Welcome
to Richmond County!
Welcome to Richmond County!
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When we listen to the news these days we often hear about the “global economy.” How people make their living may be affected by things that happen in another country. But the global economy isn’t something new. In fact, Richmond County was part of a global economy hundreds of years ago. People from many countries in Europe were interested in this area then. Some even fought people from their own countries to get a piece of Richmond County for themselves!
Of course, this area wasn’t always called Richmond County. Long ago, before Europeans arrived, Mi’kmaw people lived here. The land they lived in included all the Atlantic provinces and part of Quebec. They called their land Mi’kma’ki, or Mi’kmaq Homeland. They called Cape Breton Island Unama’kik.
The Richmond County area is an exciting place to learn about. If you know a lot about Richmond County, you know a lot about many things.
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