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Halifax County, Nova Scotia
Halifax County ( gd, Siorrachd Halifax, french: Comté de Halifax, links=no) is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The Municipality of the County of Halifax was the municipal government of Halifax County, apart from the separately incorporated towns and cities therein. The municipality was dissolved in 1996, together with those town and city governments, in their amalgamation into Halifax Regional Municipality. History Deriving its name from George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1716–1771), Halifax County was established by order-in-council on August 17, 1759. The boundaries of four other counties – Annapolis, Kings, Cumberland and Lunenburg – were specifically defined at that time, with Halifax County comprising all the part of peninsular Nova Scotia that was not within their limits. Following the Seven Years' War, Cape Breton Island was formally annexed to Nova Scotia. For a time it formed part of Halifax County. The boundaries of Halifax ...
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List Of Municipalities In Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is the seventh-most populous province in Canada with 969,383 residents as of the 2021 Census of Population, and the second-smallest province in land area at . Nova Scotia's 49 municipalities cover of the territory's land mass, and are home to of its population. Unlike the provinces of British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec, which have two-tiered municipal systems, Nova Scotia has a one-tier system of municipalities inclusive of four municipality types – regional municipalities, towns, county municipalities and district municipalities. Regional municipalities may incorporate under the ''Municipal Government Act'' (''MGA'') of 1998, which came into force on April 1, 1999, while towns, county municipalities and district municipalities are continued as municipalities under the ''MGA''. The ''MGA'' gives municipal councils the power to make bylaws for "health, well being, safety and protection of persons" and "safety and protection of property" in addition to a ...
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Colchester County, Nova Scotia
Colchester County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. With a population of 51,476 the county is the fourth largest in Nova Scotia. Colchester County is located in north central Nova Scotia. The majority of the county is governed by the Municipality of the County of Colchester, the county also is home to two independent incorporated towns, Stewiacke and Truro, two village commissions in Bible Hill and Tatamagouche, and the Millbrook 27 First Nations reserve. History The glaciers began their retreat from in the Maritimes approximately 13,500 years ago. The earliest evidence of Palaeo-Indian settlement in the region follows rapidly after deglaciation. The record of continuous habitation through the paleo and archaic period over ten thousand years culminated in the development of the culture, traditions, and language now known as the Mi'kmaq. For several thousand years the territory of the province has been a part of the territory of the Mi'kmaq nation of Mi ...
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Shubenacadie 13
Shubenacadie 13 is a Mi'kmaq reserve located in Halifax County, Nova Scotia. It is administratively part of the Shubenacadie First Nation. Michael Francklin Michael Francklin or Franklin (6 December 1733 – 8 November 1782) served as Nova Scotia's Lieutenant Governor from 1766 to 1772. He is buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Church (Halifax). Early life and immigration Born in Poole, England, ... established the reserve in 1779. References Indian reserves in Nova Scotia Communities in Halifax County, Nova Scotia Sipekneꞌkatik First Nation {{NovaScotia-geo-stub ...
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Sheet Harbour 36
Sheet Harbour 36 is a Mi'kmaq reserve located in on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, in the Halifax Regional Municipality. Part of the reserve is located just west of Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia. The reserve's borders also includes a tract of land directly across the harbour, in the downtown area of Sheet Harbour. Grand Lake borders Sheet Harbour 36 on its western side. It is administratively part of the Millbrook First Nation The Millbrook First Nation is a Mi'kmaq First Nation band government in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provin .... References {{reflist Indian reserves in Nova Scotia Communities in Halifax County, Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq in Canada ...
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Cole Harbour 30
Cole Harbour 30 is a Mi'kmaq reserve located in Nova Scotia, Canada, in the Halifax Regional Municipality. It is administratively part of the Millbrook First Nation The Millbrook First Nation is a Mi'kmaq First Nation band government in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provin .... Indian reserves in Nova Scotia Communities in Halifax County, Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq in Canada {{HalifaxNS-geo-stub ...
