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Nova Scotia Trunk 8
Trunk 8 is part of the Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia's system of List of Nova Scotia provincial highways#Trunk Highways, Trunk Highways. The route runs from Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Liverpool to Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Annapolis Royal, a distance of . Trunk 8 is also known as the Kejimkujik Scenic Drive. Route description From Liverpool, Trunk 8 runs in a northwesterly direction, following the east bank of the Mersey River (Nova Scotia), Mersey River to Milton, Nova Scotia, Milton. North of Milton, the road leaves the river, mostly travelling through forest land, to the village of Caledonia, Nova Scotia, Caledonia and west to the main entrance to Kejimkujik National Park. Trunk 8 crosses the Mersey River again at Maitland Bridge, Nova Scotia, Maitland Bridge, following its west bank and the shores of several lakes to Milford (Annapolis), Nova Scotia, Milford; where it continues northward to the village of Lequille, Nova Scotia, Lequille and the town of Annapolis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool, Nova Scotia
Liverpool is a Canadian community and former town located along the Atlantic Ocean of the Province of Nova Scotia's South Shore (Nova Scotia), South Shore. It is situated within the Region of Queens Municipality, which is the local governmental unit that comprises all of Queens County, Nova Scotia. History Liverpool's harbour was an ancient seasonal camp of Nova Scotia's native Mi'kmaq people, Mi'kmaq and was known as Ogomkigeak meaning "dry sandy place" and Ogukegeok, meaning "place of departure". Samuel de Champlain originally named the harbour Port Rossignol, in honour of Captain Rossignol, an early 17th-century founder of New France in North America who used the harbour for trading. Later Nicolas Denys, a pioneering 17th-century French explorer and trader of Nova Scotia, was granted land here by the leader of Acadia, Isaac de Razilly (c. 1632). Following the Expulsion of the Acadians (1755) during the French and Indian War (the North American theatre of the Seven Years' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton, Nova Scotia
Milton is a village located immediately north of Liverpool, Nova Scotia in the Region of Queens Nova Scotia. The village is most well known for being the birthplace of the international best selling author Margaret Marshall Saunders. Her most famous book was Beautiful Joe. In 1994, the Beautiful Joe Heritage Society was formed to celebrate the life and story of ''Beautiful Joe'' and the achievements of Margaret Marshall Saunders. The book is set in Meaford, Ontario, where the society has established a park dedicated to Beautiful Joe named Beautiful Joe Park. As of 2021, the population was 999. The Mersey River, paralleled by Trunk 8, passes directly through Milton. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; ), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. It is h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nova Scotia Provincial Highways
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Evangeline Trail
The Evangeline Trail is a scenic roadway in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located in the western part of the province, bringing visitors to the Minas Basin, the Annapolis Valley and the Gulf of Maine. The route connects Mount Uniacke in Hants County with Yarmouth at the Bay Ferries terminal where ferries connect to Maine in the United States. The route measures . Name Traveling through many communities in which Acadians once made their homes and still do, the route is named after the principal character in the epic poem ''Evangeline'' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The region from Yarmouth to Halifax via the Annapolis Valley was first connected by the Dominion Atlantic Railway, which is credited with instigating the province's nascent tourism industry during the early 20th century; the DAR was titled "The Land of Evangeline Route" and the Evangeline Trail pays homage to this transport predecessor. Communities include * Lower Sackville * Mount Uniacke * Wind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenfield, Queens County
Greenfield is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Region of Queens Municipality. The sawmill in Greenfield, founded in 1832, is one of the oldest family-run sawmill businesses in North America. Until 1850 the region was occupied mostly by the Mi'kmaq of the Algonquin tribe, who seasonally settled the area below the lakes on either side of what is now called the Medway River and was known by the Mi'kmaq as Wigadoon. Population In the last Statistics Canada census in 2011, Greenfield had a population of 961. This was a 30.2% higher than the previous census in 2001. In 2011 21.2% of the population was under the age of 20 and 16.6% was 65 years or older. History Before the European settlers came in the early 1800s Greenfield was used exclusively as a seasonal hunting and fishing ground by the Mi'kmaq, who had settled the valley on either side of the river. The Mi'Kmaqs called the area Ponhook until the name was changed to Greenfield in 1850 by Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lighthouse Route
The Lighthouse Route is a scenic roadway in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It follows the province's South Shore (Nova Scotia), South Shore for from Halifax Urban Area, Halifax to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Yarmouth. List of highways Numbered *Nova Scotia Trunk 3, Trunk 3 *Nova Scotia Highway 103, Highway 103 *Nova Scotia Route 309, Route 309 *Nova Scotia Route 329, Route 329 *Nova Scotia Route 330, Route 330 *Nova Scotia Route 331, Route 331 *Nova Scotia Route 332, Route 332 *Nova Scotia Route 333, Route 333 Named roads *Brighton Road *East Green Harbour Road *Little Harbour Road *Port Clyde Road *Sandy Point Road *Shore Road *West Sable Road List of communities (east to west) *Halifax Urban Area, Halifax *Halifax Peninsula *Armdale, Nova Scotia, Armdale * Mainland Halifax *Beechville, Nova Scotia, Beechville *Goodwood, Nova Scotia, Goodwood *Hatchet Lake, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Hatchet Lake *Whites Lake, Nova Scotia, Whites lake *Shad Bay, Nova Scotia, Shad Bay *Baysi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milford (Annapolis), Nova Scotia
