Scottish ship Hector

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Raven

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A picture I took of the replica of the Scottish ship Hector that brought settlers
to Nova Scotia in 1773. The ship landed at Brown's Point in Pictou Harbour
with 189 Scottish Highlanders aboard.




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The Hector Heritage Quay and Hector Country Store are interesting to visit.
Nearby some streets have been given surnames of passengers on the ship.
It is hard to imagine the harsh conditions on the voyage and when they arrived.

It's interesting Ameriscot that you can see Greenock where some of these hardy and hard
working souls came from.
 
Raven said:
The Hector Heritage Quay and Hector Country Store are interesting to visit.
Nearby some streets have been given surnames of passengers on the ship.
It is hard to imagine the harsh conditions on the voyage and when they arrived.

It's interesting Ameriscot that you can see Greenock where some of these hardy and hard
working souls came from.
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Greenock is only about 20 miles from Glasgow. It has a lot of fine old houses as Greenock was big in shipbuilding, sugar and chocolate. It's a ferry ride away for us. It's also in one of those pockets of Catholics that you find in Scotland, instead of Church of Scotland which is Presbyterian.
 
Ameriscot, thanks for the information. My ancestors came from Scotland to Pictou on a later
ship so I like to find out as much as I can about where the settlers came from.
 
Raven said:
Ameriscot, thanks for the information. My ancestors came from Scotland to Pictou on a later
ship so I like to find out as much as I can about where the settlers came from.
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Would be interesting to find out exactly where they came from.
 

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