Roberts Island, in Nova Scotia
Roberts Island is a community located in the Yarmouth Municipal District of Yarmouth County in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Roberts Island is a community located in the Yarmouth Municipal District of Yarmouth County in Nova Scotia, Canada.
The island was called Île La Tour by Acadians, after Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour who had a trading post in this area. [1] A settlement on the island prior to the Acadian Expulsion was also known as "Ouikmakagan". [1]
The island is said to be the birthplace of the American dish pasta primavera. [2] In 1975, New York restaurateur Sirio Maccioni, then owner of the French restaurant Le Cirque, was visiting an estate on Roberts Island known as Shangri-La. [2] The estate was owned by Italian Baron Carlo Amato and his American wife, Lorraine Manville, who hosted several high profile visitors at Shangri-La, including Italian actresses Gina Lollobrigida and Sophia Loren. [2] The 600-acre estate featured a 270-acre mansion, wild boar hunting, a hedge maze, a domed pool and multiple guest homes. [3] [4]
In 2016, the Nature Conservancy of Canada acquired a 20-hectare site located on the west side of Lobster Bay, in which Roberts Island is situated. [5] About 20 percent of the site contains salt marshes that are inhabited year-round by American black ducks and are frequented seasonally by long-tailed ducks and green-winged teals. [5] The area serves as a home to white tailed deer, woodpeckers, songbirds, common goldeneye, surf scoters and geese. [6]
The endangered Eastern baccharis plant found within the Lobster Bay region is not found anywhere else in Canada and is more commonly found along the warmer East Coast of the United States. [6] At the time of the acquisition by the Nature Conservancy of Canada, approximately 3,000 to 3,200 of these plants were thought to exist within the bay, 20 to 30 of which were found in the protected area of Roberts Island. [5] [6] The forested area of the property also contains black and white spruce trees, as well as balsam fir. [5]
The Bay of Fundy is a bay between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine. It is an arm of the Gulf of Maine. Its tidal range is the highest in the world. The name is probably a corruption of the French word fendu, meaning 'split'.
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Events from the year 1748 in Canada.
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The Acadian Civil War (1635–1654) was fought between competing governors of the French province of Acadia. Governor Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour had been granted one area of territory by King Louis XIV, and Charles de Menou d'Aulnay had been granted another area. The divisions made by the king were geographically uninformed, and the two territories and their administrative centres overlapped. The conflict was intensified by personal animosity between the two governors, and came to an end when d'Aulnay successfully expelled la Tour from his holdings. D'Aulnay's success was effectively overturned after his death when la Tour married D'Aulnay's widow in 1653.
Southern Nova Scotia or the South Shore is a region of Nova Scotia, Canada. The area has no formal identity and is variously defined by geographic, county and other political boundaries. Statistics Canada, defines Southern Nova Scotia as an economic region, composed of Lunenburg County, Queens County, Shelburne County, Yarmouth County, and Digby County. According to Statistics Canada, the region had the highest decrease of population in Canada from 2009 to 2010, with a population decrease of 10.2 residents per thousand. The region also has the second-highest median age in Canada at 47.1 years old.
Carlo Camillo Amato Chiaramonte Bordonaro, more commonly known as Baron Carlo Amato, was an Italian-born aristocrat and businessman who lived in both Canada and the United States.
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