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Birthplace of Ice Hockey Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada - c. 1800 by Garth Vaughan © 2001 | |||
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Birthplace Long Pond Story
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Land Transfer Between King's
College and Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1842
" ...Whereas the said Governors, President and Fellows of King's College at Windsor in the Province of Nova Scotia are desirous of obtaining a part of the land of the said Thomas C. Haliburton called Clifton at Windsor aforesaid between the lands of the said College and the back street of Windsor aforesaid commonly called Chapel street (Note: now known as Albert Street) for the purpose of making a road for the use of said Governor, President and Fellows of King's College at Windsor in the Province of Nova Scotia... ...such parcel of land in exchange for an equal quantity of land belonging to said Governors, (etc.) King's College... ...adjoining the South Eastern boundary of the said lands of the said Thomas C. Haliburton... ...and also for consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money of the province (from King's to Haliburton)...in hand well and truly placed at or before the unsealing and delivery of these property... ...described as follows, beginning at the Public road leading to the Chapel and commonly called Chapel road and running along the devision line of the said Thomas C. Haliburton's land ...untill (until) it reaches the north Esatern angle of the College lands...thence South Westwardly along the Northern line of said lands...thence North Eastwardly...to a stake thence North sixteen degrees east...to a spruce...North...to a spruce stump...at the Eastern side of the deep cut for the Railroad of the said Thomas C. Haliburton...etc....untill (until) it strikes the Public road aforesaid and thence Eastwardly along the Southern side of said road to the place of beginning, Containing one acre two roods and seventeen perches... ...and also for consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money of the province (from Haliburton to King's)...in hand well and truly placed at or before the unsealing and delivery of these property... ...beginning on the line between the College lands and the property of the said Thomas C. Haliburton called Clifton...to the Western line of the College lands thence Northerly along last mentioned line...to the North Western angle of the College lands and thence North Eastwardly...to the place of beginning, Containing one acre two roods and seventeen perches... " |
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