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Trafalgar, Nova Scotia
Trafalgar is a Canadian rural community located inland from Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore. While it is named after the Battle of Trafalgar, it is not pronounced the same as Trafalgar England. Emphasis is on the first syllable traf'-el-GAR. It is located at the boundaries of Pictou County, Guysborough County (specifically the Municipality of the District of St. Mary's) and Halifax County (specifically the Halifax Regional Municipality Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Provinces and territories of Canada, 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 ...). Trafalgar is located on Route 374 at the north end of the Liscomb Sanctuary and an associated forest fire-fighting station. Porcupine Lake-Trafalgar Forest Fire During the summer of 1976, a small brush fire of unknown ignition broke out with the fire quickly spreading to surrounding wilderness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Pictou County is a county in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was established in 1835, and was formerly a part of Halifax County from 1759 to 1835. It had a population of 43,657 people in 2021, a decline of 0.2 percent from 2016. Furthermore, its 2016 population is only 88.11% of the census population in 1991. It is the sixth most populous county in Nova Scotia. Etymology The origin of the name "Pictou" is obscure. Possible Mi'kmaq derivations include "Piktook" meaning an explosion of gas, and "Bucto" meaning fire, possibly related to the coal fields in the area. It might also be a corruption of Poictou (Poitou), a former province of France. Nicolas Denys named the harbour ''La rivière de Pictou'' in the 1660s. History The area of the modern Pictou County was a part of the Miꞌkmaq nation of Mi'kma'ki (''mi'gama'gi'') at the time of European contact. In the early 1600s France claimed the area as a part of Acadia. By the 1760s, small French settlements existed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communities In Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, town, or neighbourhood) or in virtual space through communication platforms. Durable good relations that extend beyond immediate genealogical ties also define a sense of community, important to their identity, practice, and roles in social institutions such as family, home, work, government, society, or humanity at large. Although communities are usually small relative to personal social ties, "community" may also refer to large group affiliations such as national communities, international communities, and virtual communities. The English-language word "community" derives from the Old French ''comuneté'' (Modern French: ''communauté''), which comes from the Latin ''communitas'' "community", "public spirit" (from Latin ''communis'', "commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communities In Halifax, Nova Scotia
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, town, or neighbourhood) or in virtual space through communication platforms. Durable good relations that extend beyond immediate genealogical ties also define a sense of community, important to their identity, practice, and roles in social institutions such as family, home, work, government, society, or humanity at large. Although communities are usually small relative to personal social ties, "community" may also refer to large group affiliations such as national communities, international communities, and virtual communities. The English-language word "community" derives from the Old French ''comuneté'' (Modern French: ''communauté''), which comes from the Latin ''communitas'' "community", "public spirit" (from Latin ''communis'', "commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Loon Lake, Nova Scotia
West Loon Lake, Nova Scotia is small cottage and recreational community of rural Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia situated at the northeastern corner of the municipality borders the counties of Pictou, and Colchester and Municipal District of Saint Mary's at Trafalgar. A majority of the dwellings are cottages along Loon Lake, the lake which the community derives its name from. The community is on the St. Mary's Rd, between Route 336 and Route 374. The area has an elevation of - , and the community has an area of . East Loon Lake Village East Loon Lake Village, located at , is a small cottage community of rural Halifax Regional Municipality bordering Municipal District of Saint Marys on East Loon Lake on Hillcrest Drive off of St. Marys Rd. However, to access the community, one would have to drive through both Colchester and Guysborough County Guysborough County is a county in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia. History Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lochaber Mines, Nova Scotia
