Planter Studies Centre, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia Canada  

Cobequid Planters 250 Conference

11 June 2011

For more information, check out the conference poster or the website:

http://colchesterhistoreum.ca/planters250/

For Information on Upcoming Events, please go to: http://www.planter2010.com/

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Acadia University's Planter Studies Centre is a research institute focused on the 8000 New England residents who migrated to Nova Scotia between 1759 and 1774. Known as "Planters" (the old English term for colonists), they settled in townships throughout the frontier colony of Nova Scotia (which included the modern Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick). They were among the first anglophone immigrants to the mainland area of present-day Canada.

The Planter Studies Centre assists researchers in a variety of fields connected with Planter Studies. The Planters have often been overlooked by mainstream historians, and this makes Planter research all the more intriguing. Professional and amateur scholars alike explore Planter genealogy, music, literacy, gravestones, material culture (which includes architecture and artifacts), as well as economic history, religious history, family history, and political history.