive]

Hi Barry Renouf - Ignore J OneLife as she knows very little about the history of Acadia. To give you a little background on the turnover of Acadia to the British in 1713. During the War of the Spanish Succession Britain took Acadia by conquest in 1710. Under the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht France ceded control of the territory to the British. So, as you can see there was no selling of the lands to the British. Under the treaty the Acadians became British subjects but the British agreed that any Acadians who wished to the leave the Province with in a year could do so along with their possessions. France did not send any ships to evacuate Acadians. Some Acadians did decide to leave for French territory, primarily to Île-Royale (Cape Breton). As Acadians had their own ships they would have used these. Île-Royale has a harsh environment relative to southwestern Nova Scotia; one that does not support farming very well. Many of the Acadians who left returned to their old farms and to be in the company of family and old friends. It is interesting to note that the Acadians lived on seigneurial lands (making them tenant farmers) and the British later in the century bought these seigneurial rights from the Seigneur.

[@EdinburghFive]

@J OneLife Canada was not called Acadia for 200 years. Until 1867 what was called Canada was made up of parts of current day Quebec and Ontario or what during the French regime was also referred to as New France. Acadia was comprised of only what is known today as Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, parts of Maine and the Gaspe area of Quebec.

[@EdinburghFive]

@J OneLife You are referring to the wrong period of Acadian history. The deportations commence in 1755 not 1713. Also your claims that " most were killed by England" is just not the case. Although the Mi'kmaq were generally allies with the Acadians it was not always that way. Also you overstate the level of Acadian indigenous intermarriage.

[@alexn.2901]

No mention of the Shelburne pogrom? Africville?

[@chrissmith2921]

It's not important enough to mention.

[@alexn.2901]

Google "Pyramid of White Supremacy" and look at the lowest layer of the pyramid.

[@chrissmith2921]

@@alexn.2901 No thanks.

[@alexn.2901]

You're way worse than I thought.

[@chrissmith2921]

@@alexn.2901 I'm just tired of all the pimping I hear about that originates in N.S. Sorry about that.

[@trismica]

yass mon alba

[@newfoundlandmapping4493]

John Cabot didn’t land in Nova Scotia, besides that great video!

[@bruce8321]

I was born in Glace Bay Cape Breton. My older brother would never say N.S. only Cape Breton. lol. Its said nobody ever left voluntarily but rather because they had to find work.

[@chrisr3032]

Do you no enny thing about Kelly mountain

[@86Sporty86]

Proud to be a 'Bluenoser'!

[@codybez7646]

Cracked a million people now! Haha 8 years after this video

[@pheirphon4680]

Prince Edward Island is number 1 at smallest Province 😊

[@marshamaillet6275]

I'm in ns

[@charliechan8063]

Im morrocan and white my moms side is from paradise love from California

[@franganr.e.searthra-macleo9214]

Should Nova Scotia be part of Scotland?

[@EdinburghFive]

It's the 'new' part.

[@lucieni]

#Frangan Not at the moment with nicola sturgeon in charge...!

[@pheirphon4680]

Arcadian 😊

[@technofeeliak]

All I know is that when I visited Nova Scotia the constant humidity gave me the urge to pee every two seconds. It was a hell of a trip.

[@barryrenouf3450]

That may have been the Tim Hortons coffee.

[@kraigler419]

@@barryrenouf3450 Or the Alexander Keith's beer 🍺

[@lisalaskey9761]

The more you cry the less you have to pee (lol)!

[@technofeeliak]

@@lisalaskey9761 drink more water and multitask. Pee all that you can pee. @Lisa Laskey and now we'll play "The Crying Game" for Lisa. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3azeJugrdJjfZI

[@maxs6896]

What about the expulsion of the Acadians ? Isn't that part of the history of Nova Scotia worth a mention ?

[@EdinburghFive]

Please review the video again. At about the 1:30 mark the narrator speaks about French colonization as well as the Expulsion of the Acadians.

[@jandron94]

It's only worth a rapid mention, too shameful event to be truely depicted, welcome to history fantasy land.

[@EdinburghFive]

@@jandron94 The video is only about seven minutes long. Not a lot of time to comment on the span of Nova Scotia history. About a minute of the video relates to the Acadians. That is a lot of billing in such a short video. Although the Expulsion of the Acadians was tragic, it remains a small part of what Nova Scotia was and is.

