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ANNAPOLIS

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 64 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANNAPOLIS  , a See also:

town of Nova See also:Scotia, See also:capital of Annapolis See also:county and up to 1750 of the entire See also:peninsula of Nova Scotia; situated on an See also:arm of the See also:Bay of See also:Fundy, at the mouth of the Annapolis See also:river, 95 m . W. of See also:Halifax; and the See also:terminus of the See also:Windsor & Annapolis railway . Pop . (1901) 1019 . It is one of the See also:oldest settlements in See also:North See also:America, having been founded in 1604 by the See also:French, who called it See also:Port Royal . It was captured by the See also:British in 1710, and ceded to them by the treaty of See also:Utrecht in 1713, when the name was changed in See also:honour of See also:Queen See also:Anne . It possesses a See also:good See also:harbour, and the beauty of the surrounding See also:country makes it a favourite summer resort . The town is surrounded by See also:apple orchards and in May See also:miles of blossoming trees make a beautiful sight . The See also:fruit, which is excellent in quality, is the See also:principal export of the region .

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