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Once known as “Gentlemen’s Bridge,” Gibson Woods was renamed after the influential Gibson family who settled in the region.

Early documents record a Black settler by the name of George Gibson purchasing forty acres of land in 1804 for a king’s fortune of 40 pounds. Gibson died in 1847 at a healthy 93 years of age. It is believed that Gibson was a Black Loyalist. You can find Gibson Woods Community Centre and Gibson Woods United Baptist Church near Centreville.

Source:
African Nova Scotian Tourism Guide
Historical Black Settlements in Nova Scotia (Google Map)

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