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Timberlea - Prospect
Timberlea may refer to: *Timberlea, New Zealand *Timberlea, Nova Scotia Timberlea is a community located within the Municipality of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada. History The community was first known as Nine Mile River after the river in the centre of the community which fed several early mills. In the mid-19th ..., a community in Halifax * Timberlea, Ontario, a community in Milton {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timberlea, New Zealand
Timberlea is a suburb of Upper Hutt, located 3.5-6.5 km northeast from the city centre. It had a population of 1612 at the 2013 Census. The suburb is located on a plateau of the Eastern Hutt Valley Hills, with most of the suburb being 115-135 metres above sea level. It can be accessed from SH2 by exiting at Norana Road. It is bordered by Maoribank at the lower, south-western end of Norana Road and Brown Owl by SH2 to the north. While there are no shops in Timberlea, residents have access to the Caltex service station and small shopping centre in neighbouring Brown Owl. The main shops in Upper Hutt's city centre are only 3.5-6.5 km away, depending on where in Timberlea you are travelling from. Subdivisions Timberlea is effectively split into three distinctive areas: The main part of Timberlea (between Mount Marua Drive and the border with Maoribank by Garth Lane) was developed mainly between the late 1960s and the early 1980s. The section of Timberlea between Mount Marua Dri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timberlea, Nova Scotia
Timberlea is a community located within the Municipality of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada. History The community was first known as Nine Mile River after the river in the centre of the community which fed several early mills. In the mid-19th century, the St. Margaret's Bay Road was routed through the community. Several hotels were established to cater to travelers and later sportspeople and the Nine Mile River was crossed by an arched stone bridge, which survived until 2014 as one of the only surviving stone bridges in Nova Scotia. After the arrival of the Halifax and Southwestern Railway in 1904, the community was referred to as Bowser's Station; after Angus Bowser. Angus Bowser ran a hotel near the area's train station near present-day Greenwood Heights. In 1922, the community was renamed Timberlea to reflect the importance of the forest and lumbering. Aubrey Fraser was an early settler in the area, and he, his father and brothers stationed a saw mill along the Nine Mile Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
