Submitted by candiandave t3_z5o90b in boston
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humanzee70 t1_ixx6hiu wrote
Probably. Three of my grandparents came down from there. Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton. Many came down during the depression. There’s a Canadian American Club in Watertown that has music nights and other activities. I’m sure you could meet up with some fellow Nova Scotians there.
p53lifraumeni t1_ixx6uat wrote
There is at least one Nova Scotian tree that joins us each year. Does that count?
Snoo_97625 t1_ixx7vg1 wrote
My great great grandfather came down from Nova Scotia but I'm not aware of any nova scotians from these days. It's a big city I'm sure there's a few
QueenOfBrews t1_ixxc9jy wrote
I love that this dude has made separate threads for like 6 different questions today.
candiandave OP t1_ixxck5x wrote
Just feel like home bahhaaa
AlistairMackenzie t1_ixy0b67 wrote
My mother's side of the family came from Nova Scotia and PEI around 1900. There was a large community from Nova Scotia and PEI in Quincy, originally to work in the granite quarries and then later at the Fore River Ship Yard. Most of the immigration stopped around World War II. I don't think they were too sentimental about Nova Scotia back then, though. From what I heard it was kind of a grim place without a lot of economic opportunity.
Own-Suit5786 t1_ixy1ooq wrote
We have a simpatico relationship, but I don’t think we have a major population crossover. Not a lot of population here or there!
DoubleCafwithaTwist t1_ixz0iai wrote
A few years ago we were visiting Nova Scotia and went out to see some art studios. One older artist, upon finding out we were from Massachusetts, exclaimed "Oh! my family is from Haverhill!" The fact that he pronounced it correctly drove the point home. We asked him when his family moved to Nova Scotia, expecting him to say that his parents immigrated or that he had aunts and uncles still living there, or something.
No, his answer to "when did your family move" was "1783." They were Tories fleeing the Revolution. So when he and some friends visited Boston not long before our trip to NS, they gave a quiet "Three Cheers for King George!"
But he still considered himself "to be from Haverhill."
Foosball321 t1_iy1c4cw wrote
Neither of us are from Nova Scotia but my wife and I both went to STFX a few years ago!
candiandave OP t1_iy1icbp wrote
Good stuff !
sailortitan t1_iy1kisb wrote
Yep! They actually gather at the Canadian American Club in Watertown to some extent, there's Acadian/Cape Breton cultural events there:
No_Judge_3817 t1_ixx5qk5 wrote
*are there