Lawrencetown (1986 population: 2,680) is a Canadianruralcommunity in theHalifax Regional Municipality inNova Scotia, Canada. The settlement was established during the eve ofFather Le Loutre's War and at the beginning of theFrench and Indian War.

Father Le Loutre's War began whenEdward Cornwallis arrived to establishHalifax with 13 transports on June 21, 1749.^[1] To guard against Mi'kmaq, Acadian and French attacks on the new Protestant settlements, British fortifications were erected in Halifax (1749), Bedford (Fort Sackville) (1749), Dartmouth (1750),Lunenburg (1753) and Lawrencetown (1754).

In 1754,Nova Scotia'sLieutenant GovernorCharles Lawrence, offered land grants to twenty families, who referred to their settlement as Lawrence's Town, which became Lawrencetown. The Acadians and natives resisted the British occupation of Nova Scotia and Acadia by raiding the various communities. In late April 1754, at the outbreak of theFrench and Indian War,Joseph Broussard and a large band of Mi'kmaq and Acadians left Chignecto for Lawrencetown. They arrived in mid-May and in the night opened fire on the village. Broussard killed and scalped four British settlers and two soldiers. By August, as the raids continued, the residents and soldiers were withdrawn to Halifax.^[2] By June 1757, the settlers had to be withdrawn completely again from the settlement of Lawrencetown because the number of Indian raids eventually prevented settlers from leaving their houses.^[3][4] (Throughout the war, the Mi'kmaq and Acadian militias were also successful in containing the British settlements ofDartmouth,Lunenburg as well asFort Edward andFort Sackville.)

It is located on theEastern Shore, 8 kilometres due east of the entrance toHalifax Harbour.

The community name of Lawrencetown was adopted on October 4, 1921, but changed to 'East Lawrencetown' on July 3, 1952. It was reinstated as Lawrencetown on April 5, 1961.

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Lawrencetown inNova Scotia

• Lesley Choyce, author, professor, and TV host.
• Captain Parker of theWelsford-Parker Monument

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