| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| Antigonish |
( n´´t g nsh´) (KEY) , town (1991 pop. 4,924), N central N.S., Canada, on an inlet of St. Georges Bay. The town was founded in 1784 by disbanded British soldiers and later settled by Highland Scots. It is known for the Antigonish Movement, a cooperative movement promoted in the 1920s and 30s by St. Francis Xavier Univ. |
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