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Port Greville, Nova Scotia
Port Greville is a rural community in Cumberland County, 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 .... It is home of the Age of Sail Museum of maritime history. Port Greville was the location of the construction of many sailing ships used in trade mainly with the American New England states. Many sea captains came from the area with names such as Wagstaff, Pettis and Merriam. One such vessel was the three masted schooner 'Minas King', captained by George Merriam with his cousin J.Randall Merriam operating as first mate. Randall Merriam later became a Master Mariner (inland waters) and captained several of the Canadian National ferries operating between Cape Tormentine New Brunswick and Borden PEI. References {{Authority control Communities in Cumberland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture, and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rural
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are described as rural. Different countries have varying definitions of ''rural'' for statistical and administrative purposes. In rural areas, because of their unique economic and social dynamics, and relationship to land-based industry such as agriculture, forestry and resource extraction, the economics are very different from cities and can be subject to boom and bust cycles and vulnerability to extreme weather or natural disasters, such as droughts. These dynamics alongside larger economic forces encouraging to urbanization have led to significant demographic declines, called rural flight, where economic incentives encourage younger populations to go to cities for education and access to jobs, leaving older, less educated and less wealthy populat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minas Basin
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Nova Scotia Route 209
Route 209 is a collector road in the Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Cumberland County and follows the shoreline of the Bay of Fundy, connecting Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Parrsboro with River Hebert, Nova Scotia, River Hebert. The linked communities are known as the Parrsboro Shore. It is designated as part of the Fundy Shore Scenic Drive. Highway 209 was formerly designated as Trunk Highway 9. Communities *Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Parrsboro *Kirkhill, Nova Scotia, Kirkhill *Wharton, Nova Scotia, Wharton *Diligent River, Nova Scotia, Diligent River *Fox River, Nova Scotia, Fox River *Port Greville, Nova Scotia, Port Greville *Wards Brook, Nova Scotia, Wards Brook *Brookville, Nova Scotia, Brookville *East Fraserville, Nova Scotia, East Fraserville *Fraserville, Nova Scotia, Fraserville *Spencer's Island, Nova Scotia, Spencer's Island *East Advocate *Advocate Harbour, Nova Scotia, Advocate Harbour *Point Hill *New Salem, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox River, Nova Scotia
Fox River is a rural community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Fox River is the birthplace of John Chipman (Chip) Kerr, who was awarded the Victoria Cross in World War I. He was one of only four Nova Scotians to be awarded the VC, which is presented for an act of conspicuous valour in the face of the enemy. His VC is held by the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa and his story is featured at the nearby Age of Sail Heritage Centre. History Fox River was founded in 1784 in the wake of the American Revolution. Loyalists from the Thirteen Colonies The Thirteen Colonies, also known as the Thirteen British Colonies, the Thirteen American Colonies, or later as the United Colonies, were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America. Founded in the 17th and 18th cent ... who wished to remain under the British crown migrated to the loyal colony of Nova Scotia, and were granted land as a reward. The Fox River land grants were among these grants issued to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Greville, Nova Scotia
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is related to the Old High German ''nord'', both descending from the Proto-Indo-European unit *''ner-'', meaning "left; below" as north is to left when facing the rising sun. Similarly, the other cardinal directions are also related to the sun's position. The Latin word ''borealis'' comes from the Greek '' boreas'' "north wind, north", which, according to Ovid, was personified as the wind-god Boreas, the father of Calais and Zetes. ''Septentrionalis'' is from ''septentriones'', "the seven plow oxen", a name of ''Ursa Major''. The Greek ἀρκτικός (''arktikós'') is named for the same constellation, and is the source of the English word ''Arctic''. Other languages have other derivations. For example, in Lezgian, ''kefer'' can mean b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Of Sail Heritage Centre
The Age of Sail Heritage Centre (also known as the Age of Sail Heritage Museum) is a museum and heritage centre at Port Greville, Nova Scotia, Canada. It focuses on the history of Parrsboro Shore communities along the Minas Channel of the Bay of Fundy with an emphasis on the area's shipbuilding and lumbering heritage. The Site The Museum consists of a number of historic buildings moved to a central site on the banks of a scenic ravine beside the tidal Greville River. The main building is a former 1854 Methodist Church. In addition to the original building the site is home to a cafe/gift shop, the Port Greville Lighthouse, a boat shed, a blacksmith shop and a band saw shed. Several walking trails lead from the museum to historic and natural features along the river. History The heritage centre began with the Greville Bay Recreation and Development Group formed in 1981 to develop the Port Greville area. The group at first developed a picnic park on the old Red House Landing Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 English-speakers, and the province's population is 969,383 according to the 2021 Census. It is the most populous of Canada's Atlantic provinces. It is the country's second-most densely populated province and second-smallest province by area, both after Prince Edward Island. Its area of includes Cape Breton Island and 3,800 other coastal islands. The Nova Scotia peninsula is connected to the rest of North America by the Isthmus of Chignecto, on which the province's land border with New Brunswick is located. The province borders the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east, and is separated from Prince Edward Island and the island of Newfoundland by the Northumberland and Cabot straits, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumberland South
Cumberland South is a provincial electoral district in Cumberland Country, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding was created before the 1993 election from most of Cumberland West and Cumberland Centre ridings and a small part of Cumberland East. The communities of Oxford, Parrsboro and Springhill are within its boundaries. The Member of the Legislative Assembly since 1998 has been held by the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. A Tory stronghold, Cumberland South has been dominated by Progressive Conservative Murray Scott for over a decade and now Tory Rushton The 2012 redistribution saw the riding gain territory from Cumberland North. Geography The land area of Cumberland South is . Members of the Legislative Assembly This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly: Election results 1993 general election 1998 general election 1999 general election 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
Cumberland County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. History The name Cumberland was applied by Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Monckton to the captured Fort Beauséjour 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 Mi'kmaq name for the area was "Kwesomalegek" meaning "hardwood point". Cumberland County was founded on August 17, 1759. 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 in 1840. In 1897, a portion of the boundary line between the Counties of Colchester and Cumberland was fixed and defined. The county thrived in the 19th century with the development of lumbering, shipbuilding and coal mining. Deforestation and rural outmigration in the 20th century led to the abandonment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Nova Scotia Provincial Electoral Districts
Provincial electoral districts in Nova Scotia. Present Districts * Annapolis (1993–present) * Antigonish (1867–present) * Argyle (1981–present) * Bedford South (2021–present) * Bedford Basin (2021–present) * Cape Breton Centre (1925–present) * Cape Breton North (1933–present) * Cape Breton Nova (1956–present) * Cape Breton South (1933–present) * Cape Breton West (1933–present) * Chester-St. Margaret's (1993–present) * Clare (1949–present) * Colchester North (1978–present) * Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley (1993–present) * Cole Harbour (1978–1993) (2003–present) * Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage (1993–present) * Cumberland North (1993–present) * Cumberland South (1993–present) * Dartmouth East (1978–present) * Dartmouth North (1967–present) * Dartmouth South-Portland Valley (2003–present) * Digby-Annapolis (1993–present) * Eastern Shore (1993–present) * Glace Bay (2003–present) * Guysborough-Sheet Harbour (1993–present) * Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
