Diligent River

Diligent River is a rural community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. West of the town of Parrsboro, it shares its name with a river that makes up its southeast boundary, which itself flows into the Minas Basin. Diligent River is known for its vast blueberry fields that extend from the shoreline into the Cobequid Mountains.

Diligent River
Village
Diligent River is located in Nova Scotia
Diligent River
Diligent River
Location in Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 45°24′46.48″N 64°27′35.21″W
Country Canada
Province Nova Scotia
MunicipalityCumberland County
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
Postal code
B
Area code902
Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia

History

Diligent River was founded by United Empire Loyalists in the late 1700s.[1] Among those loyalists was a Lieutenant Elizear Taylor, who along with his family and the other loyalists that had been granted land in the area that would become Diligent River constructed their settlement near the mouth of the Diligent River. In 1785 Governor Parr, the governor of the colony of Nova Scotia, visited the settlement and was impressed by the diligence of the loyalists.[2] Governor Parr then accordingly named the small hamlet Diligent River.[3]

References
  1. "Diligent River". Nova Scotia. 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
  2. "Diligent River". Nova Scotia. 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
  3. "Diligent River". Nova Scotia. 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2022-06-06.


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