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Beaver Lake 17
Beaver Lake 17 is a small Mi'kmaq reserve on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, in the Halifax Regional Municipality. It is located on Route 224 about northwest of Sheet Harbour and about southeast of Upper Musquodoboit. The community is located adjacent to Lower Beaver Lake and is located within the community of Beaver Dam A beaver dam or beaver impoundment is a dam built by beavers to create a pond which protects against predators such as coyotes, wolves and bears, and holds their food during winter. These structures modify the natural environment in such a way t .... References {{coord, 45, 1, 20, N, 62, 45, 50, W, name=Beaver Lake 17, type:adm2nd_scale:10000_region:CA-NS, display=title Indian reserves in Nova Scotia Communities in Halifax County, Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq in Canada ...
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348,634 people in its urban area. The regional municipality consists of four former municipalities that were amalgamated in 1996: Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford, and Halifax County. Halifax is a major economic centre in Atlantic Canada, with a large concentration of government services and private sector companies. Major employers and economic generators include the Department of National Defence, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Saint Mary's University, the Halifax Shipyard, various levels of government, and the Port of Halifax. Agriculture, fishing, mining, forestry, and natural gas extraction are major resource industries found in the rural areas of the municipality. History Halifax is located within ''Miꞌkmaꞌki'' the traditional ancestral lands ...
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Regional Municipality
A regional municipality (or region) is a type of Municipal government in Canada, Canadian municipal government similar to and at the same municipality, municipal local government, government level as a county, although the specific structure and servicing responsibilities may vary from place to place. Regional municipalities were formed in highly populated areas where it was considered more efficient to provide certain services, such as water, emergency services, and waste management over an area encompassing more than one local municipality. For this reason, regions may be involved in providing services to residents and businesses. Regional municipalities, where and when they include lower-tier municipalities within their boundaries, are sometimes referred to as upper-tier municipalities. Regional municipalities which generally have more servicing responsibilities than counties. Typical services include maintenance and construction of arterial roads including in urban areas, tr ...
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Shubenacadie First Nation
Shubenacadie may refer to: * Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, an unincorporated community in Hants County, Nova Scotia * Shubenacadie River * Shubenacadie Valley * Shubenacadie Grand Lake Shubenacadie Grand Lake is a large Canadian lake straddling the Halifax Regional Municipality and Hants county on mainland Nova Scotia. It drains into the Shubenacadie River at its northeastern outlet. The lake is the seventh and largest lake i ...
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Millbrook First Nation
The Millbrook First Nation is a Mi'kmaq First Nation band government in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ..., Canada. Reserves Millbook First Nation has seven reserves: Band Chiefs Notable residents * Activist Nora Bernard was a member of Millbrook. * Former long-serving Band chief Lawrence Paul References External linksMillbrook First Nation website {{authority control First Nations governments in Atlantic Canada First Nations in Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq governments Communities in Halifax County, Nova Scotia Communities in Colchester County ...
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Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia
Shubenacadie () is a village located in Hants County, in central Nova Scotia, Canada. As of 2021, the population was 411. The name for the Mi'kmaw territory in which present-day Shubenacadie is located and the origin of its name is the Mi'kmaw word ''Sipekne'katik'', which "place abounding in groundnuts" or "place where the wapato grows." Historically, the Sipekne'katik region was a large stretch of territory that covered central Nova Scotia. History Father Louis-Pierre Thury sought to gather the Mi'kmaq of Peninsular Nova Scotia into a single settlement around Shubenacadie as early as 1699. Not until the Dummer's War between the New France-aligned Wabanaki Confederacy and English New England from 1722–1725, however, did Antoine Gaulin, a Quebec-born missionary, erect a permanent mission at Shubenacadie (adjacent to Snides Lake and close to the former Residential school). He also made seasonal trips to Cape Sable, LaHave, and Mirlegueche.
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Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia
Sheet Harbour is a rural area, rural community in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located in the eastern reaches of the Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality, approximately northeast of the central urban area of the municipality, concentrated on Downtown Halifax and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Dartmouth. The community is located along the Marine Drive (Nova Scotia), Marine Drive scenic route on Nova Scotia Trunk 7, Trunk 7 at its junctions with Nova Scotia Route 224, Route 224 and Nova Scotia Route 374, Route 374. Surrounding the branched harbour which its name is derived from, the community has a population of about 800 and its respective census tract, containing sizable amounts of land around the community, has a population of 3,478 as of the 2011 Census. Two rivers, West River Sheet Harbour, West River and East River Sheet Harbour, East River, flow through the community and into the Northwest and Northeast Arms of the harbour respectively. The coastline of the community ...
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