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John Gordon Leefe (March 21, 1942 – June 25, 2022) was a Canadian author, educator and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Queens in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1999 as a Progressive Conservative member. He was also mayor of Region of Queens Municipality 2000-2012.
Harding was born in Northfield, Queens County, Nova Scotia. His father, Cornelius Harding married Mary Ann Decker. Together they had four children; Hedley Vickers (1865), Isabel (1876), Elizabeth Ann (1880) and James Havelock (1883) Harding. At a young age he moved to Shelburne and in 1900, he joined the workforce at McGill Shipyard. This ...
Thompson Bros. Machinery Co. Ltd. was a family owned and operated shipbuilding and repair facility located in Liverpool, Queens County, Nova Scotia. Founded in the early 1900s, it continued to operate under different owners until 2004. The shipyard was notable for its World War II work refitting large numbers of corvettes for the Royal Canadian ...
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Queens County had a population of 10,501 living in 5,005 of its 6,705 total private dwellings, a change of 1.4% from its 2016 population of 10,351.
The Region of Queens Municipality is a regional municipality in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the northern gateway of the UNESCO Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve, a centre of outdoor activities. Campgrounds at Kejimukujik National Park and National Historic Site, Thomas H. Raddall Provincial Park, and several other locations offer ...
John Barss (14 September 1778 – 12 May 1851) was from a large family in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, the son of Joseph Barss and Elizabeth Crowell. His early training was on his father's ships and he became an expert ship's captain with an intimate knowledge of the trade and the seas from Labrador to the West Indies.
This is a list of historic places in the Region of Queens Municipality, Nova Scotia (the amalgamated Queens County, Nova Scotia). Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as:
Jane Hurshman Corkum (January 25, 1949 – February 22, 1992) was a Canadian woman best known for having killed her abusive husband Lamont William "Billy" Stafford in 1982, [1] and for being acquitted of his murder.