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Index of Subjects --Boundary_(ID_4W/nZS1wr077vJUvPaSB3g) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Modern practice is to call them districts and this would have started with a Legislative Act that created these municipal units. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hants_County%2C_Nova_Scotia The Townships were created in 1759- 1760 when the Planters settled the various townships five years after the expulsion of the Acadians. http://www.blupete.com/Hist/NovaScotiaBk2/Part1/Ch03.htm On 13, Oct 2006, at 10:57 AM, Patrick Kelly wrote: >> >> Patrick, >> These are Townships not districts. >> >> George >> >> > > Ah yes. The modern explanatory text at the start of the atlas does > call them "townships or parishes". I was using "district" in the > generic sense. Now that I think about it, the correct name for West > Hants is the Municipality of the District of West Hants. It is tricky > writing it out on the cheques for the water bill! > > Pat > > > ======================================================================= > === > Patrick Kelly > Director of Computer Facilities > ======================================================================= > === > Faculty of Architecture and Planning > Dalhousie University > ======================================================================= > === > PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road > Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 > Canada Canada > ======================================================================= > === > Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 > E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca > ======================================================================= > === > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ George E. Forsyth ph. 902 681 4910 c/o Evangeline Middle School fax. 902 681 4909 9387 Commercial St. New Minas, N.S. B4N 3G3 --Boundary_(ID_4W/nZS1wr077vJUvPaSB3g) Content-type: text/enriched; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Modern practice is to call them districts and this would have started with a Legislative Act that created these municipal units. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hants_County%2C_Nova_Scotia The Townships were created in 1759- 1760 when the Planters settled the various townships five years after the expulsion of the Acadians. http://www.blupete.com/Hist/NovaScotiaBk2/Part1/Ch03.htm On 13, Oct 2006, at 10:57 AM, Patrick Kelly wrote: <excerpt><excerpt> Patrick, These are Townships not districts. George </excerpt> Ah yes. The modern explanatory text at the start of the atlas does call them "townships or parishes". I was using "district" in the generic sense. Now that I think about it, the correct name for West Hants is the Municipality of the District of West Hants. It is tricky writing it out on the cheques for the water bill! Pat <fontfamily><param>Courier</param> ========================================================================== Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities ========================================================================== Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University ========================================================================== PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Canada Canada ========================================================================== Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca ========================================================================== </fontfamily> </excerpt>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ George E. Forsyth ph. 902 681 4910 c/o Evangeline Middle School fax. 902 681 4909 9387 Commercial St. New Minas, N.S. B4N 3G3 --Boundary_(ID_4W/nZS1wr077vJUvPaSB3g)--
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