Ambrose F. Church

Ambrose Finson Church (24 October 1838 — 19 February 1920)[1] was an American-born Canadian mapmaker.

Church spent several years in Bedford, Nova Scotia, creating very detailed plans of the various counties and towns of the Province in the mid-1800s, which were published by his company A. F. Church & Co. These plans included the names of individuals living in the areas surveyed.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

In 1864, Church offered to make plans of various parts of the Province based on detailed surveys. Halifax County, Nova Scotia was the first to be finished in 1865, followed by Pictou, Digby, Yarmouth, Hants, Kings, and Cumberland counties.

The Map of Lunenburg County was finished in 1864 and includes details of Maders Cove, Mahone Bay, Lunenburg, Chester, Chester Basin, and Bridgewater.

References

  1. ^ a b Fergusson, Charles Bruce (1970). "Ambrose F. Church, Map-Maker". Dalhousie University Review. 49 (4).
  2. ^ "Lunenburg County Nova Scotia". David Rumsey Map Collection.
  3. ^ McNeil, J. "A.F. Church and His County Maps". Cape Breton's Magazine. No. 50}. p. 80. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  4. ^ "Historical Land Information at the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables | novascotia.ca". Province of Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  5. ^ "A. F. Church Maps". Maritime Institute for Civil Society. Archived from the original on 2024-10-13. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  6. ^ "Browse All : Images by Church, A. F. (Ambrose F.) from 1864". David Rumsey Map Collection. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  7. ^ "Ambrose F. Church". viaf.org. Retrieved 2025-10-03.


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