ROCKINGTON

NAME: Rockington COUNTY: Canada ROADS: 4WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: snow in winter, hot in summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: any season

COMMENTS: There are no residents in Rockington but there are some ruins. You can take the trains Canada Hwy and make a left toward Sydney.U will see an path way leading to the town. REMAINS: There are some remains of a house, a mill and a dock

Rockington was founded by a man named Benjamin Grant in the late 1700's. It quickly grew up to be a fishing community. In 1829 the population of the town was 200. In 1834 a hotel was built to acommudate the traviling fisher men but was destory in a fire in 1859 and that the town never recovere. Sadly Rockington was abandoned in 1861. Submitted by: Bill Johnson Finster

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