Advocate Harbour
Hi List,
I picked this up on another list and thought some of you "southerners"
might also be interested to read about Advocate.
Sandra Naehrig
REFERENCE; 'Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia
ADVOCATE, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, page 2
This community is located on Advocate Harbour near Cap d"Or. According to
tradition when the Loyalists landed here some persons suggested settling at
Apple River whereupon one of their number is supposed to have said, "I
advocate the selection of the Harbour," and the majority replied "that is a
good word and it is a good place. We will settle at the Harbour and we will
call it Advocate." If this incident actually took place it must have been
earlier for Advocate Harbour is on Morris's Map of 1767. It is also said
the the name was originally "Avocat." According to one account the
community was settled by six or seven retired Army officers with a body of
American Loyalists about 1778. According to another account one of the
first known settlers was Jacob Lynde who lived there briefly sometime
between 1761 and 1768. There was a school in the community by 1828. A way
office was established in 1842 and a Wesleyan Chapel was opened in 1858.
Advocate had a vigorous ship-building industry in the latter half of the
19th century, with a large number of brigs, barques, and schooners being
built from the 1840's to the 1890's. The population in 1956 was 336.