Albro Lake is a neighbourhood in the North End of the community of Dartmouth in

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. The neighbourhood includes the Highfield Park and Crystal Heights. A newer development Lancaster Ridge is built on the former

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housing lands. Albro Lake is bounded by Leaman Drive to the west, Lancaster Ridge to the east, Highway 111 to the north, and Albro Lake Road to the south. The streets are named for aircraft used by the

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History

Albro Lake takes its name from the shallow freshwater lakes of the same name located in the area. The lakes were named for the brothers

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and Samuel Albro, who used the stream that flowed from the lakes to operate a nail factory and tannery on their property near St. Paul's Church on Windmill Road. The area was first settled during the 19th century. During

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, the navy established a radio communications centre in the area and built housing for its operators and their families. The station operated until 1968. This land was subsequently used to develop Highfield Park. The housing in the neighbourhood is a mixture, ranging from high-density low-rental apartment buildings in Highfield Park built during the 1970s and 1980s, to small single-family houses, duplexes, townhouses and small apartment buildings. The socio-economic indicators for the neighbourhood show that it comprises mostly low-to-middle income households.

Neighbourhood amenities

Parks

*Albro Lake Park *Golden Acres Park

Natural areas

* Albro Lake *Little Albro Lake *Martin Lake

Sports facilities

*Grey Arena

Schools

*John MacNeil Elementary School *John Martin Junior High

Community facilities

* Dartmouth North Community Centre

Memorials

*Halifax Explosion memorial **Located at the intersection of Albro Lake Road and Pinecrest Drive, this memorial is dedicated to the victims of the

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. Part of a large-calibre surface defense gun from the French ship ''

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'' landed adjacent to the memorial site, 1.5 kilometres from the explosion centre. *Jason MacCullough Memorial Park **Memorial park dedicated to the victim of an unsolved murder in the neighborhood.

References

{{Neighbourhoods of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Communities in Halifax, Nova Scotia