Source: Raddall, Thomas H., Halifax, Warden of the North, McLelland & Stewart Limited, Toronto 1946 p. 40 - The "Dutch" folk were settled on a pair of rough lanes running north from the Cidadel slope which they called Brunswick and Gottingen. Later immigrants were granted land on the peninsula as far out as the isthmus. (the narrow strip of land between the North West Arm and Fairview Cove on Bedford Basin.) To protect them Cornwallis built three blockhouses at intervals from Bedford Basin to the head of the North West Arm, connected by a narrow military road which was patrolled by redcoats and rangers of the garrison. The south blockhouse stood in what is now the angle of Chebucto Road and Armdale Road, nearly opposite the entrance to Simpson's department store. The central blockhouse stood in what is now the north angle Bayers Road and Cannaught Avenue. The north blockhouse was near the present entrance to Fairview cemetery on Windsor Street, and the central driveway of the cemetery is all that remains of the old military road.

Thank you John -- another most helpful contribution. This passage from Raddall really seems to pin down very clearly the meaning of "Block House and the Isthmus". I must try to find my copy! I also found a few interesting hits by googling on the following string: halifax ns "dutch village" history german One was this file: http://suburbs.planning.dal.ca/Docs/Fairview%20Community%20Profile.pdf which has some useful history in its early parts. One sentence: "By 1763 land grants were created and Dutch Village was divided into nine properties to be used for agriculture." is illustrated by a sketch map of these original 9 properties, labelled by name (one of which I think is Deal). John Cordes On [2010-05-14 at 10:55pm] John D. Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > Source: Raddall, Thomas H., Halifax, Warden of the North, McLelland & > Stewart Limited, Toronto 1946 > p. 40 - The "Dutch" folk were settled on a pair of rough lanes running > north from the Cidadel slope which they called Brunswick and Gottingen. > Later immigrants were granted land on the peninsula as far out as the > isthmus. (the narrow strip of land between the North West Arm and > Fairview Cove on Bedford Basin.) To protect them Cornwallis built three > blockhouses at intervals from Bedford Basin to the head of the North > West Arm, connected by a narrow military road which was patrolled by > redcoats and rangers of the garrison. The south blockhouse stood in > what is now the angle of Chebucto Road and Armdale Road, nearly opposite > the entrance to Simpson's department store. The central blockhouse > stood in what is now the north angle Bayers Road and Cannaught Avenue. > The north blockhouse was near the present entrance to Fairview cemetery > on Windsor Street, and the central driveway of the cemetery is all that > remains of the old military road.

There are lots belonging to Edward, George and William Deal shown in Plate V of the 1878 Atlas opf Halifax, all bordering Dutch Village Road. The Atlas is downloadable from: http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=3933717&rec_nbr_list=3933717,3822078,191594,196055,3708420,3970975,3029402,3809355,105011,134962&back_url=(http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/results/arch?module=arch&Language=eng&FormName=from+MIKAN+Search+Results&PageNum=1&SortSpec=score+desc&Language=eng&QueryParser=lac_mikan&Sources=mikan&Archives=&SearchIn_1=&Operator_1=AND&SearchIn_2=&SearchInText_2=&Operator_2=AND&SearchIn_3=&SearchInText_3=&MaterialDateOperator=after&MaterialDate=&ResultCount=10&Media=&Level=&DigitalImages=&Source=&cainInd=&SearchInText_1=Atlas+Halifax) Sorry for the long URL, I can e-mail individual plates of specific wards to anyone interested. Jay Underwood Elmsdale NS >From Jay Underwood and Railfare*DC Books "Ghost Tracks": http://www.railfare.net/Ghost%20Tracks.html "From Folly to Fortune": http://www.railfare.net/FromFollyToFortune.html "Built for War": http://www.railfare.net/builtforwar.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Cordes" <[email protected]> To: "Nova Scotia List" <[email protected]> Cc: "LUNEN-Links" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [NS-L] Blockhouse at the Isthmus, Halifax > Thank you John -- another most helpful contribution. This > passage from Raddall really seems to pin down very clearly the > meaning of "Block House and the Isthmus". I must try to find > my copy! > > I also found a few interesting hits by googling on the > following string: > > halifax ns "dutch village" history german > > One was this file: > http://suburbs.planning.dal.ca/Docs/Fairview%20Community%20Profile.pdf > > which has some useful history in its early parts. > > One sentence: > > "By 1763 land grants were created and Dutch Village was divided > into nine properties to be used for agriculture." > > is illustrated by a sketch map of these original 9 > properties, labelled by name (one of which I think is Deal). > > John Cordes > > > > On [2010-05-14 at 10:55pm] John D. Wilson <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Source: Raddall, Thomas H., Halifax, Warden of the North, McLelland & >> Stewart Limited, Toronto 1946 >> p. 40 - The "Dutch" folk were settled on a pair of rough lanes running >> north from the Cidadel slope which they called Brunswick and Gottingen. >> Later immigrants were granted land on the peninsula as far out as the >> isthmus. (the narrow strip of land between the North West Arm and >> Fairview Cove on Bedford Basin.) To protect them Cornwallis built three >> blockhouses at intervals from Bedford Basin to the head of the North >> West Arm, connected by a narrow military road which was patrolled by >> redcoats and rangers of the garrison. The south blockhouse stood in >> what is now the angle of Chebucto Road and Armdale Road, nearly opposite >> the entrance to Simpson's department store. The central blockhouse >> stood in what is now the north angle Bayers Road and Cannaught Avenue. >> The north blockhouse was near the present entrance to Fairview cemetery >> on Windsor Street, and the central driveway of the cemetery is all that >> remains of the old military road. > > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > [email protected] > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Here is a map showing the placement of the patrol road and the blockhouses of 1751. My interest in this map has always been in the very top left corner where a little arrow points out the location of Three Mile House Inn where my great grandfather Nicholas Ward (born in Newport, Hants County) lived with his uncle Increase Ward who owned the inn beginning in 1830. http://www.blupete.com/Hist/NovaScotiaBk1/Part5/Maps/PennBlockHouses.htm Virginia (Ward) Bergmann Researching Hants County surnames: WARD, MOSHER, CALDWELL, LOWTHERS, BERRY > Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 22:48:43 -0300 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NS-L] Blockhouse at the Isthmus, Halifax > > Source: Raddall, Thomas H., Halifax, Warden of the North, McLelland & > Stewart Limited, Toronto 1946 > p. 40 - The "Dutch" folk were settled on a pair of rough lanes running > north from the Cidadel slope which they called Brunswick and Gottingen. > Later immigrants were granted land on the peninsula as far out as the > isthmus. (the narrow strip of land between the North West Arm and > Fairview Cove on Bedford Basin.) To protect them Cornwallis built three > blockhouses at intervals from Bedford Basin to the head of the North > West Arm, connected by a narrow military road which was patrolled by > redcoats and rangers of the garrison. The south blockhouse stood in > what is now the angle of Chebucto Road and Armdale Road, nearly opposite > the entrance to Simpson's department store. The central blockhouse > stood in what is now the north angle Bayers Road and Cannaught Avenue. > The north blockhouse was near the present entrance to Fairview cemetery > on Windsor Street, and the central driveway of the cemetery is all that > remains of the old military road. > > > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > [email protected] > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message