[@jandron94]

@@EdinburghFive I see it as defining, you as a small part...

[@EdinburghFive]

@@jandron94 Being an interesting episode in history, one that was tragic and elicits emotions to this day, does not make it a defining moment in the history of Nova Scotia. Clearly an import episode and one not to be ignored. To many people let emotion colour their reading and understanding of history. This just impairs their ability to understand what was going on. The Expulsions were clearly the defining episode for Acadians and their culture.

[@lucasmader]

A ton of misinformation in this video. Many facts which are either outright false or disputed

[@RedSquirreLx]

Lucas Mader yeah like it’s the warmest in Canada ?? What about Vancouver bc .. I think it’s a little warmer there

[@chrissmith2921]

@@RedSquirreLx He said province. Vancouver isn't a province.

[@yanathanduru2828]

History is written from the viewpoint of the conquerer.

[@geddesj89]

@@yanathanduru2828 You sound racist.

[@EdinburghFive]

@@yanathanduru2828 Take a look around - I don't see that "pale" people have a monopoly on committing atrocities. This is just something humans have done since the beginning of time unfortunately.

[@addyjul2543]

I’m Native American/Irish/Scottish

[@firebladeclements]

Where'd ya go bye?

[@fomalhauto]

I had French ancestors that lived in Nova Scotia.

[@MsKimmkimm]

Hello I always wanted to know about the housing situation and do you know if NS accepts Section-8/HUD. Are there low income apartments and housing. How about Human Resouses where people can apply for food stamps and medical insurance and other essential services. I am thinking about moving to Canada, Nova Scotia, Thank you.

[@volgawolfhounds741]

You need a skill and to get a job. Everything is expensive.

[@chrissmith2921]

They prefer no bums.

[@lisagodin6380]

stay where you are at freeloader

[@lisagodin6380]

stay away you freeloading foreiner bum

[@Bevity]

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Just what Nova Scotia needs! Even more people like you who have their hands out even before arriving. Yes, of course Nova Scotians are looking forward to supporting you and yours. They don't have it hard enough already, go on, make their problems worse! Dang freeloader!

[@rodbambauer3041]

Three Maritime provinces?

[@EdinburghFive]

Maritime Provinces = Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Atlantic Canada = the same three and Newfoundland & Labrador.

[@ibkristykat]

My great great grandfather and grand mother were from Nova Scotia and He was from Norway according to a marriage document. Wish I could get beyond that generation. But it's interesting enough to have ANY Canadian ancestors at all seeing as so much of my ancestry is Just American and North-Western European 😅 aka WHITE AS HECK 😂

[@pheirphon4680]

Senior!?😮 Can We have More?!😮 Are We Going to-Be Sore?😂

[@Whistler-jx7pk]

Nova Scotia's history does not start with Scotland and kilts.

[@Whistler-jx7pk]

thank you for trying to mention everyone!

[@Turtlini509]

It’s called Nova Scotia or new Scotland because it was colonised by Scotland BUT YA DONT TALK ABOUT THAT

[@keystonehpd]

Thanks for your comment. Just to be clear, the French were the first Europeans to settle in what is now Nova Scotia, in any numbers, starting in the early 1600s. Later, the British colonized the territory. The Scottish didn’t really begin immigrating until after the Jacobite rising in the mid-1700s, when conditions in Scotland became too severe under British rule. I hope this makes sense to you.

[@Turtlini509]

Yea but you’d think they would talk about Scotland first

[@ChisholmCooke]

Called New Scotland because the landscapes are similar with the coasts of Scotland. Highlands. To be frank, they are actually apart of the same landmass millions of years ago which is why they look similar. But yes, it's Scottish at heart.. the Scot's have been f'd and r'd for all their history. That's one that should be told, but in a more darker tone on a darker channel.

[@Turtlini509]

@@ChisholmCooke Scotland owned it in 1629-1632 and was named Nova Scotia in 1621 the same year that King James VI/I allowed Sir William Alexander so colonies in between New England and Newfoundland and they mad the name the Latin version of “new Scotland”

[@mcfcfan1870]

Also "Nova Scotia" translates to "New Ireland". "Scotland" also translates to "Land of the Irish". Thid is because scotland was founded by an Irish kingdom and over hundreds of years Scotland became a completely separate nation, so when this part of Canada was named after Scotland by King James he unknowingly named it after Ireland!

