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- On this date, the northwestern District of Cape Breton was divided into four townships - Canso, Port Hood, Ainslie and Margaree. A township was essentially a form of land division and local administration established during the British colonial settlement era of the 18th century, sometimes referred to as the Virginia county model.
. A historical and statistical account of Nova Scotia. Halifax: Joseph Howe. Internet Archive.. Also Paulsen, Kenneth S.. “Lunenburg and the Formation of Local Government in Nova Scotia.” Planter Links: Community and Culture in Colonial Nova Scotia. Eds. Conrad, Margaret; Moody, Barry. Fredericton, N.B.: Acadiensis Press. 2001. Pp.144-)
John Wentworth would later inform the King of his displeasure over the dalliance, and Prince William was sent packing back to England. However, it was also known that Wentworth himself had a number of affairs during his tenure in Halifax. The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is located on the highest point of the Vimy Ridge, overlooking the Douai Plain. It was designed by monument sculptor, Walter S. Allward. Constructed over eleven years, it was unveiled by King Edward VIII on 26 July 1936. It is the centrepiece of a 100-hectare preserved battlefield park and is Canada's largest and principal overseas war memorial dedicated to all Canadians who had lost their lives in World War One.
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