Roxbury is a small ghost town outside of Paradise, Nova Scotia.

Roxbury
Ghost town
Roxbury is located in Nova Scotia
Roxbury
Roxbury
Coordinates: 44°48′48″N 65°10′03″W / 44.8133°N 65.1676°W / 44.8133; -65.1676
CountryCanada
ProvinceNova Scotia
EstablishedMid-1800s (approximate)
Population
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History

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Legend has it that about sixty of the Acadian settlers took flight up the river and hid on the South Mountain to escape the Expulsion.[1] Their allies, the Mi’kmaq, raced on canoe from Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia to warn them what was coming in 1755.[2][3]

Lost Acadian Gold

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Rumours persist that the fleeing Acadians left stashes of gold under Mile Rock on Roxbury Road,

Development

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The Acadians had expanded the Mi’kmaq toe-path into a lane, and the Loyalists made it a road off what’s now Route 201. By the mid-1800s, it had a population of about 70, with a school, a church and homes. A mill exported lumber to the railway station in Paradise. In the late 1800s Roxbury was a logging community with a population of several dozens, but the community ended after the face of the South Mountain was destroyed by a forest fire in 1903 and the community income was lost.[4]

 
Roxbury sign ca. 2006, part of stone wall in background

Cemetery

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  • Roxbury Cemetery
  • Hinds Family Cemetery

References

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  1. ^ Halifax Herald,1889
  2. ^ "Lost in the Woods". davewhitman.ca. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Walpole History of the Acadians in Walpole". www.walpolelibrary.org. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  4. ^ Attrie, Jon. "Roxbury". Archived from the original on 2014-04-06. Retrieved 2013-08-21.