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It's not hard to guess how Quarry Island got its name!
It was one of a number of sites in #PictouCounty that were quarried for grindstones in the 1800s and 1900s.
Here's the history of quarrying on the island!
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Nova Scotia grindstones – round pieces of sandstone used for sharpening tools – were first extracted by Acadians starting around 1750 in #LowerCove and other sites on #ChignectoBay. They were the first grindstones extracted in #Canada.
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Lower Cove became the province’s biggest exporter of grindstones in the 1800s but between 1840-1865 Read, Seaman and Company operated numerous sandstone quarries in the vicinity of Pictou and Merigomish harbours.
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