Hector (immigration ship)

*Hector*


Location	Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Type	Museum ship
Website	shiphector.ca

Port Royal established	1605
Conquest of Acadia	1710
Halifax established	1749
Bay of Fundy Campaign	1755
Fall of Louisbourg	1758
Representative Government established	1758
Halifax Treaties	1760–61
First significant Scottish immigration	1773
Battle of Fort Cumberland	1776
Birchtown established	1783
Capture of USS Chesapeake	1813
Freedom of the Press	1835
First Acadian MLA elected	1837
Responsible Government established	1848
‪Chesapeake Affair	1861
Co-op Movement begins	1861
‪Anti-Confederation Party elected	1867
Saxby Gale	1869
Launch of William D. Lawrence	1873
First airplane in the British Commonwealth	1909
Halifax Explosion	1917
Nova Scotia [Women's] Franchise Act	1918
Launch of Bluenose	1922
Coal Miners' Memorial Day	1925
Pugwash Conferences established	1957
Springhill mining disaster	1958
NS Human Rights Commission established	1967
Acadian Federation of Nova Scotia established	1968
Westray Mine explosion	1992
First Black MLA elected	1993
Mi'kmaq-Nova Scotia-Canada Tripartite Forum	1997
Viola Desmond Apology	2010

Hector was a ship that was part of the first significant migration of Scottish settlers to Nova Scotia in 1773. A replica of the original ship is located at the Hector Heritage Quay, a heritage centre run by local volunteers, in Pictou, Nova Scotia.