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Digby is a Canadian town in southwestern Nova Scotia. It is the Administrative centre and largest population centre in Digby County. The town is situated on the western shore of the Annapolis Basin near the entrance to Digby Gut which connects the basin to the Bay of Fundy. Named after Admiral Robert Digby, RN, the town is famous for its scallop fishing fleet and the MV Fundy Rose ferry service connecting to Saint John, NB. == History == Digby was called Oositookun, meaning ear of land by the Mi'kmaq people. A small group of New England Planters settled in the area of the town in the 1760s naming it Conway 〔("Digby", ''Places and Placenames of Nova Scotia'' Nova Scotia Archives )〕 However Digby was formally settled and surveyed as a town in June 1783 by the United Empire Loyalists under the leadership of Sir Robert Digby. The town developed a sizable shipping fleet in the 19th century. One famous Digby vessel was the brigantine ''Dei Gratia'', which discovered the famous mystery ship ''Mary Celeste'' in 1872. The town became an important regional transportation centre in the 1890s with the arrival of the Dominion Atlantic Railway. Trains connected with a series of steamships such as the ''City of Monticello'' and later the SS ''Princess Helene''. Digby's history is preserved and interpreted by the Admiral Digby Museum, located facing the harbour in the historic Woodrow/Dakin home, one of oldest houses in the town 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Digby, Nova Scotia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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