Queensland is a community of the

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in the

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. About west of Halifax, the area is on the north-western side of Saint Margaret's Bay, between Black Point to the north-east, and the nearby Hubbards community to the north-west. The area was used by the

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First Nations people.

Places of interest

The

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Museum of North America is to the west of the community. The Saint Margaret's Bay Area Rails-to-Trails follows the

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highway, part of a multi-use recreational trail from

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southward to Hubbards. It reused the route of the

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line.

Parks

Queensland has three of Nova Scotia's South Shore Region Parks in the vicinity: * Cleveland Beach Provincial Park (established 1978), to the north, with a sandy beach, * Hubbards Provincial Park, from Queensland Beach Provincial Park, with a boat launch site, and * Queensland Beach Provincial Park (established 1980), with a sandy beach.

Historical places

Dorey House, 15 Dorey Lane, was recognized in 1991 as a

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as a one-and-a-half storey, mid-nineteenth century, single-dwelling,

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house. Built in 1848, it was part of the Saint Margaret's Bay settlement of

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of Lunenburg. Set on farming land, the owners also engaged in fishing for several generations. It remained in the family until sold in 1984. The community has two cemeteries: * Saint Andrew's–Saint Mark's United Church Cemetery, near 8959 Saint Margaret's Bay Road (), and * at the former Saint John the Baptist Anglican Church.

Notable persons

* Commander 'Yogi' Jensen RCN (ret.) (1921–2004), commander of , and , and the Seventh Canadian Escort Squadron. Retiring from the navy in 1964, he settled in Queensland, and wrote seven books including ''Tin hats, oilskins and seaboots: a naval journey, 1938–1945'' (), and illustrated another nine books. Jensen led the museum acquisition of . He was made a Member of the

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in 2004, for helping 'to preserve the history and heritage of Atlantic Canada'. * Sarah Mian, Canadian writer and novelist, commencing with ''When the Saints'' (2015), resident of Queensland. * George Young (1924–2002), naval service, engineering and construction, writer. Young and his family moved to Queensland in 1956. He wrote ''Bluenose capers: Some vignettes of life in Nova Scotia and other stories'' (1971), ''Bottoms up: More humorous vignettes of life in Nova Scotia and other stories'' (1976), ''Ghosts in Nova Scotia: Tales of the supernatural'' (1979), ''The short triangle: A story of the sea and men who go down to it in ships'' (1979), ''Ancient peoples and modern ghosts'' (1980), ''Over mulled rum: More vignettes of life in Nova Scotia and other stories'' (1983), ''Who killed Surcouf: The untold story of the occupation of the Islands of Saint Pierre'' (1986), and ''

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treasure''.

Gallery

File:CA-NS-Queensland road sign 2022.jpg, Road sign to Queensland (2022). File:CA-NS-Queensland St Margarets Bay Road 2022.jpg, Saint Margarets Bay Road, south-western approach to Queensland (2022). File:CA-NS-Queensland Qld beach northward 2022.jpg, Queensland Beach, looking northward (2022). File:CA-NS-Queensland Qld beach north-east 2022.jpg, Queensland Beach, looking north-east (2022). File:CA-NS-Queensland Qld beach eastward 2022.jpg, Queensland Beach, looking east (2022). File:CA-NS-Queensland Qld beach southwest 2022.jpg, Queensland Beach, looking south-west (2022). File:CA-NS-Queensland Cleveland beach parking 2022.jpg, Cleveland Beach carpark (2022). File:CA-NS-Queensland Cleveland beach south 2022.jpg, Cleveland Beach, looking north-east (2022). File:CA-NS-Queensland Cleveland beach eastward 2022.jpg, Cleveland Beach, looking east (2022).

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