Lincolnville is a small community in the

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, located in the

Municipality of the District of Guysborough Guysborough, officially named the Municipality of the District of Guysborough, is a district municipality in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district. It is home to ...

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. Lincolnville is a predominantly

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community situated next to

Upper Big Tracadie Upper Big Tracadie is a small community in the Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Antigonish County. It is a rural, predominantly Black Nova Scotians, African Canadian community. Led by Thomas B ...

. The community is served by the Lincolnville Community Center and the Tracadie United Baptist Church. One of the last segregated schools in Nova Scotia, the Lincolnville School closed in 1983.

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