St. Croix is a community in the Canadian province of
Nova Scotia
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, located in
Hants County
Hants County is a historical county and census division of Nova Scotia, Canada. Local government is provided by the West Hants Regional Municipality, and the Municipality of the District of East Hants.
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It is located along
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, on
St. Croix River, east of
Windsor
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Battle at St Croix (1750)
The
Battle at St. Croix happened during Father Le Loutre's War between New England Rangers and the Mi'kmaq. To capture the Acadians involved in the British defeat at the Fort Logis, Grand Pre the previous year, Cornwallis sent John Gorham (military officer), John Gorham to Piziquid to construct Fort Edward (Nova Scotia), Fort Edward and imprison the Acadians. After two days of marching from Fort Sackville (present day Bedford), they come to the St Croix River. At the river a battle broke out with the Mi'kmaq. Gorham took over a saw mill and two local Acadian homes for protection. The Mi'kmaq numbers continued to grow, therefore Gorham sent a messenger to Fort Sackville for reinforcements.
St Croix Recreation Park
The St Croix Recreation Park consists of two softball diamonds adjacent to each other. The fields have been host to many national softball events, including the 1998 and 2004 Canadian Senior Men's Fastpitch Championships, the 2000 Canadian Midget fastpitch softball, Fastpitch Championship (when Central Frontenac Cyclones went undefeated to win gold), the Eastern Canadian Fastpitch Championships, and numerous other
Nova Scotia
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provincial tournaments.
The main tenants of the park are teams that represent the West Hants Thunder Minor Softball Association and other teams from the West Hants area that use the field for recreational leagues. The field was also home to the Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax-Windsor Keiths. The team disbanded after the 2004 Canadian Senior Men's Fastpitch Championships.
The largest crowd known to watch an event at the facility was approximately 5,500 people, for the championship game between the Halifax-Windsor Keiths and the Halifax Jaguars for the 1998 Canadian Senior Men's Fastpitch Championship.
See also
*List of communities in Nova Scotia
References
St. Croix on Destination Nova Scotia
Further reading
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Communities in Hants County, Nova Scotia
Unincorporated communities in Nova Scotia
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