Plymouths around the world

Canada

Plymouth/Plymouth Park: Pictou County, Nova Scotia

Plymouth (and Plymouth Park; these place names have been used interchangeably for many years) is a small rural community on the outskirts of Stellarton with an agricultural and mining heritage, although the Westray mine was closed in 1992 following an explosion in which 26 miners were killed. The community dates from 1783 when Colin McKenzie, a Scottish immigrant, was granted 350 acres on the East River. The settlement was originally known as Irishtown, but was changed to Plymouth in 1873 when Irishtown and Churchtown merged. Although now indistinct communities, both Plymouth and Plymouth Park had recorded populations in 1956 of 291 and 157 respectively.

• Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library, linking to the Stellarton branch, used by Plymouth residents

Plymouth: Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia

Yarmouth County, on the southern tip of Nova Scotia and dating from 1836, is split into two municipalities. The small mining community of Plymouth, which dates from 1758, is in Argyle Municipality (pop. 8,500), and is about half a mile from the town of Wedgeport up the Tusket River. The banks of the river are the only known habitat of the Plymouth Gentian flower.

• Information about Argyle Municipality
• Western Counties Regional Library

Plympton: Digby County, Nova Scotia

Digby County, located on the south west coast of Nova Scotia and founded in 1837, is split into two municipalities. Plympton, on the coast, and nearby Plympton Station (pop. 375) are in the Municipality of Digby (pop. 8,200).

• Information about Digby Municipality
• Western Counties Regional Library

Plympton-Wyoming: Lambton County, Ontario

The municipality of Plympton-Wyoming (pop. 7,100) on the shore of Lake Huron close to the border with the USA, was created on 1 January 2001 with the amalgamation of the village of Wyoming and nearby Plympton Township, which dates from at least the early nineteenth century. On 30 May 1849, the County of Lambton was officially declared to include 10 Townships, one of which was Plympton.

• Information about Plympton-Wyoming
• Wyoming branch of the Lambton County Library