Paradise is an
unincorporated community
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in the
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
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 about 30 km (18 mi.) northeast of
Annapolis Royal
Annapolis Royal, formerly known as Port Royal, is a town located in the western part of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Today's Annapolis Royal is the second French settlement known by the same name and should not be confused with the n ...
in
Annapolis County
Annapolis County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia located in the western part of the province located on the Bay of Fundy. The county seat is Annapolis Royal.
History
Established August 17, 1759, by Order in Council, Annapoli ...
.
The original French name, dating to 1684, was ''Paradis Terrestre'', or Earthly Paradise.
History
Like the rest of Nova Scotia, Paradise was the home of the
Mi'kmaq
The Mi'kmaq (also ''Mi'gmaq'', ''Lnu'', ''Miꞌkmaw'' or ''Miꞌgmaw''; ; ) are a First Nations people of the Northeastern Woodlands, indigenous to the areas of Canada's Atlantic Provinces and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec as well as the northe ...
(MicMac) First Nations people before European settlement. Their name for the area was ''Nesogwaakade'' (Place of Eel Weirs.)
French settlement of the Annapolis Valley began in the early 17th century. In the 1680s the French government sent officials to survey the area for the presence of timber suitable for shipbuilding. A map produced by one of them, Sieur Lalanne, labels what is now Paradise as ''Paradis Terrestre.''
A census compiled in 1687-88 noted that Paradise had 432 inhabitants.
[
Following the ]expulsion of the Acadians
The Expulsion of the Acadians, also known as the Great Upheaval, the Great Expulsion, the Great Deportation, and the Deportation of the Acadians (french: Le Grand Dérangement or ), was the forced removal, by the British, of the Acadian pe ...
by the British in the mid-18th century, colonists from New England came to Paradise, followed by Loyalists
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after the end of the American Revolution. The first church was constructed in 1810, with a one-room schoolhouse being built by 1864, a post office way station in 1868, and a rail line in 1869.[
There are three properties in Paradise that are listed on the ]Canadian Register of Historic Places
The Canadian Register of Historic Places (CRHP; french: Le Répertoire canadien des lieux patrimoniaux), also known as Canada's Historic Places, is an online directory of historic sites in Canada which have been formally recognized for their her ...
: The Caleb House (c. 1824), the Paradise School (1894), and the Evergreen United Baptist Church (1857) in West Paradise.
Economy
Paradise was, and remains, a rural community. Its economy traditionally focused on land-based enterprises such as timbering, fishing, hunting, farming and fruit production. Early business activities included the building of small ships, flour milling, tanning, beaver hat production, and home-based enterprises such as knitting and soft soap making.[ Today it is primarily residential, with some small tourism-related and service businesses.
]
Transportation
Major roads through Paradise include Nova Scotia Trunk 1
Trunk 1 is part of the Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia's system of List of Nova Scotia provincial highways#Trunk Highways, Trunk Highways.
It is located in the western part of the province and connects Bedford, Nova Scotia, Bedford wi ...
, Nova Scotia Highway 101
Highway 101 is an east-west highway in Nova Scotia that runs from Bedford to Yarmouth.
The highway follows a route along the southern coast of the Bay of Fundy through the Annapolis Valley, the largest agricultural district in the province. B ...
, and Nova Scotia Route 201
Route 201 is a collector road in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
It is located in the Annapolis Valley and runs from Annapolis Royal to Kingston. Heading west from its junction with Trunk 1 the route follows the southern banks of the Ann ...
.
Climate
This climatic
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region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...
system, Paradise has a humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...
, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.Climate Summary for Paradise, Nova Scotia
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Notable people
* Avard Longley
Avard Longley (February 22, 1823 – February 22, 1884) was a farmer, merchant and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1859 to 1867 and again from 1874 to 1878 and repre ...
(1823-1884). Farmer, merchant and politician
* James Wilberforce Longley
James Wilberforce Longley (4 January 1849 – 16 March 1922) was a Canadian journalist, lawyer, politician, and judge.
Born in Paradise, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, the son of Israel Longley and Frances Manning, Longley received a Bache ...
(1849-1922). Canadian journalist, lawyer, politician and judge.
* Thomas Freeman Porter(1847-1927). Poet, eventually State Senator and mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
Lynn is the eighth-largest municipality in Massachusetts and the largest city in Essex County. Situated on the Atlantic Ocean, north of the Boston city line at Suffolk Downs, Lynn is part of Greater Boston's urban inner core. Settled by E ...
.
* Otto Strasser
Otto Johann Maximilian Strasser (also german: link=no, Straßer, see ß; 10 September 1897 – 27 August 1974) was a German politician and an early member of the Nazi Party. Otto Strasser, together with his brother Gregor Strasser, was a lead ...
(1897–1974). German
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* Germany (of or related to)
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**Ger ...
Nazi Party
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dissident, resident during 1940s and 1950s.
References
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Communities in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia