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1760 – 1763

("Planters" means colonists or settlers)


Photographs of
Monument

Horton Landing
Hortonville
Kings County
Nova Scotia

GPS location:   45°06'48"N   64°16'47"W


Horton Landing: Planters monument

Photographed on 21 May 2003



Planters monument, Horton Landing: looking northeast

Photographed on 21 November 2002



Horton Landing: Planters monument

Photographed on 21 May 2003



Horton Landing: Planters monument
Cape Blomidon in the background

Photographed on 21 May 2003



Planters monument, Horton Landing: the plaque


Edmund Burke (1729-1797) was one of the foremost
political thinkers of 18th century England.
Photographed on 21 November 2002
Plaque date: 1960



Also see: Planters Cairn at Town Plot, Starr's Point


Planters monument, Horton Landing: looking southeast

In the distance we see the Windsor & Hantsport Railway bridge
over the Gaspereau River.
Photographed on 21 November 2002


Thanks to Mr. Garnet Clarke.



Horton Landing, Nova Scotia: Map showing location of the Planters monument
Map showing the location of the Planters monument
Horton Landing, Kings County, Nova Scotia

Roads are shown as they were in 1956. Except for Highway 101, the
layout of the roads in 2006 has not changed much from that shown here.



Location of the Planters monument superimposed on a 1749 French map
The location of the Planters monument
superimposed on a 1749 French map of Minas Basin


Map source: Northeast Archaeological Research
http://www.northeastarch.com/minas_environs.html





Horton Landing: the dead tree marks the location of the old wharf
The tree marks the location of an old wharf

Photographed on 21 May 2003



The remains of the old wharf near the Planters Monument

Remains of the old wharf at Horton Landing

Photographed on 21 May 2003, about an hour before high tide
Remains of the old wharf at Horton Landing

Photographed on 21 May 2003, about an hour before high tide


The remains of the old wharf near the Planters Monument

Remains of the old wharf at Horton Landing

Photographed on 9 June 2005, at low tide looking upstream (southeasterly)
Remains of the old wharf at Horton Landing

Photographed on 9 June 2005, at low tide looking downstream (northeasterly)



9 June 2005

Meeting at Horton Landing

Horton Landing: Planters monument

Photographed on 9 June 2005

Left to right:
 1:   John Whidden, Wolfville Historical Society
 2:   John Vaillancourt, Wolfville Historical Society
 3:   Joe Kinsman, Executive Assistant to the Hon. David Morse, MLA
 4:   Beth Keech, Grand Pre Heritage Society
 5:   Theresa Bunbury, Parks Canada
 6:   Bria Stokesbury, Kings County Museum
 7:   David Baldwin, Apple Capital Museum
 8:   Gordon Haliburton, Chair, Kings Heritage Connection
 9:   Roger Hetu, Les Amis de Grand Pre



Horton Landing: Planters monument

Photographed on 9 June 2005

Left to right:
  1:   John Whidden, Wolfville, Kings Heritage Connection
  2:   Joe Kinsman, Executive Assistant to the Hon. David Morse, MLA
  3:   Beth Keech, Grand Pre Heritage Society
  4:   John Vaillancourt, Wolfville Historical Society
  5:   Bria Stokesbury, Kings County Museum
  6:   Roger Hetu, Les Amis de Grand Pre
  7:   Theresa Bunbury, Parks Canada
  8:   David Baldwin, Apple Capital Museum
  9:   Brian Ward, Nova Scotia Department of Transport (black jacket)
10:   Nova Scotia Department of Transport (behind B. Ward)



Horton Landing: Planters monument

Photographed on 9 June 2005

Left to right:
 1:   Roger Hetu, Les Amis de Grand Pre
 2:   Theresa Bunbury, Parks Canada
 3:   John Vaillancourt, Wolfville Historical Society
 4:   Gordon Haliburton, Chair, Kings Heritage Connection
 5:   John Whidden, Wolfville Historical Society
 6:   Beth Keech, Grand Pre Heritage Society
 7:   Joe Kinsman, Executive Assistant to the Hon. David Morse, MLA



Horton Landing: Planters monument

Photographed on 9 June 2005



Horton Landing: Planters monument

Photographed on 9 June 2005





Links to Relevant Websites

New England Planters monument
    http://www.multiculturaltrails.ca/level_3/number112.html

New England Migration
Between 1760 and 1774, approximately 8000 Planters from
the colonies of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
and New Hampshire came to Nova Scotia...
    http://ace.acadiau.ca/history/plmigrat.htm

