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History of Ross Farm Museum

At Ross Farm you will learn about what life was like on a Nova Scotian farm between 100 and 175 years ago, Ross Farm is typical of the many small farms that existed throughout Nova Scotia when the province was still being settled.

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In 1816, William Ross was asked by the Earl of Dalhousie, the Governor of Nova Scotia, to take 172 disbanded soldiers and their families to establish a settlement called Sherbrooke (now New Ross). All of these disbanded soldiers were given grants of land.

Ross Farm Museum is located on 60 acres of the original 800 acre grant given to Captain Ross. Five generations of the Ross family have lived and worked on Ross Farm between 1816 and 1970, when the New Ross District Museum Society purchased the property. Even today many of the people who work at Ross Farm are descendants of early settlers in the area.

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