page_title: History of Nova Scotia
section_title: Schools for the Deaf and the Blind established
hierarchical_section_title: History of Nova Scotia / Nineteenth century / Schools for the Deaf and the Blind established
caption_attribution_description: English: Monument School of the Deaf, Gottegen St., Halifax, Nova Scotia
context_page_description: Nova Scotia is a Canadian province located in Canada's Maritimes. In known history, the oldest known residents of the province are the Mi'kmaq people. During the first 150 years of European settlement, the region was claimed by France and a colony formed, primarily made up of Catholic Acadians and Mi'kmaq. This time period involved six wars in which the Mi'kmaq along with the French and some Acadians resisted the British invasion of the region. During Father Le Loutre's War, the capital was moved from Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, to the newly established Halifax, Nova Scotia. The warfare ended with the Burying the Hatchet ceremony. After the colonial wars, New England Planters and Foreign Protestants immigrated to Nova Scotia. After the American Revolution, Loyalists immigrated to the colony. During the nineteenth century, Nova Scotia became self-governing in 1848 and joined the Canadian Confederation in 1867.
  The colonial history of Nova Scotia includes the present-day Canadian Maritime provinces and northern Maine, all of which were at one time part of Nova Scotia. In 1763 Cape Breton Island and St. John's Island became part of Nova Scotia. In 1769, St.
context_section_description: The first school for the deaf in Atlantic Canada, the Halifax School for the Deaf,  was established on Göttingen St., Halifax (1856). The Halifax School for the Blind was opened on Morris Street in 1871. It was the first residential school for the blind in Canada.
caption: Monument - Halifax School for the Deaf, Göttingen St., Halifax, Nova Scotia
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