Wentworth is a small

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community located in the

Wentworth Valley The Wentworth Valley is a valley in the Cobequid Mountains of northwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It comprises the lowest elevation pass through the Cobequids. It was named after the colonial governor John Wentworth (1792-1808). Physical geograp ...

Cumberland County, Nova Scotia Cumberland County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. History The name Cumberland was applied by Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Monckton to the captured Fort Beauséjour on June 18, 1755 in honour of the third son of King George II ...

. It is named after Sir John Wentworth, a former lieutenant-governor of the province. The community takes in the following hamlets: * Lower Wentworth * Wentworth Centre * Wentworth Station * Wentworth Valley * East Wentworth * West Wentworth * Appleton The area is also the home of an

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Ski Wentworth Ski Wentworth is a Canadian alpine ski hill in Nova Scotia's Cobequid Hills. Ski Wentworth is located in the hamlet of Wentworth in the Wentworth Valley, 48 km northwest of Truro and 67 km east of Amherst on Trunk 4. It is the larg ...

, along with a provincial park and the Wentworth Hostel. In April 2020, Wentworth was one of the locations associated with the 2020 Nova Scotia attacks, the deadliest rampage in Canada's history. At least four were killed there.

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Photographs of the Wentworth Valley War Memorial monument, Wentworth, Nova Scotia
Communities in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia {{CumberlandNS-geo-stub