Nova Scotia Archives

Gideon White Family Papers

The virtual exhibit presented here re-creates, through archival photographs, documentary art and early maps, the town of Shelburne that Gideon White and his family knew and helped to build. A little historical background may help in exploring this visual reminder of Loyalist Shelburne... read more

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''Capt. Gideon White, 1754-1833, of Shelburne, N.S.''

Artist: R. Cosway

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Photo Collection: People: White, Gideon

Plan of Shelburne

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Map Collection: V7-1784: Shelburne

"Plan of 35 Acres of Land laid out on Point Carleton for John King & Isaac Wilkins"

Date: 20 April 1786

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 20, Series C, Vol. 93, No. 43

Plan of Port Roseway Harbour

Date: 12 July 1798

Reference: A New Chart of the Coast of Nova Scotia...by Captain Holland Nova Scotia Archives Map Collection: 239-1798

''Old Willow Planted about 1790''

Artist: A.P. Bruce [Mrs. Annie Bruce]

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Photo Collection: Marion Robertson fonds, 1995-88, No. 9

Governor John Parr (1725-1791)

Photographer: Ernest Cooke, Plymouth [England]

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Photo Collection: People: Parr, General, Governor of Nova Scotia

''Old Firth House built 1785 it was in this house that Gov. Parr named Shelburne, N.S.''

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Walter Deinger Collection, 1995-4, no. 57

''A Black Wood Cutter at Shelburne, Nova Scotia''

Date: 1788

Artist: W. Booth

Reference: Library and Archives of Canada, W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana: C-040162.