Communities of Clare

Almost equidistant between Yarmouth and Digby, this village was first called Clare, but later renamed for early settlers, the Comeau family, the dominant family name in the area.

In French, “une concession” is a grant of land. In 1799 a concession was granted to Major François Comeau and associates, in the middle of what was then Clare.

The first settlers were Mathurin McCollough and Germain Corporon who arrived in 1829.

Probably so named because it is the most easterly village in Clare.

The village is named after the plentiful soft-shell and bar clams found in the large tidal mud flats at low tide. ‘Grosse’ is French for large and ‘coque’ means clam.

Named for William Hassett, foreman of a group of Irish lumbermen who settled by the first falls of the Sissiboo River around 1828.

The name was given by Irish settler Patrick Nowlan for Sir Henry Havelock, who distinguished himself in the Indian Mutiny in Lucknow in 1857.

Founded by Bonaventure Deveau and his wife Sophie in 1843.