Sambro, Nova Scotia
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Sambro is a rural fishing community on the Chebucto Peninsula in the Halifax Regional Municipality, in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is on the Atlantic Ocean at the head of Sambro Harbour, immediately west of the entrance to Halifax Harbour. Sambro is at the end of Route 306.
Sambro Island is within the community southeast of the harbour and is home to the Sambro Island Lighthouse, the oldest operational lighthouse in the Americas (since 1758). It stands Script error: No such module "convert". on the top of the rocky island. The original lens from the lighthouse is on display at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax.
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Sambro Harbour also has a small pepperpot style lighthouse located at the harbour entrance.
Etymology
Sesambre, "an island thus named by some Mallouins, distant 15 leagues from La Héve," says Champlain. Laverdière thus explains the name: "In remembrance of a small island of that name which lies in front of St. Malo (now Cézembre). Sésambre became S. Sambre; and the English sailors, who are not greatly devoted to the saints, have called it simply Sambro.
- 1612: Sesembre
- 1660: Sesembre
- 1733: Sambro (British)
- 1741: Sambro (British)
- 1744: Sincembre
- 1747: Cincembre
- 1753: Sincembre
- 1755: Sambro
- 1761: Sincembre
- 1761: Sambro
Mi'kmaq: Meseebakun.uk (`the constant mocker`)
History
Three years after the founding of Halifax in 1752, 26 families settled and worked on Sambro Island after Governor Edward Cornwallis saw the need to populate the area with British settlers to prevent a French attack by sea. The community has evolved into a fishing and tourist community over the centuries, although many residents currently commute into Halifax for employment.
On 13 May 1759, Major John Moncrief met Admiral Holmes off of Cape Sambro with two ships, Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., before proceeding to Louisbourg, then Quebec, leading up to the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in the Seven Years' War.[1]
During the American Revolution, Sambro witnessed numerous naval battles, such as the Battle off Halifax. On 10 July 1780, the British privateer Resolution (16 guns) under the command of Thomas Ross engaged the American privateer Viper (16 guns) off of Halifax at Sambro Light. There was another engagement, described as "one of the bloodiest battles in the history of privateering". The two privateers began a "severe engagement",[2] in which each pounded the other with cannon fire for about 90 minutes.[3] The death toll was 18 British and 33 Americans.Template:Efn
On 1 September 1782 the American privateer Wasp sailed to Pennant Point where they were confronted by three men from Sambro who fired on them, killing one of his crew and wounding three others including Captain Thomas Thompson. Captain Perry took command of the vessel and the privateers took one of the Sambro men prisoner. The privateers buried their crew member on an island in Pennant Bay. They then began their return to Massachusetts by rowing to West Dover, Nova Scotia and then on to Cross Island ("Croo Island") just off Lunenburg ("Malegash").[4]
During the American Civil War, Sambro played a pivotal role in the Chesapeake Affair. A Union vessel was stolen by a crew Confederate sympathisers who were loading the vessel with coal at Sambro for the journey to the Confederate states. Union Navy warships intercepted the vessel and eventually took it to Halifax.
Shipwrecks
In World War I, on 2 July 1918 SS City of Vienna hit the rocks on Sambro Island. All on-board were rescued.[5] On 5 August 1918 the British tanker Luz Blanca was hit by a torpedo fired by the German U-boat Template:SMU on her way to Halifax. Her crew took to the lifeboats and began rowing for the Sambro light, Script error: No such module "convert". away. All survived
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See also
Notes
Citations
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