History of Presbytafanism

CHAPTER X.

GEORGETOWN.

This place was originally called Three Rivers, on account of its lying near the junction of three fine rivers on the southeast part of the island, viz.: Car— digan, Montague and Brudenell rivers. On each of these rivers a considerable amount of shipbuilding was carried on in the early history of the country, and now they are amongst the finest farming dis- tricts on the eastern part of the island. Georgetown is a beautiful, clean, healthy place. It has three churches—Presbyterian, Episcopalian and Roman Catholic—~good schools, large dwelling houses, well filled stores, a court house and a jail—the latter, to the credit of the town, is often without a tenant. The thriving little town of Montague, with its rapidly increasing trade, has of late years materially interfered with the growth and trade of Georgetown. The harbor of Georgetown is good and of easy ac— cess, having a fine, broad, deep entrance, with Boughton Island on the one hand and Panmore on the other.

The first settlers of Three Rivers (Georgetown) came from Dumfries, Scotland, in the year I774. The first Protestant minister who visited this place was Rev. Dr. McGregor, of Pictou, N. S. The date of this visit is given by Dr. Patterson in his memoirs of Dr. McGregor, as 1793. The doctor

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