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Welcome to Weymouth, Nova Scotia - a small, friendly Village rich in history and nestled between two hills on the banks of the Sissiboo River. Weymouth was settled in 1783 by the United Empire Loyalists. The name of the Village was originally Sissiboo and the river retains this name today. What does Sissiboo mean? Well, depending upon who you ask you will get different answers. One story states the word is Mik'maq for owl and the other story tells of a Mik'maq using the French words for six and owls = six hiboux (six owls). When the area was settled, what is present day Weymouth North was the original Weymouth and present day Weymouth was known as Weymouth Bridge. As ships moved farther up the Sissiboo River from St. Mary's Bay more shipping and ship building was taking place in Weymouth Bridge. Items like tea, spices and molasses were off loaded in Weymouth Bridge and commerce grew. No one knows for sure why the word bridge was dropped from the village name. One theory is that the Strickland Family who had moved here from Weymouth, Massachusetts played a part in having the village renamed Weymouth so it would carry the same name as the place they had left behind.
