Welsford, Kings, Nova Scotia Explained

Welsford is a small farming community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Kings County.

It is one of two communities in Nova Scotia named after Augustus Frederick Welsford, a Nova Scotian war hero in the Crimean War, the other being Welsford, Pictou County (see the Welsford-Parker Monument). Nestled at the base of Nova Scotia's North Mountain, Welsford stretches along Route 221. Welsford is the birthplace of the entrepreneur Alfred Fuller, the "Fuller Brush Man".[1]

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45.0871°N -64.7572°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/places/page.asp?ID=716 "Welsford", Place Names of Nova Scotia, Nova scotia Archives and Records Management