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A modern day questRemsheg land grant includes 20,000 acres of land fronting on the Northumberland Strait, in Northern Nova Scotia
Beginning at a white Birch on the North Side the River...
Exact Wording from the Loyalist Grant:
"George the Third, by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith and so forth,
To all these present shall come Greetings,
Know ye that we, of our special Grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, have given and granted,and by these present for us, our Heirs and Successors, do give and grant unto.......each of them and unto each and every of their several prospective Heirs, several alottements of land containing in the wholetwenty thousand three hundred acrers, It comprehended with in the districtshere in after described that is situated, lying along on the harbour of Remsheg and Tatamagouche within the County of Cumberland and the Province of Nova Scotia..... and founded as follows , Beginning at a white Birch on the North Side the River that empties into Tatamagouche Harbour thence to run North...... "
It was the intension of Museum workers and volunteers to find and mark the beginning point of the 1783 survey
Credits:Amos Grant, Jim Reeves, Ken Tattrie
David Dewar
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Loyalists coming to Remsheg found small areas of rich marshland once cultivated by the Acadians15 August 2012
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The Remsheg grant covered over 20,000 acres in Northern Nova Scotia. The survey for the 109 farm lots in the Remsheg grant starts at a point on a river that drains into Tatamagouche Bay. The river was later named the Dewar River4
A map showing the land in the Remsheg area granted by the British Government to the Refugees.
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Amos Grant mapping the Remsheg Loyalist grant.25 August 2012
Wallace and Area Museum
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Careful Measurements to find the spot where the White Birch stood for the corner of lot #1in 178415 August 2012
Remsheg land grant includes 20,000 acres of land fronting on the Northumberland Strait, in Northern Nova Scotia
Credits:Amanda Aitchison
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Map research program15 August 2012
Wallace and Area Museum
Credits:Amanda Aitchison
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Museum workers Jim Reeves and Amos Grant searching for the corner marker of the Remsheg Grant.15 August 2012
Remsheg land grant includes 20,000 acres of land fronting on the Northumberland Strait, in Northern Nova Scotia
Credits:Amanda Aitchison
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Ken Tattrie, land owner, with museum employee AmosGrant, marking the corner lot of the Remsheg grant15 August 2012
Dewar River, Malagash
Credits:Jim Reeves
Amos Grant
Kenneth Tattrie
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White post shows site for Remsheg Grant corner marker of the 20 thousand three hundred acre property18th Century, 1783
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