“The Friends of Roxbury” is a support group dedicated to the preservation of local history and the promotion of it through interpretive signage. The signage was made possible through financial support from the Province of Nova Scotia (Communities, Culture and Heritage/Strategic Development Initiative Fund/Community Museum Assistance Program) and Dexter Construction. The Friends of Roxbury include: Jane and Steve Baskwill, Jean Francois Turbide and Helene Lavigne, the Paradise Women’s Institute, Anne Marie Pearle, Rick Hamilton, Ed Hamilton, David Clark, Bruce Gillis, Murray Freeman, Carroll Clark, Ian Herrington, Keith Veinott, Kevin Veinott, Tony Stultz and Dave and Paulette Whitman. |
The abandoned settlement of Roxbury, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, is situated about six kilometers south of Highway 201, near the Community of Paradise. There are highway signs on the eastern and western approaches indicating the “Roxbury Road”.
Roxbury or Durland’s Settlement, as it was originally known, was first inhabited by Mi’kmaq and then by French Acadians.
Thomas Durland was the first English Loyalist settler in Roxbury in the early 1800’s. He was soon followed by his brother, Charles.
Michael Hinds, Sr. married Charles’ daughter, Charlotte, and they lived in Roxbury. By 1865, there were fifteen families in the settlement with a population around sixty.
Roxbury had a school/church, post office, saw mill and grist mill. The last family (Thygesen) moved out of Roxbury in 1927.
For a complete history of the settlement of Roxbury, you could read, Lost in the Woods: The Lure and History of Roxbury by Dave Whitman.
Other books about Roxbury: Buried in the Woods by Mike Parker and Together in Time by Jane Baskwill.
Other references: Trails Nova Scotia by Michael Haines
NSCC Annapolis Valley Campus Cartography Digital Mapping
Interested in Geocaching? Visit the Waymarking website and find your way to Roxbury.
If you would like more information about visiting Roxbury, would like to know more about the research into the site or want to buy one of the books about Roxbury, you should contact Dave Whitman - E-mail address… [email protected]
Roxbury or Durland’s Settlement, as it was originally known, was first inhabited by Mi’kmaq and then by French Acadians.
Thomas Durland was the first English Loyalist settler in Roxbury in the early 1800’s. He was soon followed by his brother, Charles.
Michael Hinds, Sr. married Charles’ daughter, Charlotte, and they lived in Roxbury. By 1865, there were fifteen families in the settlement with a population around sixty.
Roxbury had a school/church, post office, saw mill and grist mill. The last family (Thygesen) moved out of Roxbury in 1927.
For a complete history of the settlement of Roxbury, you could read, Lost in the Woods: The Lure and History of Roxbury by Dave Whitman.
Other books about Roxbury: Buried in the Woods by Mike Parker and Together in Time by Jane Baskwill.
Other references: Trails Nova Scotia by Michael Haines
NSCC Annapolis Valley Campus Cartography Digital Mapping
Interested in Geocaching? Visit the Waymarking website and find your way to Roxbury.
If you would like more information about visiting Roxbury, would like to know more about the research into the site or want to buy one of the books about Roxbury, you should contact Dave Whitman - E-mail address… [email protected]