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Liverpool, Queens County

"Port of Privateers",
Provincial Highway 103, Highway 3, Route 331

The history of the Community in Liverpool is a long one. Most families originally settled at Mersey Point, previously known as Black Point. Most of the early land allotments occurred between 1759 - 1765. One of these early landowners was an African woman named Barbara Cuffy. The marked graves of the city's Old Burial Ground (1760) on Main Street at Old Bridge St have been researched and documented. But the site contains many unmarked graves, most are the resting places of the town's early Black settlers. The Community is working to rectify this situation.

Western Head, on the outskirts of Liverpool is the birthplace of Terrence "Tiger" Warrington. A sign at Western Head honours this Queens County native honours the feats of this 1930s champion boxer.

 

Museums, Archives, Memorial Sites

Queens County Museum
109 Main Street , Liverpool, beside Perkins House.

A vast array of exhibits including African-Nova Scotian content.

 

Thomas Raddall Research Centre
109 Main Street

A genealogical research centre. Come search your Nova Scotian roots. Over 300 reels of microfilm.

Open year-round: June 1–October 15, Monday - Saturday; 9:30 am-5:30 pm, Sunday 1-5:30 pm
Off Season: : Monday - Saturday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Tel.: 1.902.354.4058

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