Gaetz Brook is a rural community of the
Halifax Regional Municipality
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in the
Canadian province
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of
Nova Scotia
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.
Gaetz Brook once had a junior high school called Gaetz Brook Junior High for students in grades 7–9, and the students came from O'Connell Drive Elementary and Porter's Lake Elementary. They could also come from Atlantic view Elementary.
Gaetz Brook Greenway
In spring 2020, SATA Trails opened the Gaetz Brook Greenway. The newly developed
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 corr ...
starts in
Musquodoboit Harbour near the end of
Highway 107 and ends on the
East Chezzetcook Road. There are small connectors to the
trail
A trail, also known as a path or track, is an unpaved lane or a small paved road (though it can also be a route along a navigable waterways) generally not intended for usage by motorized vehicles, usually passing through a natural area. Ho ...
through the parking lot of the Gaetz Brook Junior High School, the parking lot of the Eastern Marine Legion 161 and Pine Hill Drive.
References
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Communities in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Unincorporated communities in Nova Scotia
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