Hi Wallace I'm not sure. There is a town further up the Annapolis Basin (toward Annapolis Royal) that is called Bear River. I'm pretty sure they have their own river of that name which divides the town in half. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "wallacelowe" <wallacelowe@eastlink.ca> To: "Richard Hardwick" <RiHardwick@comcast.net>; "NS ednet list" <NSroots@ednet.ns.ca>; "NOVA-SCOTIA" <NOVA-SCOTIA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 5:14 AM Subject: Re: [NS-L] Name of River in Town of Digby > Bear River? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Hardwick" <RiHardwick@comcast.net> > To: "NS ednet list" <NSroots@ednet.ns.ca>; "NOVA-SCOTIA" > <NOVA-SCOTIA@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:08 AM > Subject: [NS-L] Name of River in Town of Digby > > >> Hello all >> >> There is a river in the southern part of the Town of Digby (Digby County) >> that appears to run north/south and eventually flows into "The Joggins" >> adjacent to the Annapolis Basin. The location of this river is identical >> to a river that shows up on the A F Church map of 1881 (I have a portion >> of this map) for the same area. It doesn't appear the river is named in >> the AF Church map. >> >> I spent a good hour last night "surfing the 'net" and looking at present >> day maps of Digby and Digby County, and while I could see this river on >> many maps, no maps gave a name to the river. >> >> Does anyone know the name of this river? I have a couple of ARMSTRONG >> relatives that lived on either side of this river back in 1881. >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> Richard Hardwick >> >> (Researching direct lines in Nova Scotia and New England - HARDWICK, >> ARMSTRONG, BARTEAUX, SPURR, HENDERSON, BLACKMAR, MARSH) >> RiHardwick@comcast.net >> ---------------------------------------- >> Basic List Commands: >> >> 1. To post to the list >> Send a message to: >> NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com >> >> 2. How to unsubscribe >> a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- >> request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word >> unsubscribe >> >> b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- >> request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word >> unsubscribe >> >> 3. How to subscribe >> Send an email containing only the word >> subscribe >> to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com >> >> 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 NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message