Welsford, Kings, Nova Scotia

Welsford is a small farming community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Kings County.

Welsford-Parker Monument, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Welsford in Nova Scotia

It is one of two communities in Nova Scotia named after Augustus Frederick Welsford, a Nova Scotian war hero in the Crimean War, the other being Welsford, Pictou County (see the Welsford-Parker Monument). Nestled at the base of Nova Scotia's North Mountain, Welsford stretches along Route 221. Welsford is the birthplace of the entrepreneur Alfred Fuller, the "Fuller Brush Man".[1]

References
  1. "Welsford", Place Names of Nova Scotia, Nova scotia Archives and Records Management


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