Fortifications (in Dartmouth)
Fort Duncan: Shown “dismantled” in Collyers military map of 1808. Commissioner Henry Duncan was at H.M Naval Yard in 1790 and 1793. Blockhouse: 1750. Dartmouth picketed in, July 1751. Gun:…
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A plan of the battery and redout on the east side of the harbour of Halifax (Dartmouth)
This is likely Fort Clarence, though from the shape of the shoreline and the profile of the fort itself it could also be what was once Fort Duncan, dismantled by…
Royal Letters, Charters, and Tracts, Relating to the Colonization of New Scotland, and the Institution of the Order of Knight Baronets of Nova Scotia, 1621-1638
…with the camp, towers, fortifications, &c. Since the lands and other things in the diet, the charter belonged to Lord William Alexander de Menstrie by inheritance and by resignation they…
Collection De Documents Relatifs a L’Histoire De La Nouvelle-France
…parties signée d’eux. Que le dit Sieur de la Verdure sortira hors du fort soldats et domestiques, de toutes conditions, servans au d. fort avec leurs armes et tambours battant,…
“American history: comprising historical sketches of the [indigenous] tribes”
…an investment of four days. The name of the fort was then changed to Cumberland. Fort Gaspereau, on Bay Verte, or Green Bay, was next taken; and the forts on…
Scottish colonial schemes, 1620-1686
…lying between the fortieth and forty-eighth degree of north latitude. Within those limits, too, fishing could be carried on only by permission of the Council for New England, who thus…
An Act Relating to the City of Dartmouth, Dartmouth City Charter, 1978 c43A
…shall be sent forthwith by the City Clerk, by prepaid post, to the person challenged or objected to, if living. (3) If the person whose name is challenged or objected…
Trials For Treason In 1776-7
…and the many acts of violence committed in and about Fort Lawrence and Fort Cumberland, is it known that a single Yorkshire settler ever swerved in his loyalty. In the…
Peninsula and Harbour of Halifax
A very detailed rendition of the Dartmouth shore from 1808. Skerry’s ferry at Ochterloney is seen as well as Creighton’s Ferry at the bottom of Old Ferry Road. Fort Duncan…
1808
An excellent map from 1808, and one of the only maps to show the location of “Fort Duncan” in Dartmouth (here is another), whatever was left of it would’ve likely…