Mosherville is a community in the
Canadian province of
Nova Scotia, located in
The Municipality of the District of West Hants. The community was first settled by
New England Planter
The New England Planters were settlers from the New England colonies who responded to invitations by the lieutenant governor (and subsequently governor) of Nova Scotia, Charles Lawrence, to settle lands left vacant by the Bay of Fundy Campaign (1 ...
James Mosher and his wife Lydia (Allan) Mosher (c. 1762), originally of
Newport
Newport most commonly refers to:
*Newport, Wales
*Newport, Rhode Island, US
Newport or New Port may also refer to:
Places Asia
*Newport City, Metro Manila, a Philippine district in Pasay
Europe
Ireland
*Newport, County Mayo, a town on the ...
,
Rhode Island.
Mosherville, Hants County is mentioned in Nova Scotia fiction writer Barry Wood's short story "Nowhere to Go" published in England's
Postscripts #14 in 2008, as well as in poet
Alden Nowlan's poem "The Mosherville Road."
References
Mosherville on Destination Nova Scotia
Communities in Hants County, Nova Scotia
General Service Areas in Nova Scotia
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