Roxbury Ghost Town - Annapolis County, Nova Scotia - Ghost Towns on Waymarking.com

Legend has it that, following the Deportation of the Acadians, about sixty of the Acadian settlers took flight up the river and hid on the South Mountain (one place was said to have been an area near Paradise, now known as Roxbury, but none are thought to have survived the winter). There was also, on the point of what is now known as Roxbury Road, a very large Mi’kmaq Reserve. The Chief was the famous Paul Malti, who is mentioned in several histories of the area. The Mi’kmaq, were then, and still are, like the Acadians, mostly Roman Catholics.

In the late 1800's Roxbury was a logging community with a population of several dozens, until a poor supply of lumber and harsh winters forced people to reconsider settling in the area.

Reason for Abandonment: Economic Date Abandoned: 01/01/1910 Related Web Page: [Web Link]

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