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Kempt Shore is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in The Municipality of the District of West Hants in Hants County.
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Map of Kempt Shore, NS, Canada
Origins of Name
Kempt Shore is named after General Sir James Kempt, who served as Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia from 1820 - 28. There had been a few Acadian families living in this area prior to the Expulsion in 1755. British settlers arrived to take over the lands in the early 19th Century.
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Kempt Shore, Nova Scotia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA