Minudie
Community in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Minudie is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Cumberland County about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from River Hebert.
The name possibly derives from a Mi'kmaq word, "Menoodek", meaning "a small bay." A fanciful derivation for the name is "Main a Dieu", meaning "God's Hand." The Mi'kmaq word "Munoodek" means "a sack" or "a bag" and the name may have been derived from this word.[1]
Once a thriving town with a population peaking about 1870 at more than 600 people, Minudie today still has three churches but a population of just 20. Industries included shipbuilding, farming, lumbering and the manufacture of grindstones.[2] It was settled, dyked, and farmed by Acadians in the eighteenth century.[3] After the expulsion, the lands were granted to J.F.W. DesBarres, who leased it to displaced Acadians and others who farmed the marshlands, and cut grindstones along the shore.[4] Amos Seaman (1788–1864), the self-appointed "Grindstone King", assumed control of the grindstone quarries there about 1826 and was also largely responsible for the rest of the industries there as well.[5][6]
