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Jordan Falls is a community of the Donald McKay Memorial in Jordan Falls
His most famous vessel was the clipper ship '' Flying Cloud''.
Jordan Falls Community Trail
Communities in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia General Service Areas in Nova Scotia {{ShelburneNS-geo-stub
Jordan Falls is a community of the Municipality of the District of Shelburne
District of Shelburne, officially named the Municipality of the District of Shelburne, is a district municipality comprising the eastern section of Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada, but does not include the Towns of Shelburne or Lockeport. S ...
in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native Eng ...
on Nova Scotia Trunk 3
Nova Scotia Trunk 3 is an east-west trunk highway in Nova Scotia. The route runs from Halifax to Yarmouth, along the South Shore. Trunk 3's status as an important regional highway link has been superseded by the parallel Highway 103.
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and Highway 103.
Temperate climate. Village on the Jordan River and resulting delta basin: The lands are tidal with substantial marshlands that can be visited by trails starting from several points in the village. Jordan River and delta feeds Jordan Bay. Forests, marshes and fields predominate. Wildlife populate both land and waters. Waterfowl, marshland animals and deer in lower delta. Northern river delta lowly populated and used by hunters and recreationalists.
Aboriginal peoples and acadiennes replaced by US puritans in lower farmlands in 1700s, then mixed settlers, and then loyalists from American revolution in 1776. Jordan Falls rests between Towns of Shelburne and Lockeport. Baptist and Anglians hold church, cemetery and summer camp properties.
Wood milling, micro-farming, merchants, sports and artists continue long tradition- the noted nineteenth-century shipbuilder and designer Donald McKay came from Jordan Falls.His most famous vessel was the clipper ship '' Flying Cloud''.
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Jordan Falls Community Trail
Communities in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia General Service Areas in Nova Scotia {{ShelburneNS-geo-stub