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'''Masstown''' (2016 population: 164) is a farming community located approximately 17 kilometres (10.6 miles) from [[Truro, Nova Scotia|Truro]], [[Nova Scotia]]. |
'''Masstown''' (2016 population: 164) is a farming community located approximately 17 kilometres (10.6 miles) from [[Truro, Nova Scotia|Truro]], [[Nova Scotia]]. |
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== Historic background == |
== Historic background == |
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Masstown has its beginnings with French settlers, known as [[Acadians]]. They first settled in this area near the [[Cobequid Bay]] in 1705. The Acadian culture consisted primarily of farming; remains of [[marshland]] [[Levee|dykes]], that cover the entire coast of the community, indicate their advanced farming systems. Once an old Acadian settlement, Masstown was the site of the first Acadian church in [[Nova Scotia]], and a cairn is erected at the nearby United Church to commemorate this former landmark. The subsequent Catholic Church inspired the community's name: |
Masstown has its beginnings with French settlers, known as [[Acadians]]. They first settled in this area near the [[Cobequid Bay]] in 1705. The Acadian culture consisted primarily of farming; remains of [[marshland]] [[Levee|dykes]], that cover the entire coast of the community, indicate their advanced farming systems. Once an old Acadian settlement, Masstown was the site of the first Acadian church in [[Nova Scotia]], and a cairn is erected at the nearby United Church to commemorate this former landmark. The subsequent Catholic Church inspired the community's name: "Mass" town. |
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== Present-day community == |
== Present-day community == |
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== References == |
== References == |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071110224625/http://www.destination-ns.com/common/places.asp?PlaceID=550 Masstown on Destination Nova Scotia] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071110224625/http://www.destination-ns.com/common/places.asp?PlaceID=550 Masstown on Destination Nova Scotia] |
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*[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=DPL&Code1=120085&Geo2=PR&Code2=60&Data=Count&SearchText=Masstown&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=120085&TABID=1 2016 Census Profile] |
*[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=DPL&Code1=120085&Geo2=PR&Code2=60&Data=Count&SearchText=Masstown&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=120085&TABID=1 2016 Census Profile] |
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Masstown (2016 population: 164) is a farming community located approximately 17 kilometres (10.6 miles) from Truro, Nova Scotia.
Historic background
Masstown has its beginnings with French settlers, known as Acadians. They first settled in this area near the Cobequid Bay in 1705. The Acadian culture consisted primarily of farming; remains of marshland dykes, that cover the entire coast of the community, indicate their advanced farming systems. Once an old Acadian settlement, Masstown was the site of the first Acadian church in Nova Scotia, and a cairn is erected at the nearby United Church to commemorate this former landmark. The subsequent Catholic Church inspired the community's name: "Mass" town.
Present-day community
Masstown is located 15 minutes west of Truro on Nova Scotia Trunk 2 or Exit 12 off Nova Scotia Highway 104. The small farming community has a local market and now a Tim Hortons and Greco. The local market, the Masstown Market is a tourist attraction for the community as well as the fish market and restaurants and diners nearby.