Welcome To Antigonish

Antigonish is a small town in the highland heart of Nova Scotia in the north eastern part of the province. It is a small town that is rich in Gaelic... more

by Hany J

Title

Welcome To Antigonish

Artist

Hany J

Medium

Photograph - Original Photo

Description

Antigonish is a small town in the highland heart of Nova Scotia in the north eastern part of the province. It is a small town that is rich in Gaelic history, and is home of one of Canada`s most prestigious universities, St. Francis Xavier University. The area is full of rolling hills and beautiful farms, surrounded by lovely beaches on its shores.

Antigonish is a Mi'kmaq name and, depending on who you ask, has two totally different meanings. 1) the place where the branches are torn off by bears gathering beechnuts; 2) a meeting place of five forked rivers (West River, South River, Brierly Brook, Wright's River, and east Wright's River). According to history, Algonkian speaking members of an Eastern sub-Arctic culture group known as Mi'kmaqs arrived and occupied the shores around present day St.Georges Bay. They were a branch of the wandering Algonquin race and were scattered all over New England and much of Atlantic Canada. Then the French arrived in the 1650s but were driven off by the Mi'kmaq. Then in the 1750s the Acadian French began to settle the east end of Antigonish County. Along the same period of time, thousands of Scots were also forced to flee the oppressive Highland Clearance in West Scotland, and many settled along the Northeastern coast of Nova Scotia. Soon these original settlers moved east and south to establish farms throughout the region. After the American Revolution, about 3000 free black citizens enter Nova Scotia, and some of them settled in and around Antigonish County. Irish Loyalists also took up a large land grant surrounding Antigonish Harbour and founded what they first called Georgetown, then Dorchester, and finally Antigonish. In the late 1880s, Antigonish was incorporated as a town. At that point the population of the area was an incredible 20,000 (town and county combined). Today many descendants of these original settlers, as well as members of other ethnic groups, continue to reside in the Antigonish area.

All images are taken with a Canon 5D III (full frame) and a Canon 7D II (crop frame) using a variety of Canon L-Series lenses, and Tamron and Sigma pro-line lenses; processed in RAW with ACR, PSC, Photomatix, and a variety of other imaging software.

All images are Copyright © 2019 Hany G. Jadaa; C.Chem. M.Sc. Eng.; and Copyright © 2019 Prince John Photography (the Artist). The material contained herein may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or downloaded in any way, shape or form. All rights are reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the Artist is strictly prohibited and will be prosecuted under US, Canadian, European, and Australian Copyright laws.

Image is available for purchase at higher resolution and no copyright stamps upon request. Please contact the artist directly at pjphotography@uniserve.com

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December 23rd, 2019