Burnside is a Canadian urban neighbourhood located along the northeast shore of

Bedford Basin Bedford Basin is a large enclosed bay, forming the northwestern end of Halifax Harbour on Canada's Atlantic coast. It is named in honour of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford. Geography Geographically, the basin is situated entirely within th ...

of the

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History

Burnside was the name originally given to the farm of Duncan Waddell, a

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who had settled the area. ''Burn'' comes from the Scottish word for "stream", since one flowed through the property. Gradually, his land was sold off to various industries, including

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, a brickyard, a steel company, an oil terminal, and the Bedford Magazine. More recently, Burnside has been the location of a major concentration of industry and commercial development since the 1970 completion of the A. Murray MacKay Bridge near the previously existing

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, which had only 4 enterprises prior to the bridge opening. There are very few dwellings in Burnside as it is used almost exclusively for commercial operations; the only residential areas being the adjacent communities of Highfield Park, Albro Lake and

Wright's Cove Wright's Cove is a cove on the Dartmouth side of Bedford Basin in Halifax Harbour Nova Scotia Canada within the Halifax Regional Municipality. Located in the cove is the Dartmouth Yacht Club, an Ultramar wharf, a Gypsum loading facility operate ...

Burnside Park

Burnside Park, formerly known as Dartmouth Industrial Park, then Burnside Industrial Park and later Burnside Business Park, is a major commercial and industrial development located in the community of Burnside along the northeast shore of Bedford Basin. It encompasses about 3,400 acres (1,376 hectares) of land running up the hill from the Basin and was developed as the former City of Dartmouth's industrial park following the completion of the A. Murray MacKay Bridge in 1970. Current employment estimates state that 17,000 people regularly work in the park and there are more than 1,000 employers. A wide variety of businesses are located in Burnside, mostly specializing in sales,

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, and services. The park is composed mostly of low-rise office buildings, warehouses and retail stores. Burnside Traffic

Its location has played a large role in its success. The construction of the A. Murray MacKay Bridge resulted in a boom of development in the area, since it provided a quick link to

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, the Fairview Cove container terminal, the Halterm/south end container terminal, as well as many residential areas in the north end and Clayton Park, where many of the park's employees live. It is also located at the terminus of four highways: (via Windmill Road/ and /Bedford Bypass), , and via . Furniture manufacturer, Swedwood Canada began operations in Burnside Park in 1987. From 1991–2004 the company was operated by

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. In 2004 Scanwood Canada purchased the company from IKEA Group with the assistance of

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Now Nova Scotia owned, the company has diversified while continuing to maintain its IKEA contracts. Due to the size and nature of the park, there are several hotels oriented towards business travellers located within its boundaries, including a Ramada, a Day's Inn, and a

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. The park includes the smaller City of Lakes business incubator park. Burnside Park underwent an expansion in its eastern end during 2006 with the adjacent development of the

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retail and office development.

Major companies located in Burnside/City of Lakes

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Canadian Red Cross The Canadian Red Cross Society ()Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility The Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility is a Canadian prison located in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality. Facilities Situated in the Burnside Industrial Park in Dartmouth, the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility is the l ...

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Lawtons Drugs Lawtons is a Canadian drug store chain owned by the Sobeys Group of Stellarton, Nova Scotia with a head office located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. It is a participant in the voluntary Scanner Price Accuracy Code managed by the Retail Council ...

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Leon's Leon's Furniture Ltd. () (Meubles Léon Limité in Quebec) is a Canadian furniture retailer which first opened its store in 1909 in Welland, Ontario. The controlling interest in the company is owned by the Leon family, while some shares are trad ...

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References

External links

Burnside Park - Official website

Development requirements PDF (Aesthetic standards for new development, etc.)BurnsidePark.com - Comprehensive Burnside Park Directory

Somewhat outdated mapSatellite view of Burnside Business Park on Google MapsBurnside News
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