Hants County
Acadian Heritage

Photographs of Sign no. 16

"Avondale / Newport Landing"


Avondale
Hants County
Nova Scotia

Located at the Avon River Heritage Society Museum, #17 Belmont Road

GPS location:   45°01'20"N   64°07'50"W




Hants County: Acadian Heritage sign #16, Avondale

Photographed on 25 August 2006

A reproduction of this "1753 painting of Fort Edward" appears in the
book Windsor, Nova Scotia: A Journey in History by Leslie Sinclair Loomer,
399 pages, 56 pages of illustrations, pub. West Hants Historical Society, 1996.
The reproduction is described in the List of Illustrations as:
"View of Fort Edward in PIZIGUIT RIVER, Nova Scotia, taken
in the year 1753 by Capt. John Hamilton of his Majests. 40th Regt."
Watercolour. National Archives of Canada.


Hants County: Acadian Heritage sign #16, Avondale

Photographed on 25 August 2006



Hants County: Acadian Heritage sign #16, Avondale

Photographed on 25 August 2006




Acadian Heritage Signs
in four counties





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



Hants Acadian Heritage #14 Hants Acadian Heritage #14 Mantua
    http://ns1763.ca/hantsco/hantsacad-n14.html


Hants Acadian Heritage #15 Hants Acadian Heritage #15 Poplar Grove
    http://ns1763.ca/hantsco/hantsacad-n15.html


Hants Acadian Heritage #18 Hants Acadian Heritage #18 Cogmagun
    http://ns1763.ca/hantsco/hantsacad-n18.html


Hants Acadian Heritage #20 Hants Acadian Heritage #20 Cheverie
    http://ns1763.ca/hantsco/hantsacad-n20.html


Maitland war memorial Maitland war memorial Maitland
    http://ns1763.ca/hantsco/maitlandwarm.html


Moose Brook Chapel Moose Brook Chapel Moose Brook
    http://ns1763.ca/hantsco/moosebrkm.html


Bramber war memorial Bramber war memorial Bramber
    http://ns1763.ca/hantsco/bramberwar.html


C.R. Bond memorial plaque Carl Rufus Bond memorial plaque Upper Rawdon
    http://ns1763.ca/hantsco/rawdoncrb.html


Brooklyn war memorials Brooklyn war memorials Brooklyn
    http://ns1763.ca/hantsco/brooklynhan.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


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



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First uploaded to the WWW:   2006 October 05