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Antigonish (electoral District)
Antigonish may refer to: Places *Antigonish, Nova Scotia, a town in Nova Scotia, Canada *Municipality of the County of Antigonish, an incorporated county municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada * Antigonish (federal electoral district) * Antigonish (provincial electoral district), in Nova Scotia, Canada Other uses * Antigonish (poem), "Antigonish" (poem), 1899 poem by Hughes Mearns, also known as "The Little Man Who Wasn't There" * Antigonish Arena, in Nova Scotia, Canada * Antigonish Movement * Diocese of Antigonish, in the Roman Catholic Church * HMCS Antigonish, HMCS ''Antigonish'', a and {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Antigonish ( ; ) is a town in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The town is home to St. Francis Xavier University and the oldest continuous Highland games outside Scotland. It is approximately 160 kilometres (100 miles) northeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, the provincial capital. History Antigonish had been the location of an annual Mi'kmaq summer coastal community prior to European settlement. The original definition of the name has been lost as the Mi'kmaq language has undergone many revisions over the last two centuries. The first European settlement took place in 1784 when Lt. Colonel Timothy Hierlihy of the Royal Nova Scotia Volunteer Regiment received a large land grant surrounding Antigonish Harbour. Hierlihy and his party founded the Dorchester settlement, named for Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Sir Guy Carleton, who was Governor General of Canada and subsequently Lord Dorchester. Shortly after, Sgt Nathan Pushee of the Duke of Cumberland's Regiment se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality Of The County Of Antigonish
The Municipality of the County of Antigonish is a county municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It provides local government to the eponymous historical county, except for the Town of Antigonish, and two reserves: Pomquet and Afton 23, and Summerside 38. In the Canada 2016 Census the county had a population of 19,301, a change of from its 2011 population of 19,589. The municipality provides public works services such as rubbish collection, road works, fresh water, and wastewater. History Antigonish is from the Miꞌkmaq language and the meaning is uncertain. The first humans arrived in the area about 2500 years ago. Acadian colonists arrived in the early 1700s before being deported when the territory changed hands from the French Ancien Régime to the Kingdom of Great Britain. In the 1770s Scottish emigrants of the Highland Clearances arrived. Following the American Revolutionary War, United Empire Loyalists arrived. In second half of the 1800s, St. Francis Xavier University ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonish (federal Electoral District)
Antigonish was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917. It was created in the British North America Act, 1867. The federal riding was dissolved in 1914 into the riding of Antigonish—Guysborough. It consisted of the County of Antigonish. Geography This riding was set by the British North America Act, 1867 to consist of Antigonish County. The boundaries were not changed during the electoral redistributions of 1872, 1882, 1892 or 1903. This riding was dissolved into Antigonish—Guysborough during the 1914 redistribution. The county was legally defined in 1828 (as Sydney County) as: Commencing at a slate rock, on the Eastern side of the falls of the River Ekimsegam, and at a post and pile of stones marked on the west side CH on the Eastern side CS from thence running North twenty five miles and a quarter of a mile to a square post surrounded by a pile of stones marked SC on the east and HC o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonish (provincial Electoral District)
Antigonish is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It has existed since 1867 and is one of only four Nova Scotian districts that has existed continuously since Canadian Confederation. The district includes the community of Antigonish and the surrounding Antigonish County. It is bordered by Pictou East to the west, Guysborough-Sheet Harbour to its south, the Strait of Canso to the east, and the Northumberland Strait The Northumberland Strait (French: ''détroit de Northumberland'') is a strait in the southern part of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in eastern Canada. The strait is formed by Prince Edward Island and the gulf's eastern, southern, and western sho ... to the north. With the electoral boundary changes announced on September 12, 2012, the area east of Tracadie River is moved to the new riding of Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie.Elections Nova ScotiaElectoral Boundaries Commission F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonish (poem)
"Antigonish" is a poem by the American educator and poet William Hughes Mearns, written in 1899. It is also known as ''The Little Man Who Wasn't There'', and has been adapted in song under this title. History of the verse Inspired by reports of a ghost of a man roaming the stairs of a haunted house, in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada, the poem was originally part of a play called ''The Psyco-ed'', which William Hughes Mearns had written for an English class at Harvard University, circa 1899. In 1910, Mearns staged the play with the Plays and Players, an amateur theatrical group, and on March 27, 1922, the newspaper columnist Franklin Pierce Adams, F.P.A. printed the poem in "The Conning Tower", his column in the ''New York World''. Mearns subsequently wrote many parodies of this poem, giving them the general title of ''Later Antigonishes''. Editions of the verse In popular culture Music entries In 1939 "Antigonish" was adapted as a popular song titled "The Little Man Who Was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonish Arena
Antigonish Arena is a 2,290-seat multi-purpose arena in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is home to the Junior B Antigonish Bulldogs hockey team. The arena was home to the St. Francis Xavier X-Men and X-Women hockey teams before they moved into a new on-campus arena An arena is a large enclosed venue, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, Music, musical performances or Sport, sporting events. It comprises a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for specta .... External links Official website* https://web.archive.org/web/20080517162518/http://www.freewebs.com/mjahl/antigonish.htm St. Francis Xavier X-Men ice hockey Ice hockey venues in Nova Scotia Antigonish, Nova Scotia St. Francis Xavier X-Women ice hockey University sports venues in Canada {{canada-icehockey-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonish Movement
The Antigonish Movement blended adult education, co-operatives, microfinance and rural community development to help small, resource-based communities around Canada's Maritimes to improve their economic and social circumstances. A group of priests and educators, including Father Jimmy Tompkins, Father Moses Coady, Rev. Hugh MacPherson and A.B. MacDonald led this movement from a base at the ''Extension Department'' at St. Francis Xavier University (St. F.X.) in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. The credit union systems of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI owe their origins to the Antigonish Movement, which also had an important influence on other provincial systems across Canada. The Coady International Institute at St. F.X. has been instrumental in developing credit unions and in asset-based community development initiatives in developing countries ever since. Goals As educators and priests, the leaders of the Antigonish Movement were primarily concerned with human and spiritual d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Antigonish
The Diocese of Antigonish () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Nova Scotia, Canada. Its current diocesan ordinary is Wayne Joseph Kirkpatrick. History The Diocese was established on 22 September 1844, under the name of the Diocese of Arichat, on territory split off from the Diocese of Halifax. Its proto-cathedral (now Église Notre Dame de l’Assomption) was located on Cape Breton Island, in the port town of Arichat. In both Scottish and Canadian folklore, the first ordinary of the Diocese, Bishop William Fraser of Strathglass, is a folk hero. He is said to have been a man of enormous physical strength and to have been able to break steel horseshoes with his bare hands. On both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, many legends have been collected of the Bishop's exploits. On 23 August 1886, the diocese was renamed the Diocese of Antigonish, and its episcopal see moved to St. Ninian's Cathedral, on the Nova Scotia mainland in the tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
