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Map highlighting key points around the Bedford Basin. Geographically, the basin is situated entirely within the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) and is oriented northwest-southeast, measuring approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) long and 5 kilometres (3 mi) wide, surrounded by low hills measuring up to 160 metres (520 ft) in elevation, although most elevations range up to 30–60 metres (100 ...
Bedford Basin is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that came into effect for the 2021 Nova Scotia general election. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia. The riding was created by the 2019 provincial redistribution out of parts of Bedford and Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank.
Bedford (pop. 36,354 [2]) is a former town and now a district of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.It is situated on the north west shore of the Bedford Basin in the central area of the municipality.
Bedford was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Kelly Regan . The electoral district was created in 1978 as Bedford-Musquodoboit Valley from the redistribution of Halifax Cobequid .
Bedford Basin • elevation. sea level: Length: 40 km (25 mi) Basin size: 996 km 2 (385 sq mi) [1] The Sackville River is a river in Hants County and Halifax Regional ...
Tim Outhit is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2024 general election, representing Bedford Basin as a member of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia. [1] He previously represented Bedford at Halifax Regional Council for 15 years. [2]
The Bedford Magazine explosion was a conflagration resulting in a series of explosions from July 18 to 19, 1945, in Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada. During World War II , the adjacent cities of Halifax and Dartmouth provided heavy support for Canada's war effort in Europe.
Merchant ships gathered at Bedford Basin on the northwestern end of the harbour, which was protected by two sets of anti-submarine nets and guarded by patrol ships of the Royal Canadian Navy. [21] The convoys departed under the protection of British cruisers and destroyers. [22]