Editing Digby County, Nova Scotia (section)

==History==
It was named after the Township of Digby; this was named in honour of Rear Admiral [[Robert Digby (admiral)|Robert Digby]], who dispatched [[HMS Atalanta (1775)|HMS ''Atalanta'']] to convey Loyalists from [[New York City]] in the spring of 1783 to Conway, which became known as Digby, as part of their evacuation and resettlement following the American Revolutionary War. The Crown resettled thousands of Loyalists in Nova Scotia and other areas of Canada.  Digby County was established in 1837. Previously, from August 17, 1759, when Nova Scotia was first divided into counties, this area had been part of [[Annapolis County, Nova Scotia|Annapolis County]].

In 1861, Digby County was divided into two sessional districts: [[Digby, Nova Scotia (municipal district)|Digby]] and [[Clare, Nova Scotia|Clare]]. These were eventually incorporated as [[List of municipalities in Nova Scotia#District municipalities|district municipalities]] in 1879.

In addition to these two district municipalities, the county contains the [[Digby, Nova Scotia|Town of Digby]] and part of the [[Bear River 6, Nova Scotia|Bear River]] Indian (First Nations) reserve. Also, there is [[Digby Neck]] leading into the [[Bay of Fundy]] to [[Long Island, Nova Scotia|Long Island]] and [[Brier Island]].