The Stewiacke Valley is a Canadian rural region in central
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native En ...
running from western
Pictou County
Pictou County is a county in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was established in 1835, and was formerly a part of Halifax County from 1759 to 1835. It had a population of 43,657 people in 2021, a decline of 0.2 percent from 2016. Furthermo ...
through southern
Colchester County
Colchester County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. With a population of 51,476 the county is the fourth largest in Nova Scotia. Colchester County is located in north central Nova Scotia.
The majority of the county is govern ...
to the
Shubenacadie River
The Shubenacadie River is a river in Nova Scotia, Canada. It has a meander length of approximately 72 km from its source at Shubenacadie Grand Lake to its mouth at the historic seaport village of Maitland on Cobequid Bay, site of the build ...
.
The
Stewiacke River flows through the length of the valley. The economy is primarily
farming
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled peop ...
and
lumbering
Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport. It may include skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars.
Logging is the beginning of a supply chain ...
.
Nova Scotia Route 289 is the primary road running through the valley.
Communities
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Stewiacke
Stewiacke () is a town located in southern Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The town was incorporated on August 30, 1906.
Geography
The town is located in the Stewiacke Valley, at the confluence of the ...
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Upper Stewiacke
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Middle Stewiacke
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Brookfield Brookfield may refer to:
Australia
*Brookfield, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane
*Brookfield, Victoria
Canada
* Brookfield, Manitoba, on Manitoba Highway 11
*Brookfield, Newfoundland and Labrador
*Brookfield, Nova Scotia
*Brookfield, Ontario ...
*Upper Brookfield
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Pleasant Valley
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Green Creek
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Green Oaks
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Sheepherders Junction
*Forest Glen
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Brentwood
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Cloverdale
References
Upper StewiackeStewiacke Valley
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Valleys of Nova Scotia
Landforms of Colchester County