QUACO

The original name of the community was "Quaco", the origin of which is unclear. At least three plausible theories exist. The area west of the village is still named West Quaco... St. Martins was settled in 1783 by a detachment of the King's Orange Rangers- Loyalist soldiers from Orange and Duchess Counties, New York. The detachment had been posted to garrison duty in Nova Scotia at the end of hostilities in the American Revolution of 1776.

Primary location: St. Martins Canada