Shelburne
A town on the south-west coast of the province of Nova
Scotia; founded by United Empire Loyalists in 1783; first known as Port
Roseway. For a few years after its foundation the town grew at an
astonishing pace, and at one time "had a population larger than that of
Quebec and Montreal combined," but the locality afforded none of the
elements of permanent prosperity, and the bulk of the population drifted
to other parts of the province. =Index=: (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Town of, founded by
Loyalists, 263. =Bib.=: Haliburton, History of Nova Scotia; Sabine,
American Loyalists; Bourinot, Builders of Nova Scotia; Lovell,
Gazetteer of Canada.