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Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
Cole Harbour is a former village and current community located in Nova Scotia, Canada, that is part of the Halifax Regional Municipality. Geography It is situated 6 kilometres east of the central business district of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Dartmouth and takes its name from Cole Harbour (natural harbour), Cole Harbour, a natural harbour fronting the Atlantic Ocean. Cole Harbour is adjacent to and immediately east of the former city boundary of Dartmouth; prior to municipal amalgamation and the creation of the Halifax Regional Municipality in 1995, Cole Harbour was an unincorporated village within the Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Municipality of the County of Halifax. Because of amalgamation in the Halifax region, Canada Post recognizes most of Cole Harbour's residents as living in neighbouring Dartmouth. Transportation The centre of Cole Harbour is at the intersection of Forest Hills Parkway and Nova Scotia Route 207, Route 207 (Cole Harbour Road). A small business district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Communities In Nova Scotia
This is a list of communities in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as an unincorporated area, unincorporated settlement inside or outside a municipality. A *Abbots Dyke, Nova Scotia, Abbots Dyke *Abercrombie, Nova Scotia, Abercrombie *Acaciaville, Nova Scotia, Acaciaville *Admiral Rock, Nova Scotia, Admiral Rock *Advocate Harbour, Nova Scotia, Advocate Harbour *Africville, Nova Scotia, Africville *Afton, Nova Scotia, Afton *Alder River, Nova Scotia, Alder River *Aldershot, Nova Scotia, Aldershot *Alma, Nova Scotia, Alma *Anderson Mountain, Nova Scotia, Anderson Mountain *Ardness, Nova Scotia, Ardness *Argyle Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Argyle (Guysborough) *Argyle, Yarmouth County Nova Scotia, Argyle (Yarmouth) *Argyle Sound, Nova Scotia, Argyle Sound *Arichat, Nova Scotia, Arichat *Arisaig, Nova Scotia, Arisaig *Arlington, Nova Scotia, Arlington *Aspen, Nova Scotia, Aspen *Atlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nova Scotia Highway 107
Highway 107 in Nova Scotia runs through the eastern suburbs of the Halifax Regional Municipality, from Bedford, Nova Scotia to an intersection with Trunk 7 in Musquodoboit Harbour. It is long. Route description The highway begins in Bedford at Highway 102, travels southeast to the Burnside Industrial Park in Dartmouth, then continues east to an interchange with Highway 118. From there, it continues southeast to an intersection of Main Street in Dartmouth and Trunk 7 in Westphal. The highway then travels east, concurrent with Trunk 7, through the Sunset Acres neighbourhood in Westphal and the community of Cherry Brook for about . Near Preston, Highway 107 and Trunk 7 split, and Highway 107 continues eastward as a controlled access two-lane highway for the remainder of its route. The highway travels past the communities of Preston, Lake Echo, Porters Lake and Head of Chezzetcook before reaching its eastern terminus with Trunk 7 west of Musquodoboit Harbour. History Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Hillier
Craig Hillier (born February 28, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted in the first round, 23rd overall, by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. Career Born in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada, Hillier started playing as a goaltender when he was six years old. He found his cousin's equipment and thought "how cool it was" to play goaltenderOutlawsGoaltending.com: Craig Hillier Interview After four seasons in the with the , Hill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promoter (entertainment), promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority owned subsidiary of Endeavor (company), Endeavor Group Holdings. The largest MMA promotion in the world, the UFC has over List of current UFC fighters, 578 fighters contracted that fight across 11 Weight class, weight divisions (eight men's and three women's). The organization produces events worldwide and abides by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. , it had held List of UFC events, over 700 events. Dana White has been its president since 2001 and CEO since 2023. Under White's stewardship, it has grown into a global multi-billion-dollar enterprise. The UFC was founded by businessman Art Davie and Brazilian martial artist Rorion Gracie, and the UFC 1, first event was held in 1993 at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. The purpose of the UFC's early compet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe DiPenta
Joseph V. DiPenta (born February 25, 1979) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. DiPenta played 4 seasons in the National Hockey League and 8 seasons in the American Hockey League. He is one of only few hockey players to have won both the Calder Cup and Stanley Cup during their career. Early life DiPenta was born in Barrie, Ontario in 1979. He began playing hockey at age four and later moved to Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia at age seven. Playing career Junior DiPenta played for the Smiths Falls Bears of the Central Canada Hockey League in the Canadian Junior Hockey League. After receiving the CJHL Scholarship award in 1997, DiPenta went on to play for Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey, Boston University. During his time with Boston, he was drafted 61st overall by the Florida Panthers in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. DiPenta made his major junior debut with the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey Leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup () is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) considers it to be one of the "most important championships available to the sport". The trophy was commissioned in 1892 as the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup and is named after Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor General of Canada, who donated it as an award to Canada's top-ranking amateur ice hockey club. The entire Stanley family supported the sport, the sons and daughters all playing and promoting the game. The first Cup was awarded in 1893 to the Montreal Hockey Club, and winners from 1893 to 1914 were determined by challenge games and league play. Professional teams first became eligible to challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1906. In 1915, the National Hockey Association (NHA) and the Pacific Coast Hocke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Crosby
