Welcome to Atlantic Canada’s Hidden Histories Geotour Part 2!
You’ve located another stop in this set of geocaches that are part of the Atlantic Canada’s Hidden Histories 2 GeoTour. Find the 9 geocaches which are located in Nova Scotia and earn a Geocoin.
About this location:
In 1796 almost 600 Maroons were deported from Jamaica to Nova Scotia, following their rebellion against the colonial government. They worked on the third fortification at the Citadel in Halifax and on Government House, and performed other manual labour. They also attempted to farm. However, like the previous occupants of the poor, rocky land at Preston, they had little success. The Maroons found farming in Nova Scotia difficult, especially as the climate prevented the growing of familiar food crops such as pineapples, bananas, yams, and cocoa. A small number interested in farming were resettled from Preston to Boydville (Maroon Hill, Halifax County). Lieutenant Governor Sir John Wentworth attempted to change the Maroons’ culture by introducing them to Christianity. However, the Maroons were not interested in giving up their own religion and would not work for less than the wages a white person would receive. In 1800 virtually all of the Maroons took advantage of the opportunity provided by the Sierra Leone Company to emigrate to Sierra Leone.
More About the Geotour
You’ve located a stop in the ACHH Geotour, which as of Oct 21st, 2023 consists of 27 geocaches divided into two phases. Initially launched in July of 2022, this Geotour aims to highlight various diverse and sometimes relatively unknown histories in Atlantic Canada. It will continue to grow. The first 2 phases of the tour highlight Black History in Atlantic Canada. In Phase 1 there are two segments with six locations in New Brunswick, and eight locations in Nova Scotia. Each of these segments has their own geocoin and passport, the link for which is provided in relevant cache descriptions. Caches in Phase 1 start with ACHH: in their name. Caches in Phase 2 start with ACHH2: in their name. This cache is part of Phase 2.
In order to participate in the Tour, you will obtain a passport that you will take with you as you visit each location. When you find the geocache, in addition to signing the log sheet, you must sign your passport with the included passcode (under the geocache container lid at each location). Once you have a completed passport, you can submit it to receive your geocoin.
To learn more about Atlantic Canada’s Hidden Histories GeoTour, visit the website.
You can download the Nova Scotia passport: pdf.
You may pick up your Nova Scotia geocoin by making an appointment with (or mailing to) :
Kirrily Freeman
Professor, History Department
Director, Outreach and Experiential Learning, Faculty of Arts
923 Robie St,Saint Mary's University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3C4
Kirrily.Freeman@smu.ca
Alternatively you may mail your completed passport to the address above and your geocoin will be mailed to you.
Atlantic Canada’s Hidden Histories GeoTour is a collaborative project between the City of Fredericton, National Trust for Canada, the Capital Region Association of Geocachers, Saint Mary's University, and the Association of Nova Scotia Geocaching. We acknowledge that caches of this tour are placed in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people. The territory of the Mi’kmaq people are recognized in the Peace and Friendship Treaties to establish an ongoing relationship of peace, friendship and mutual respect between equal nations.