Annapolis County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia located in the western part of the province located on the Bay of Fundy. The county seat is Annapolis Royal. History Established August 17, 1759, by Order in Council, Annapolis County took its name from the town of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Annapolis Royal which had been named in honour of Anne, Queen of Great Britain. The town was the successor to the French settlement of Port-Royal (Acadia), Port Royal, the chief Acadian settlement in the area. The Acadians had been forcibly removed by British government officials in the 1755 Great Expulsion, Grand Dérangement. In 1817 the population of the county was 9,817, and that had grown to 14,661 by 1827. At that time, the county was divided into six Township (Canada)#Atlantic Canada, townships: Annapolis, Granville, Wilmot, Clements, Digby and Clare. By 1833, a number of reasons had been advanced for making two counties out of Annapolis County. Two petitions were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maitland Bridge, Nova Scotia
Maitland Bridge is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Annapolis County on Trunk 8 which crosses the Mersey River here. It is named after General Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1828 to 1834. The entrance to Kejimkujik National Park Kejimkujik National Park () is a National Parks of Canada, national park of Canada, covering in the southwest of Nova Scotia peninsula. Located within three municipalities, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Annapolis, Region of Queens Municipality ... is at Maitland Bridge. References Communities in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia {{AnnapolisNS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kejimkujik National Park
Kejimkujik National Park () is a National Parks of Canada, national park of Canada, covering in the southwest of Nova Scotia peninsula. Located within three municipalities, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Annapolis, Region of Queens Municipality, Queens, and Municipality of the District of Digby, Digby, it consists of two separate land areas: a large inland portion, which is coincident with the Kejimkujik National Historic Sites of Canada, National Historic Site of Canada, and the Kejimkujik National Park Seaside on the province's Atlantic coast. Kejimkujik is the only heritage site in Canada that has the dual designation as both a national park and a national historic site of Canada, national historic site for the entirety of its landscape. Designated in 1994, the national historic site is a Mi'kmaq people, Mi'kmaq cultural landscape of forested upland plain located between Nova Scotia's South Shore (Nova Scotia), South Shore and Annapolis Valley regions. It is home to several p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caledonia, Nova Scotia
Caledonia is a community located in northern Region of Queens Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada, along Nova Scotia Trunk 8, Trunk 8 (Kejimkujik Scenic Drive). Caledonia is the major community in the area known as North Queens, which has a radius of approximately 30 kilometers (20 miles) and a population of approximately 1500. Geography Caledonia is north of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Liverpool along Highway 8. further north of Caledonia, in Maitland Bridge, is the main entrance to Kejimkujik National Park. History The original inhabitants of the Caledonia area are the Mi'kmaq people. Before the arrival of European settlers, the Mi'kmaq who lived here used the area as hunting grounds due to its reported abundance of wildlife. The Mi'kmaq established favorable relationships with the settlers once they arrived. The original settlers of Caledonia were six Scots and an Irishman, who settled on the seven hills in greater Caledonia. Caledonia was the Latin name given by the Romans to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mersey River (Nova Scotia)
The Mersey River, formerly known as Rivière Rossignol by the Acadians, is a river in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is named after the River Mersey in Liverpool, England. The river proper flows from the eastern end of Eleven Mile Lake in Annapolis County southward to Kejimkujik Lake in Kejimkujik National Park, then through Lake Rossignol to empty into the Atlantic Ocean at the town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia. The true source of the river however is as far northwest as Sandy Bottom Lake ( Annapolis County) or Tuskopeake Brook ( Annapolis County) on the northern tributary. The river was a major transportation route for the Mi'kmaq people of Nova Scotia. Later, it was used to transport logs out of the interior of the province. The river was described in Albert Bigelow Paine's '' The Tent Dwellers'', albeit under the name 'Liverpool river'. There are a number of hydroelectric projects on the river, which has been exploited for more than a hundred years. Much of the headwater area is co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lequille, Nova Scotia
Lequille is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Annapolis County. It is on Nova Scotia Trunk 8 at the foot of the South Mountain, midway between Annapolis Royal to the northwest and Highway 101 (Exit 22) to the south, approximately distant. its population was 182, a decline of 18.0% since 2016. Lequille is the site of the first water-powered mill to be built north of Mexico. It was constructed in 1607 by Poutrincourt and today a plaque commemorates this National Historic Event. Nearby is the LeQuille Mill which was built in the 1880s to manufacture decorative moldings, casings and door and window frames. It was one of the last mills in the province to be powered by a water turbine, not being converted to electricity until 1960. It is a Provincial Heritage Property. The 13MW Lequille Hydroelectric System on the Allain River was commissioned in 1968 and underwent a $4 million upgrade in 2017. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
