North Shore Archives Society

07/08/2026

North Shore Archives Society
NOTICE of NEW EMAIL ADDRESS
NEW EMAIL ADDRESS of the NORTH SHORE ARCHIVES in TATAMAGOUCHE is :
[email protected]

07/05/2026

SEMPLE'S CREEK, Brule, Colchester County, NS Named after the Semple family who settled in Brule.

07/01/2026

"Canada Day( July 1) is often informally referred to as "Canada's birthday", however, the term "birthday" can be seen as an oversimplification, as Canada Day is the anniversary of only one important national milestone on the way to the country's full sovereignty, namely the joining on July 1, 1867, of the United Province of Canada (Canada West became Ontario while Canada East became Quebec), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into a wider British federation of four provinces. Canada became a "kingdom in its own right" within the British Empire, and was commonly known then as the Dominion of Canada."

07/01/2026

06/15/2026

BATTLE of TATAMAGOUCHE BAY
JUNE 15, 1745
On June 15, 1745, three New England sloops intercepted a combined force of French, Huron and Mi’kmaq, who were attempting to leave Tatamagouche with supplies for Fortress Louisbourg. The ensuing British victory in what has become known as “The Battle of Tatamagouche” was yet another example of British naval supremacy in North America. This event demonstrated the inability of the French ships to supply their own forts in New France. In the end, for the French, this failure directly contributed to the fall of Louisbourg and the eventual defeat of their colonies in Quebec and Acadia. INSCRIPTION on MONUMENT (ADJACENT TO THE TATAMAGOUCHE LIBRARY)
NAVAL ENCOUNTER AT
TATAMAGOUCHE
(15TH JUNE 1745)

IN THIS HARBOUR, CAPT. DAVID
DONAHEW OF NEW ENGLAND WITH
THREE ARMED VESSELS SURPRISED
LIEUT. PAUL MARIN'S ALLIED FORCE
EN ROUTE FROM ANNAPOLIS ROYAL
TO LOUISBOURG. HE DROVE THEM
ASHORE, DISHEARTENED THE CANA-
DIAN INDIANS, AND PREVENTED THE
FRENCH AND MICMACS FROM REACH-
ING LOUISBOURG BEFORE ITS FALL.

( To read more about the Battle, google " History of Tatamagouche" by Frank Patterson, Chapter 3.
NOTE: The photo taken several years ago shows the former North Colchester High School in the background. The school has been replaced by Tatamagouche Regional Academy.

05/28/2026

Sharon United Church, Tatamagouche, NS .The congregation will be celebrating its 200th anniversary this year with festivities taking place in the fall.