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Weymouth
The town of Weymouth, divided about equally by the Sissiboo River, is one of the most prosperous and important inland
Ports in Western Nova Scotia. Situated in a valley along the river, and within speedy access to the ocean through
St, Mary's Bay, its admirable commercial facilities are being most efficiently and thoroughly developed . Both at the
Bridge and Point, shipbuilding and general commerce have been long prosecuted with much energy and success. The very
extensive and and numerous Mercantile Establishments , wholesale and retail , combined with the shipping interests,
are incalcuble blessing to the surrounding country. In addition to these advantages, the Western Counties Railway, from
Yarmouth to Annapolis, via Digby, passes through this pretty mart, surrounded both by beautiful scenery and the dainty
luxuries of life amid the lovely Sissiboo. On its western bank lies the quiet town plot of New Edinburgh, which was intended
by its founders to become the emporium of the region of "Six Owls." Views from table lands on either side are varied
and imposing.
The immediate derivation of the name "Weymouth" is perhaps a little obscure. Some trace it to the borough of Weymouth,
Dorsetshire, England; because the River Wey, on which latter town is built, resembles the "Sissibou". Others affirm it
was so named from Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, the former home of Weymouth's Pioneers. The author, after
consideration of both concludes that Weymouth, Massachusetts, was named from the borough in Old England; and our Weymouth
from the New England Town; hence, the derivation is directly from home of the Stricklands; and , therefore, secondarily
in honor of the olden Weymouth, so famous in annals of the Mother Land.
Isaiah W. Wilson.Geography and History of the County of Digby. Cha.1, p.8.
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