Blupete's History of Nova Scotia

Key Events in the History of Nova Scotia: 1835.

  • Dickens has his work, Sketches by Boz, published.
  • The English Municipal Corporations Act was passed in 1835.
  • March 2nd: Trial of Joseph Howe.
  • April: Melbourne once again comes in as Prime Minister replacing Peel.
  • September 23rd, 1835, first instalment of Haliburton's The Clockmaker in The Novascotian under the title "Recollections of Nova Scotia."
  • William MacKay is commissioned to produce a large scale map of the province.
  • By an act of the legislature Cape Breton County was divided into three counties: Cape Breton, Richmand and Juste au Corps. (In 1837 Juste au Corps changed to Inverness. To complete the picture, in 1851, Cape Breton County was divided into two: Cape Breton and Victoria.)
  • By an act of the legislature Halifax County was divided into three counties: Halifax, Colchester and Pictou. William MacKay map Nova Scotia

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