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DIGBY

Digby was founded in 1783 by Sir Robert Digby, a rear admiral in the British Navy. He was commissioned by Britain to remove United Empire Loyalists from America and bring them to Nova Scotia. Admiral Digby sailed approximately 1,500 Loyalists, via his ship" Atlanta," into the Annapolis Basin, landing them in a port at the western end of the Basin. Here, they established a settlement that later was named Digby in the Admiral's honour.

In the year 1900, Digby was incorporated as a town. Today, it has a population of about 2,300 people. The main industry here is scallop fishing and the growth industry is tourism.