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closes the U, forming a courtyard. Two rooms within the castle are occupied by an exhibition commemorating the link between
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were sold to support colonists. The scheme was a financial failure, and in 1632 Nova Scotia was returned to the French, who had claimed the area originally. Alexander, Earl of
Stirling, died bankrupt in
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