Planters Study Centre Established in Kings County, March 2003
Between 1759 and 1768, some 8000 New England Planters
emigrated to what is now the Maritime provinces of Canada...
    http://www.fnsh.ns.ca/news_mar03_planters.html

The Wayback Machine has archived copies of:
Planters Study Centre Established in Kings County
March 2003


Archived: 2003 October 23
http://web.archive.org/web/20031023170502/http://www.fnsh.ns.ca/
      news_mar03_planters.html
Archived: 2003 December 08
http://web.archive.org/web/20031208043658/http://www.fnsh.ns.ca/
      news_mar03_planters.html


East Coast Kin, Maritime History Lesson Part Two
The Global Gazette, 13 June 1998
...Until recent times, history largely overlooked the Planters,
a term coined (or perhaps more accurately, resurrected) by
acclaimed Maritime historian Esther Clark Wright in 1978.
Planter is an Elizabethan English word meaning settler...
    http://globalgazette.net/gazsd/gazsd12.htm

Imprint Of The New England Planters
by Bill Hamilton, the Sackville Tribune-Post, 19 January 2000
...According to a census taken in 1767, well over half
of Nova Scotia's population of some 18,000 was of
New England origin.  This migration, described as
"an overflowing from the exuberant population of
New England" reached a peak on the Tantramar in 1761,
with the arrival of settlers from Rhode Island,
Massachusetts and Connecticut...
    http://www.tantramar.com/trib/2000/01/19/columns.html

The Planter Prime Ministers
by Bill Hamilton, the Sackville Tribune-Post, 21 June 2000
...Of the 21 individuals who have served as Prime Minister of
Canada, there have been but four Maritimers:
    Sir John S. D. Thompson,
    Sir Charles Tupper,
    Sir Robert Borden and
    Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett.
It is worthy of note that the latter three all shared a common
New England Planter ancestry...
    http://www.tantramar.com/trib/2000/06/21/columns.html

Planter Studies Centre
Acadia University's Planter Studies Centre is a research
institute which focuses scholarly attention on the 8000
New England residents who migrated to Nova Scotia
between 1759 and 1774...
    http://ace.acadiau.ca/history/plstcntr.htm





Photographs of War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
    http://ns1763.ca/remem/plaques.html


Monument: 1747 Attack at Grand Pre Monument: 1747 Attack at Grand Pre Grand Pre
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/attack1747.html

Planters cairn, Town Plot, Starrs Point Planters cairn Town Plot, Starrs Point
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/starrspt.html

Sir Robert Laird Borden monument Sir Robert Laird Borden monument Grand Pre
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/borden_rl.html

Two Early Churches memorial stone Two Early Churches memorial stone Chipman Corner
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/chipcnrm.html

Abraham Gesner monument Abraham Gesner monument Chipman Corner
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/gesnermem.html

Prescott House, Starrs Point Prescott House Starrs Point
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/prescottcr.html

Wellington Dyke, Starrs Point Wellington Dyke Starrs Point
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/wellington.html

Canning: Ebenezer Bigelow shipyard monument Ebenezer Bigelow shipyard monument Canning
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/bigelowyardm.html

Wolfville: 1967 Centennial Project 1967 Willow Park plaque Wolfville
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/wolfwillow.html

Iron Cross monument Iron Cross monument Horton Landing
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/ironcross.html

Morden: French Cross monument French Cross monument Morden
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/frenchcross.html

Fort Edward blockhouse Fort Edward blockhouse Windsor
    http://ns1763.ca/hantsco/fortedward.html

Fort Edward cannons Fort Edward cannons Windsor
    http://ns1763.ca/hantsco/fortedcann.html

Windsor Exhibition founded in 1765 Windsor Exhibition founded in 1765
    http://ns1763.ca/hantsco/windex.html

Hants County war memorial Hants County war memorial Windsor
    http://ns1763.ca/hantsco/hantsco2wwmem.html

Bloody Creek monument Monument: Bloody Creek 1757 Bloody Creek
    http://ns1763.ca/annapco/bloodycrk.html

Acacia Villa School cairn Acacia Villa School monument Hortonville
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/avschool.html

Diligent River: historic monument Diligent River historic monument Diligent River
    http://ns1763.ca/cumberco/diligentriv.html

Wolfville war memorial Wolfville war memorial Wolfville
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/wolfmem.html

Fort Point monument Fort Point monument LaHave
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/lahavefpm.html

Riverport: John Philip Ritcey monument Ritcey monument Riverport
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/ritceymon.html


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