The Seven Years War came to an end in 1763. To the victor go the
spoils, and, in that year, France handed over her North American
territorial claims. Thus there was established a new government
under British control at Quebec. The existing governments of
Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, at the same time, were given
additional territory to govern. "Labrador, from St. John's River
to Hudson Bay, Anticosti, and the Magdalen Islands, were placed
under the jurisdiction of Newfoundland, and the islands of St.
John (Prince Edward Island), and Cape Breton (Ile Royale), with
the smaller islands adjacent thereto, were added to the
government of Nova Scotia."1 On September 26th, 1763, Montague
Wilmot was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. It was
with the arrival of Wilmot that records of civilian activities
were first begun. Prior to that date, as far as the English were
concerned, Nova Scotia was a military outpost consisting of
three forts: Annapolis Royal, Canso (ruined by the war) and
Halifax (built by the w