Diligent River

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Diligent River
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Diligent River
Location in Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 45°24′46.48″N64°27′35.21″W / 45.4129111°N 64.4597806°W / 45.4129111; -64.4597806
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
ProvinceFlag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia
Municipality Cumberland County
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
Postal code
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Area code 902
Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia

Diligent River is a rural community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. West of the town of Parrsboro, it shares its name with a river that makes up its southeast boundary, which itself flows into the Minas Basin. Diligent River is known for its vast blueberry fields that extend from the shoreline into the Cobequid Mountains.

History

Diligent River was founded by United Empire Loyalists in the late 1700s. [1] Among those loyalists was a Lieutenant Elizear Taylor, who along with his family and the other loyalists that had been granted land in the area that would become Diligent River constructed their settlement near the mouth of the Diligent River. In 1785 Governor Parr, the governor of the colony of Nova Scotia, visited the settlement and was impressed by the diligence of the loyalists. [2] Governor Parr then accordingly named the small hamlet Diligent River. [3]

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References

  1. "Diligent River". Nova Scotia. 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
  2. "Diligent River". Nova Scotia. 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
  3. "Diligent River". Nova Scotia. 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2022-06-06.