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Stewiacke, Nova Scotia
History of Stewiacke In the early 1900’s the chief of the
Micmac’s at Millbrook said the native name for this place was
pronounced “Ah-seed-ee-a-waac” which means “place where the sands
move” which then slurred to “Stew-aack” then pronounced as we
pronounce it today. Waterways were the main means of travel for long
distances or transporting heavy loads until the late eighteenth
century. For the ones who traveled on foot, the Micmac trails
followed the ways making detours to important places. The trails
were given a name “Green Road”. The Trail was due north from where
the present highways now crosses Main Street to the river.
“Winding River” has been a subject of great length of research.
Apparently, it first appeared in a local newspaper in 1920. There
does not seem to be a connection between “Stewiacke” and “Winding
River”. However, it is possible that it was translated from the
French from “Siktaweak” to present “Stewiacke” “River of Shifting
Sands” is the first meaning.
The “Holesworth” house was built in 1839, which is the oldest
standing house and is located directly across from the Pharmasave.
The local phone system was owned by Alfred Dickie Lumber Company. By
1907, there were more than twenty phones in the area, which was
known as the Dickie Line. There were board sidewalks, which were
built mostly over the storm drains and on one side of the road. In
the early years, there was a one-room schoolhouse with two teachers.
The plebiscite favourable to the incorporation of the Town of
Stewiacke was held on August 11, 1906. The first meeting was held on
December 15 1906 in the old Chippawa Hall. In 1912 the Stewiacke
Electric Light and Power Company was given a charter to sell power
to the public in the town and during 1912, the first twenty electric
streetlights were installed.
The first Town Council in 1906 consisted of the following:
Stipendiary G.W. Marshall, Deputy Mayor H.D. Hawbolt, Mayor Alfred
Dickie, E.H. MacGregor, Fred Nelson, David Meadows, Milton Crowe,
Henry Taylor and Town Clerk Harry C. Campbell.