Lochaber Mines is a rural community on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, in the Halifax Regional Municipality. It is located along Route 374 about northeast of Sheet Harbour. The community is located along East River and is near the Marshall Flowage, a large lake at the head of East River. The community is named for Lochaber Lochaber ( ; gd, Loch Abar) is a name applied to a part of the Scottish Highlands. Historically, it was a provincial lordship consisting of the parishes of Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig, as they were before being reduced in extent by the creation ..., located in Scotland. In 1812, Alexander Fraser received a grant of land in the area. Several gold leads were opened by J.H. Anderson in 1887 in the area, however, not much work was done outside of exploratory work. References Citations Bibliography {{cite book, last=Scott, first=David, title=Nova Scotia Place Names, year=2011, publisher=DESPUB, isbn=978-0-9865370-1-1 Communities in Halifax, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
New Glasgow is a town in Pictou County, in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated on the banks of the East River of Pictou, which flows into Pictou Harbour, a sub-basin of the Northumberland Strait. The town's population was 9,075 in the 2016 census. New Glasgow is at the centre of the province's fourth largest urban area; the population of the New Glasgow census agglomeration in the 2016 census was 34,487. The New Glasgow census agglomeration includes the smaller adjacent towns of Stellarton, Westville, and Trenton as well as adjacent rural areas of the county. History Scottish immigrants, including those on the ship Hector in 1773, settled the area of the East River of Pictou during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Deacon Thomas Fraser first settled the area at the head of navigation on the East River of Pictou in 1784. The settlement was officially named "New Glasgow", after Glasgow in Scotland, in 1809, the same year its first trading post was dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorne, Nova Scotia
Lorne is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Pictou County along Route 374. Lorne was originally known as "Big Brook". Sir Simon Fraser, a future Australian senator, was born in the area. His grandson Malcolm Fraser John Malcolm Fraser (; 21 May 1930 – 20 March 2015) was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983, holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. Fraser was raised on hi ... became Prime Minister of Australia. References Communities in Pictou County General Service Areas in Nova Scotia {{PictouNS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liscomb Sanctuary, Nova Scotia
Liscomb Sanctuary is a rural area of the Halifax Regional Municipality in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is in the same area as the Liscomb Game Sanctuary, but their boundaries are not identical. Nova Scotia Route 374 Route 374 is a collector road in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It connects New Glasgow at Exit 24 of Nova Scotia Highway 104 with Sheet Harbour at Trunk 7. The highway runs through the Halifax Regional Municipality, Guysborough County & P ... runs north–south through Liscomb Sanctuary. References Communities in Halifax, Nova Scotia {{HalifaxNS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nova Scotia Route 374
Route 374 is a collector road in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It connects New Glasgow at Exit 24 of Nova Scotia Highway 104 with Sheet Harbour at Trunk 7. The highway runs through the Halifax Regional Municipality, Guysborough County & Pictou County. The highway runs north-south through the Liscomb Game Sanctuary. Route description Route 374 begins in Downtown New Glasgow at the junction with Route 289, then runs south to Stellarton, where it passes under Hwy. 104, which is part of the Trans-Canada Highway network. Then, the route continues south through Hopewell and Lorne. Route 374 continues south through Trafalgar, Lochaber Mines and Malay Falls, to its southern terminus in with Trunk 7 in Sheet Harbour. Communities *New Glasgow *Stellarton * Riverton *Eureka * Hopewell * Lorne *Trafalgar *Liscomb Game Sanctuary * Lochaber Mines * Malay Falls *Sheet Harbour See also *List of Nova Scotia provincial highways This is a list of numbered highways in the provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
Guysborough County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. History Taking its name from the Township of Guysborough, which was named in honour of Sir Guy Carleton, Guysborough County was created when Sydney County (Antigonish County) was divided in 1836. Guysborough County has had a large Black population since 1784. The Black Nova Scotian community in Guysborough is unique in that they descend almost entirely from Black Loyalists. In 1872, there were 918 residents of African ancestry in Guysborough. In 1840, Guysborough County was subdivided into two districts for court sessisonal purposes – Guysborough and St. Mary's. In 1863, the boundary between Halifax County and Guysborough County was altered and a polling district was added to Guysborough County. In 1879, the two districts were incorporated as district municipalities. The last racially segregated school in Canada closed in 1983 in Guysborough County. Demographics As a census division in the 2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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