[@EdinburghFive]

Well, sort of, but not really. The Romans called the people of Northern Britain and Ireland Scoti well before the Irish invaded Scotland. In time Scoti was used only in reference to a particular Irish group. After the Roman period, the Irish Scoti invaded part of Scotland, creating the kingdom of Dál Riata which encompassed only the western highlands, adjacent offshore islands and a small area of Northern Ireland.

[@mcfcfan1870]

@@EdinburghFive Can you show me any time where the people of northern britian were called scoti? I wasnt aware of that. Also the scotti was the name for all irish not just a specific group of irish. All ireland had the same culture, traditions, language etc at the time so it wouldnt make sense either for there to be given a name for irish in a specific part of ireland

[@EdinburghFive]

@@mcfcfan1870 Do a thorough Google search particularly for academic papers and you should find references to the use of the Roman term. Also, I think you will find that none of the various Irish tribes called themselves Scoti. This was term applied to them by the Romans and others.

[@mcfcfan1870]

@@EdinburghFive yes scotti was Latin for irish. I find it annyoing when people say the Irish kingdom,Dal riata was called scotti clearly not being aware of whats scotti ment And considering you told me scotti was also the name for people in northern britian I thought you might be able to link me anything that says that? Would just save me some time

[@EdinburghFive]

Hi@@mcfcfan1870- I have come across the Roman 'Scoti' reference in academic papers. My interest though tends to be in the age of exploration so unfortunately any research papers and books that fall outside that period I usually don't keep after I have read them. Sorry.

[@Anonymously4051]

Nova Scotia is not warmer than British Columbia

[@EdinburghFive]

Yup, Nova Scotia is warmer. You perhaps seem to think the Lower Mainland and Victoria area of BC are representative of the Province; these places are not. BC covers a large area and much of it in winter is very cold. Have you ever been to Fort St John in winter! Also, being a mountainous Province, winter comes early to the high country.

[@colescott8118]

It my be a nice place to live but it's too hot here

[@pookelareyes3496]

how is it hot

[@phastinns]

@@pookelareyes3496 I know it is fareezing

[@PeruvianPotato]

Hot? Its freezing

[@phastinns]

@@PeruvianPotato Ikr

[@colescott8118]

@@pookelareyes3496 southern Nova Scotia, goes from hot to cold to hot to cold to raining to snowing.

[@Dougie-ex1ov]

History is they massacred all the natives and stole the land. Still greedy to this day.

[@Aethuviel]

Quit the anti-white narrative. It is genocidal hateful lies you are spreading.

[@EdinburghFive]

In Acadia/Nova Scotia in the early stages of exploration and colonization the Mi'kmaq population collapsed due to disease. This unfortunately continued throughout the colonial period. One of the last times was in 1747 when the French fleet under d'Anville inadvertently spread disease among the Mi'kmaq. It is thought this incident perhaps killed half or more of the Mi'kmaq population in Acadia at the time. From 1710 to 749 the British presence in Nova Scotia was very small. They were mostly confined to the area around Annapolis Royal as they were outnumbered by the Acadians and Mi'kmaq. There certainly were losses during the various military actions and there were also incident of violence between New England fisherman and Mi'kmaq. So, no wholesale massacres occurred by either the French or the English.

[@EdinburghFive]

@J OneLife As I stated before it was not all love and rosiness between the Acadians and Mi'kmaq all the time. The Mi'kmaq for example at one point were used to force a French deportation of Acadians out of British territory to French Territory in the region. Acadian homes and farms were burned and they were threatened with harm and murder by the Mi'kmaq if they would not move. The Acadians also stated to the British authorities from time to time that they feared the Mi'kmaq.

[@livelife4471]

@@EdinburghFive And today the world is dealing with Covid-19 in much the same way.

[@mayamachine]

This land still belongs to the Mi'kmaw, mindojigilasi, kgad8zik w8mbimadah8do

[@thedevilsaid6846]

One Little Indian you sure?

[@chrissmith2921]

Nope. You guys lost it. Don't be a sore loser. If it was yours you would run it but you don't.

[@naturallyspiritual7256]

@@chrissmith2921 Keep that in mind the next time someone steals something from you

[@Aethuviel]

I thought native Americans didn't believe in owning land? Therefore, by their own beliefs and traditions, the land can't belong to them.

[@EdinburghFive]

@@Aethuviel Well that is not really the case. They had a different idea of ownership than the individual centric version of the Europeans.