Greenwood is a

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located in the western part of

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History

Greenwood was a small hamlet south of the

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's Kingston Station. In 1942, the

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established RAF Station Greenwood and built an aerodrome on nearby farmland to provide a facility for training aircrew under the

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. The

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took over the facility in 1944, renaming it RCAF Station Greenwood, a name it maintained until the 1 February 1968 unification of the

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which saw the airfield and associated facilities renamed

CFB Greenwood Canadian Forces Base Greenwood , or CFB Greenwood, is a Canadian Forces Base located east of Greenwood, Nova Scotia. It is primarily operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is one of two bases in the country using the ...

. In July 1997 the air base became one of eleven operational wings in Canada, and was designated as 14 Wing Greenwood. During the 1970s–2000s, the village of Greenwood expanded in population as numerous other air force bases in eastern Canada closed and their aircraft and personnel consolidated at CFB Greenwood. Much of the housing in the heart of Greenwood is for the military families stationed at the base, and are referred to as PMQs. Most of the non-military housing for the village is located on the outskirts.

Schools

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* École Rose-des-Vents

Government

Federal - Greenwood falls under the

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federal electoral district in

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was elected as an MP to represent this riding in the

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. He is a member of the Conservative Party. Provincial - Greenwood, Berwick, and

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fall under the

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provincial electoral district. Leo A. Glavine represents Kings West in the

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and has held the position since 2003. He is a member of the

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. Municipal - Greenwood is a community within the Municipality of the County of Kings. In the October 2020 civic election Peter Muttart was re-elected as mayor and June Granger, Lexie Misner, Dick Killam, Martha Armstrong, Tim Harding, Joel Hirtle, Emily Lutz, Jim Winsor and Peter Allen were elected to the municipal council. Councillor Martha Armstrong represents District 4 which encompasses the village of Kingston, parts of the village of Greenwood and the community of Auburn. Councillor Tim Harding represents District 5, which encompasses South Greenwood and Canadian Forces Base 14 Wing Greenwood and several other communities.

Climate

Greenwood experiences a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...

(''Dfb''). The highest temperature ever recorded in Greenwood was on 12 August 1944. The coldest temperature ever recorded was on 7 February 1993.

References

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