Dayspring, Nova Scotia

Dayspring in Nova Scotia

Dayspring is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Lunenburg Municipal District in Lunenburg County. It is home to the traditional wooden shipyard, Snyders Shipbuilding, builders of Theodore Too, among many other vessels .

During the French and Indian War, there were a number of Mi'kmaq and Acadian raids on the newly arrived protestant settlers on the Lunenburg Peninsula. By the end of May 1758, many of those on the Lunenburg Peninsula abandoned their farms and retreated to the protection of the fortifications around the town of Lunenburg, losing the season for sowing their grain.^[1] For those that did not leave their farms for the town, the number of raids intensified.

During the summer of 1758, there were four raids on the Lunenburg Peninsula. On 13 July 1758, one person on the LaHave River at Dayspring was killed and another seriously wounded by a member of the Labrador family.^[2]

Endnotes

1. ^ Bell. Foreign Protestants. p. 510
2. ^ Bell, p. 510

Coordinates: 44°21′52.58″N 64°28′51.57″W / 44.3646056°N 64.4809917°W / 44.3646056; -64.4809917 (Dayspring, Nova Scotia)

References

• Dayspring on Destination Nova Scotia