Everything about Mount Hanley Nova Scotia totally explained
Mount Hanley is a
Canadian rural community in
Annapolis County,
Nova Scotia.
It is the birthplace of the famous mariner
Joshua Slocum.
Geography
Mount Hanley is located about nine kilometers northwest of the town of
Middleton. Mount Hanley occupies the north slope of the
North Mountain facing the
Bay of Fundy at an elevation of 150 metres above sea level.
History
The community was settled about 1784 mostly by
United Empire Loyalists and is thought to be named after Rev. Thomas Hanley Chipman, a leader of the surrounding Wilmot Township. The name is recorded in various sources as Handely, Hanly, and Handly. In the 19th century the community’s farms and sawmills prospered, finding ready markets for their goods shipping from the nearby harbours on the Bay of Fundy at Cottage Cove and Port George. The community at one time boasted sawmills, blacksmiths, a grist mill, a cheese factory, blacksmiths, post office and general store. Some agriculture and forestry remain today although most residents work at jobs in the
Annapolis Valley or are retired.
Landmarks
An original log school built in 1784 was replaced in 1850 and served until 1963 when rural schools were consolidated. The school is now the
Mount Hanley Schoolhouse Museum. A Baptist Church built in 1861 still sees seasonal services. Mount Hanley shares close links with the adjacent North Mountain communities of Outram, Port George and Moshers Corner and the four communities share a Recreational Centre at Port George.
Notable Residents
Mount Hanley was the birthplace on
February 20 1844 of
Joshua Slocum, the famous mariner who was the first to sail solo around the world and wrote the classic book
Sailing Alone Around the World. Slocum learned to read and write at Mount Hanley School where today his origins are commemorated by a plaque and displays at the
Mount Hanley Schoolhouse Museum. While at Mount Hanley, Slocum had his first experiences on the water on short schooner voyages from the near-by coves of Cottage Cove and Port George. He left Mount Hanley when he was eight years old when his family moved to
Brier Island. Mount Hanley is also the birthplace of Clara Belle Marshall, the first woman to graduate from
Acadia University in 1879.
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