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Parrsboro is a Canadian town located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. The town is known for its port on the Minas Basin, the Ship's Company Theatre productions and the Fundy Geological Museum. ==History== Before the arrival of European settlers, Parrsboro was a portage point for Mikmaq travellers along the Minas Basin and Cumberland County river systems. The native inhabitants called the region "Awokum," meaning a 'short-cut' or 'passing-over point.'〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Nova Scotia Archives - Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia )〕 The first European settlers were the Acadians in 1670 at the western mouth of the Parrsboro Harbour, near Partridge Island. After they were expelled in 1755, they were replaced by New England Planters.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Ottawa House By-The-Sea Museum – Our History )〕 The centre of settlement gradually shifted from Partridge Island to the head of the harbour as the harbour and surrounding mills grew. The settlement, at first named Mill Village, was renamed Parrsboro in honour of Nova Scotia Governor John Parr in 1784, and the town was incorporated on July 15, 1889.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 History - Town of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia )〕 Parrsboro thrived in the mid 19th century as the hub of a string of shipbuilding communities from Economy to Advocate collectively known as the "Parrsboro Shore". The town became a port of registry in 1850 for over 115 locally built schooners as well as giant square riggers, culminating in the largest, the ship Glooscap in 1891. In its peak years of the 1890s, over 1646 ships arrived and departed annually.〔Stanley Spicer ''Sails of Fundy: The Schooners and Square-riggers of the Parrsboro Shore (Hantsport, NS: Lancelot Press, 1984), p.15〕 The Springhill and Parrsboro Railway began service to the town from the coal mining town of Springhill on July 1, 1877; Parrsboro became a coal shipping port for the Springhill mines, primarily serving Saint John, New Brunswick. Railway service to Parrsboro was abandoned on June 14, 1958, following several years of declining shipments, several months before the 1958 mining disaster.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Historical Timeline - Town of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia )〕 Throughout the late 19th century and first four decades of the twentieth century, Parrsboro saw daily ferry service across the Minas Basin to the Annapolis Valley ports of Kingsport and Wolfville. The 13th and final vessel in this service, operated by the Dominion Atlantic Railway, was the MV ''Kipawo'', which is now permanently beached at Parrsboro and incorporated into the Ship's Company Theatre performance centre.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Kipawo )〕 A Handley Page V/1500 named ''Atlantic'' made a forced landing in Parrsboro July 5, 1919. When the starboard engine failed the pilot, Major Brackley saw the lights of the town during the night and landed. After three months, the aircraft was repaired and departed for Greenport, New York, Parrsboro's sister town.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 The Handley Page, Parrsboro, N.S., Page 1 )〕 The local Air Cadet Squadron, 689 Handley Page, is named after this event. On April 10, 1984, Parrsboro resident Eldon George located the world's smallest dinosaur footprints at Wasson Bluff, a series of cliffs to the east of Parrsboro Harbour. The prints are now on display at the Parrsboro Rock and Mineral Shop and Museum, owned by George.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Tim Fedak )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Parrsboro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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