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.

Although the United Empire Loyalists are credited with the settling of Weymouth, the Black Loyalists also played a part as did the Acadians who had been living in the area with the Mik'maq often intermarrying giving us the Metis. An interesting cultural fact about Weymouth is that people from five cultures, United Empire Loyalist, Black Loyalists, Acadians, Mik'maq and Metis all helped to build and develop what is now the Village of Weymouth. The descendents of those settlers from those five cultures still live and work here.

Shipping and shipbuilding were big industries in the Village of Weymouth right up to and beyond the World Wars. Many tall sailing ships were build here, a type of mine sweeper called the Fairmile was build in the Village during the Second World War and in the 1960s a type of fiberglass power boat was build here. When the tide is out one can still see the remains of the old wharves that would have been in existence during those day of the sailing ships. Since 1999 the Weymouth Waterfront Development Committee has been working to redevelop the waterfront in the Village of Weymouth. A small section of boardwalk was completed in 1999 and a mural was commissioned that depicted a scene from 1900 of sailing ships loaded with wood. On the wharves awaiting transport to far away lands are many more cords of wood and lots of lumber piled high. To look at this scene one, imagine can yhe smell of pine sap that would have been in the air.

Most recently a cultural heritage center housing a Visitor Information Center called Sissiboo Landing has been opened on another part of the waterfront in Weymouth. A new library is about be built and development of the rest of the waterfront is being planned. When completed one will still be able to enjoy the view of the Village at high or low tide. After all, those Bay of Fundy tides also flow into St. Mary's Bay and on up the Sissiboo River creating quite the contrast in the look of this quaint Village.

Aside from remains of old wharves to remind us of those past times, Weymouth has the oldest still operating general store in Eastern Canada. Built in the 1850s by Colin Campbell (and known as "Campbell's Store") it was run as a general store carrying everything you could imagine. This building was eventually owned by Mr. Grantham Bell who operated it much the same as the Campbells did and folks called it "Mr. Bell's". Today it operates under the name "Weymouth Trading Post" and offers a Christmas loft with all things Christmas related, a giftware store and flouist shop on the main floor. The original low wooden counter and wood floors are the same as those installed when it was first built. One of the original Merchants Bank of Halifax established in Canada (today the Royal Bank of Canada) was also housed in this store.

In addition, the Goodwin Hotel across the street has been in operation since the late 1880s and you can still picture how it would have looked in the days of ladies with long dresses and bustles. Features like the tin ceilings and woodwork have not been changed.

A visit to Weymouth, Nova Scotia can take you back to days gone by as you venture into places like the Goodwin or the Trading Post. Spend some time at Sissiboo Landing and learn more about the Village from the displays showing what Weymouth look liked like in the days of a steam train and sailing ships. Here at Sissiboo Landing you can learn about Sam Langford, one of the world's greatest boxers who grew up in nearby Weymouth Falls, the Stehelin Family who build a whole community 20 miles in the woods back of Weymouth but had electric lights 30 years before the Village and you can learn about Harold Cromwell who passed away in March 2008 but was a well known local sketch artist whose medium was pen and charcoal.

Modern day Weymouth is 45 minutes from Yarmouth, 30 minutes from Digby, 3 hours from the city of Halifax and can be found by taking either exit 27 or 28 from the 101 highway. Smaller rural communities that make up the Weymouth Area are Weymouth North, Ashmore, Weymouth Mills, Weymouth Falls, Southville, Riverdale, Danvers and Weaver Settlement.