• Source: Queens County, Nova Scotia

      • Queens County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.


      History


      Liverpool, the county seat of Queens County, was founded in 1759 by the New England Planters. Founded for the most part by New England settlers, Liverpool maintained strong ties with the American colonies until the sudden outbreak of the American Revolution.
      On July 21, 1762 the Lieutenant Governor and Council of Nova Scotia declared that "the Townships of Liverpool, Barrington and Yarmouth together with the intermediate lands should be erected into a county by the name of Queens County". Parts of the new county were taken from Lunenburg County, which now lies to the northeast.
      In 1784, Shelburne County was formed in part from southwestern portions of Queens County. The new county boundaries were established by an Order-in-Council dated December 16, 1785.
      Queens County contains substantial portions of Kejimkujik National Park, including the main body of the park inland north of Caledonia and the Seaside Adjunct near Port Joli and Port Mouton.
      In 1996, the county's municipal government merged with the town of Liverpool to form the Region of Queens Municipality, thus the county is contiguous with the boundaries of the regional municipality, minus First Nations reserves.


      Demographics


      As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Queens County had a population of 10,501 living in 5,005 of its 6,705 total private dwellings, a change of 1.4% from its 2016 population of 10,351. With a land area of 2,393.44 km2 (924.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.4/km2 (11.4/sq mi) in 2021.


      Communities



      Regional municipalities
      Region of Queens Municipality
      Towns
      Liverpool
      Villages
      Caledonia
      Greenfield
      Reserves
      Ponhook Lake 10
      Wildcat 12


      See also



      List of lakes in Nova Scotia
      Black Lake listings within Nova Scotia.
      Royal eponyms in Canada


      References

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