Mill Cove is a community in the
Canadian
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province of
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native Eng ...
, located in the
Chester Municipal District on the
Aspotogan Peninsula
The Aspotogan Peninsula () is a peninsula in the eastern part of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, separating St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, St. Margarets Bay in the east from Mahone Bay in the west. The peninsula was ...
on the
Lighthouse Route
The Lighthouse Route is a scenic roadway in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It follows the province's South Shore for from Halifax to Yarmouth.
List of Highways Numbered
* Trunk 3
* Highway 103
* Route 309
* Route 329
* Route 330
* ...
(
Nova Scotia Route 329). The community was home to
CFS Mill Cove from 1967 til the 1990s.
History
Mill Cove was originally granted to
Jacque Louis Jollimore (1754-1833) age 38 and John Troop (1792), after both men and their families had lived in the community for many decades.
James Lewis Jollimore was born in Lunenburg and was the first to settle at Mill Cove with his wife Catherine (c. 1778). They had nine children at Mill Cove. James's father was a French Protestant who came from Montbeliard, France to settle in Lunenburg. James's father was part of the "foreign protestant" migration from Europe to Nova Scotia. Jacques Louis's name was later anglicized to James Lewis. He died a year after he was officially granted of land at Mill Cove at age 79 (1782). He is buried in Mill Cove.
John Troop arrived in Nova Scotia in 1774. 18 years later Troop received at Mill Cove (1792). Two years later, Troop purchased a lot on the burial ground of St. Peters (1810) church across St. Margaret's Bay at Hacketts Cove (formerly Haggets Cove). The burial ground was the first in St. Margaret's Bay (1794).
References
External links
Mill Cove on Destination Nova Scotia
Communities in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
General Service Areas in Nova Scotia
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