NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK, 



SITUATION AND EXTENT. 

 Miles. Degrees. Sq. Mies* 



Length 350 :> b J 43 and 49 North latitude. > ^ Q 



Breadth 300 $ Detween £ 60 and 68 West longitude. 5 44,UUU 



Boundaries, divisions. ...Nova Scotia, or New Scotland, in the 

 original and more extensive application of the name, is bounded by 

 the river St. Lawrence on the north ; by the gulf of St. Lawrence, and 

 the Atlantic Ocean, on the east ; the same ocean, south ; and by Ca- 

 nada and New England, west. 



This country, in 1784, was divided into two provinces or govern- 

 ments, viz. Nova Scotia proper, and New Brunswick. Nova Sco- 

 tia proper is a peninsula, joined to the continent by a narrow isthmusp 

 at the north-east extremity of the bay of Fundy : it is separated on 

 the north-east from Cape Breton island by the gut of Canso ; on the 

 north it has a part of the gulf of St. Lawrence, and the straits of 

 Northumberland, which divide it from the island of St. John ; on the 

 west it has New Brunswick, and the bay of Fundy ; on the south and 

 south-east the Atlantic Ocean. Its length is about 307 miles from 

 Cape Sable on the south-west, to Cape Canso on the north-east. Its 

 extreme breadth is 154 miles ; but, between the head of Halifax har- 

 bour and the town of Windsor, it is only about 35 miles broad. 



New Brunswick is bounded on the west by the District of Maine, 

 on the north by Lower Canada, on the east by the gulf of St. Lawrence, 

 and straits of Northumberland, and on the south by Nova Scotia and 

 the Bay of Fundy. 



Nova Scotia is divided into nine counties, viz. Halifax, Hants, 

 King's, Annapolis, Cumberland, Queens, Mary's river, Shelburne v 

 and Sydney. These are divided into above 40 townships. 



Rivers.. ..The principal rivers in New Brunswick are St. John's, 

 which is navigable for vessels of fifty tons, about sixty miles ; and 

 St. Croix, which divides this province from the district of Maine, in 

 the United States. The river of Annapolis, in Nova Scotia propel*, 

 is navigable 15 miles for vessels of 100 tons. 



Metals, Minerals. ...Copper has been found at Gape D'Or, on the 

 north side of the basin of Minas, and there are mines of coal at Cum- 

 berland, and on the east river, which falls into Pictou harbour. Iron 

 ore abounds in the neighbourhood of Annapolis. 



Lakes. ...The lakes are numerous, but many of them have as yet 

 received no particular names. Grand Lake, near St. John's river, is 

 about 30 miles long, and 10 broad. Lake Rossignal, 20 miles S. E. 



