Centreville is a small community on
Cape Sable Island
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in the
Canadian
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province of
Nova Scotia
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, located in the
Municipality of the District of Barrington
Barrington, officially named the Municipality of the District of Barrington, is a district municipality in western Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district.
Geography
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of
Shelburne County
Shelburne County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
History
Shelburne County was founded in 1784 shortly following the influx of Loyalist settlers evacuated from the newly independent United States. It was originally named Port ...
.
[Government of Nova Scotia website: Community Counts](_blank)
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Centreville was, in the early 1820s, the site of the first Free Will Baptist
Free Will Baptists or Free Baptists are a group originating from General Baptists that emphasizes the teaching of free salvation and free will. The movement can be traced back to the General Baptists in 17th century England.
In 1702, Paul Palm ...
church in Nova Scotia, founded by Rev. Asa McGray.
The Archelaus Smith Museum (1896) in Centreville is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.[ Canadian Register of Historic Places]
See also
* List of communities in Nova Scotia
This is a list of communities in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as an unincorporated area, unincorporated settlement inside or outside a municipality ...
* Archelaus Smith
References
External links
Centreville on Destination Nova Scotia
Communities in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia
Unincorporated communities in Nova Scotia
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