The name Cumberland was applied by Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Monckton to the captured Fort Beausejour on June 18, 1755 in honour of the third son of King George II, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, victor at Culloden in 1746 and Commander in Chief of the British forces. The old Micmac name for the area was "Kwesomalegek" meaning "hardwood point". Cumberland County was created on August 17, 1759 by order of the Governor and Counci1. When the Township of Parrsboro was divided in 1840, one part was annexed to Cumberland County and the other part annexed to Colchester. The dividing line between Cumberland and Colchester was established by statute in 1840. On June 29, 1880 the Lieutenant Governor and Council authorized the Attorney General to appoint a surveyor to establish and trace out boundary lines between the District of Parrsboro and Cumberland proper. Subsequently, in 1897, a portion of the boundary line between the Counties of Colchester and Cumberland was fixed and defined. The question of the boundary between Colchester and Cumberland Counties was decided as a result of a Commission of Inquiry appointed in 1946. The resulting boundaries were filed in the office of the Provincial Secretary and the office of the Department of Lands and Forests in January 1959. Certified copies of it were sent to the Registrars of Deeds for the Counties of Colchester, Cumberland, and Kings.