Sidney Patrick Crosby (born August 7, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey Centre (ice hockey), centre and Captain (ice hockey), captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Sid the Kid" and dubbed "The Next One (ice hockey), The Next One", he was selected List of first overall NHL draft picks, first overall by the Penguins in the 2005 NHL entry draft. Born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Crosby was considered one of the most lauded prospects in ice hockey history and is widely regarded as one of the greatest ice hockey players of all time. During his two-year major junior career with the Rimouski Océanic, he earned many awards and led his club to the 2005 Memorial Cup final. Océanic and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League retired Crosby's jersey number 87 in 2019, and the QMJHL began presenting their Rookie of the Year award as the “Sidney Crosby Trophy” in 2025. Crosby debuted in the NHL during the 2005–06 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trailer Park Boys
''Trailer Park Boys'' is a Canadian mockumentary television sitcom created by Mike Clattenburg that began airing in 2001 as a continuation of his 1999 film bearing the same name. The show follows the misadventures of a group of trailer park residents, including two lead characters in and out of prison, living in the fictional "Sunnyvale Trailer Park" in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The series premiered on Showcase (Canadian TV channel), Showcase on April 22, 2001, and originally ran for seven seasons before concluding with a one-hour special on December 7, 2008. The series spawned four films: ''Trailer Park Boys: The Movie, The Movie'', released on October 6, 2006; ''Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day, Countdown to Liquor Day'', released on September 25, 2009; ''Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It, Don't Legalize It'', released on April 18, 2014; and ''Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties: The Bubbles and the Shitrockers Story'' was released in December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Clattenburg
Mike Clattenburg (born March 21, 1967) is a Canadian television and film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known as creator, executive producer, writer and director of the comedy series ''Trailer Park Boys'' (2001–2007), for his work with '' This Hour Has 22 Minutes'' (2004), and as the co-creator of the Adult Swim series '' Black Jesus'' (2014–2019). Early life A native of Cole Harbour, a suburb of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Clattenburg spent his years after high school as drummer in a Police-inspired rock band, The Spawning Grunions. He was formerly married to filmmaker Stephanie Joline from 2009 to 2015. Career Clattenburg's jump from music to television began with his co-hosting and production of a Halifax Cable 10 show, ''That Damn Cable Show'', from 1990 to 1993. The program featured on-location interviews and profiles of Halifax entertainers, many of whom were acquaintances of Clattenburg's through his band contacts. Wedged in between the entertainer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cole Harbour District High School
Cole Harbour District High School is a Canadian public high school located in the Forest Hills, Nova Scotia, Forest Hills area of Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. It is operated by the Halifax Regional Centre For Education, Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE), and is an International Baccalaureate (IB) world school, offering the IB Diploma Programme, Diploma program. History Cole Harbour District High School was founded in 1982 by the amalgamation of Cole Harbour High School, founded in 1979, and Gordon Bell High School. The newer building for Cole Harbour High was used as the new location for Cole Harbour District High, and Gordon Bell High was repurposed as the Gordon Bell Building, a general-purpose adult education centre. The Gordon Bell Building served as the Grade 10 building until 1995 when the Cole Harbour District high school was split into two separate schools; Cole Harbour High and Auburn Drive High School. The Bell building was also used as a temporary location for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trans Canada Trail
The Trans Canada Trail is a cross-Canada system of greenways, waterways, and roadways that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, Pacific to the Arctic Ocean, Arctic oceans. The trail extends over ; it is now the longest recreational, multi-use trail network in the world. The idea for the trail began in 1992, shortly after the Canada 125 celebrations. Since then it has been supported by donations from individuals, corporations, foundations, and all levels of government. Trans Canada Trail (TCT) is the name of the non-profit group that raises funds for the continued development of the trail. However, the trail is owned and operated at the local level. On August 26, 2017, TCT celebrated the connection of the trail with numerous events held throughout Canada. TCT has said it now plans to make the trail more accessible, replace interim roadways with off-road greenways, add new spurs and loops to the trail, and fund emergency repairs when needed. Between S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail Trail
A rail trail or railway walk is a shared-use path on a Right of way#Rail right of way, railway right of way. Rail trails are typically constructed after a railway has been abandoned and the track has been removed but may also share the rail corridor with active railways, light rail, or tram, streetcars (rails with trails), or with disused track. As shared-use paths, rail trails are primarily for non-motorized traffic including pedestrians, bicycles, horseback riders, skaters, and cross-country skiers, although snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicle, ATVs may be allowed. The characteristics of abandoned railways—gentle grades, well-engineered rights of way and structures (bridges and tunnels), and passage through historical areas—lend themselves to rail trails and account for their popularity. Many rail trails are long-distance trails, while some shorter rail trails are known as Greenway (landscape), greenways or linear parks. Rail trails around the world Americas Bermuda The B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
