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Liverpool ( town located along Nova Scotia 's South Shore . It is located in Queens County . GEOGRAPHY The town is located on the Atlantic coast at the mouth of the Mersey River . Its coordinates are . HISTORY Liverpool was founded as a fishing port in 1759 , and named after Liverpool in England —which also lies on a Mersey River. The town only grew to prominence after the American Revolutionary War when it was populated by Loyalist refugees. During the war, Liverpool was used by Privateers who preyed on American shipping off Nova Scotia's and New England's coasts. An eye-witness account of this period can be found in the published diaries of Simeon Perkins , an important merchant in early Liverpool. During the 19th Century the town became a major seaport as the fishing and ship building industries grew. The town also became a leading exporter of timber which was floated down the Mersey River (Called Rivière Rossignol by the Acadians) from the inland forests. The introduction of Steam Shipping and the collapse of the local Bank of Liverpool in 1871 severely hurt the town's economy and it went into a long decline. Its fortunes were temporarily revived in the 1920s when it became a centre for Rum-runners exporting alcohol to the United States during Prohibition . ECONOMY Tourism has become increasingly important to Liverpool and the South Shore in recent decades, particularly as tourists travel the Lighthouse Route scenic drive between the ferry port at Yarmouth to Halifax . Liverpool has also become a cottaging destination during the summer months for residents of Halifax. Liverpool's largest employer is a Bowater Paper Company Pulp Mill in nearby Brooklyn. The Bowater-Mersey mill was built in the 1920s and produces Newsprint for newspapers such as the '' Halifax Chronicle-Herald '' and the '' Washington Post ''. GOVERNMENT In 1996 Liverpool disincorporated as a town and merged with the Municipality of the County of Queens to form the Queens Regional Municipality . |
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