Highfield Park is a neighbourhood located in the north end of the community of Dartmouth in

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. Highfield Park is located in the larger neighbourhood of

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(also a part of the North End) and is situated on the former site of the

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Naval Radio Station Albro Lake Naval Radio Station Albro Lake (NRS Albro Lake) was a naval radio station operated by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). Established in 1942 surrounding Albro Lake, then several kilometres north of the town of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. NRS Albro Lake w ...

. Following the merger of Canada's military to form the unified

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in 1968, Naval Radio Station Albro Lake was closed and the land surrounding the lake was opened for development during the 1970s and 1980s. Highfield Park is situated at the northern extremity of Dartmouth, immediately south of Highway 111, which separates the neighbourhood from an industrial park in Burnside further to the north. The eastern side of Highfield Park is defined by the neighbourhood of

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(as well as Highway 111 as it curves around Albro Lake). Victoria Road defines the southern boundary of the neighbourhood.

Transportation

Highfield Park is home to the Highfield Terminal, a transit station run by

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served by six bus routes. There are direct buses to

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(route 3),

Downtown Dartmouth Downtown Dartmouth is the main central business district of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Dartmouth in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is part of the Capital District of the Province. Business and buildings Located in downtown D ...

(route 53),

Dartmouth Crossing Dartmouth Crossing is a commercial real estate development in Dartmouth, a part of Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. Background Dartmouth Crossing is a million commercial development owned by North American Development Group. ...

(route 72),

Burnside Industrial Park Burnside is a Canadian urban neighbourhood located along the northeast shore of Bedford Basin of the Halifax Regional Municipality in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. History Burnside was the name originally given to the farm of Duncan Waddell, a Scotsm ...

(routes 3, 64, 72), Clayton Park (route 39),

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(route 72), and various other destinations.

References

{{Neighbourhoods of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Communities in Halifax, Nova Scotia Dartmouth, Nova Scotia