Oakfield is a community of the

Halifax Regional Municipality Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348 ...

in the

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. The community was founded and named by

John Wimburn Laurie Lieutenant-General John Wimburn Laurie, (1 October 1835 – 19 May 1912) was a soldier and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada for thirty years and then returned to England. Military career He was born in London, England, the son of ...

. He built St. Margaret's of Scotland Church and is the namesake of Laurie Park. He arrived in Canada in 1861. In 1865 he purchased 800 acres in Oakfield. He brought twenty families from England.

Parks

*Laurie Provincial Park *Oakfield Provincial Park

References

* "Oakfield and its Founder Col.

"; by Miss Margaret Laurie; Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society. Vol #24 (1938); pp. 15.
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