Lake Echo (2021 population: 2,365) is an unincorporated

suburban A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

community located in

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, Canada that is part of the

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; approximately 15 kilometres east of Dartmouth. The area is mostly residential, with several subdivisions built in the 60's by Faber Construction LTD as well as in the 1980s and 1990s.

2008 fire

On June 13, 2008 a

forest fire A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a bushfire ( in Australia), dese ...

broke out near Porters Lake, destroying two houses, damaging several others and burning six thousand

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of forest in total. The fire was believed to be caused by a camp fire and the

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laid no charges however it was determined that residue from

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fuelled the fire. The fire was the largest in an urban area fought in Nova Scotia and the largest fire in 30 years.

Gallery

File:Frozen-Lake-Echo.jpg, The sun rises above a frozen Lake Echo in 2007 File:Frozen-Lake-Echo-2.jpg, Winter sun setting across frozen Lake Echo in 2007 File:Lake-Echo-Dec-2008.jpg, Lake Echo, slightly frozen in December 2008 File:Lake-Echo-Dec-2008-2.jpg, Lake Echo, December 2008 File:Lake Echo Trailer Park Signs.jpg, Lake Echo trailer park signs

References

External links

Nova Scotia DOT WebcamOrenda Canoe ClubLake Echo & District Fire DepartmentHRM Youth Lake EchoNova Scotia Government News release
{{Halifax Regional Municipality Communities in Halifax, Nova Scotia Unincorporated communities in Nova Scotia