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He was a member of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party. [1] Stewart was born at Greenvale in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, in 1926. He attended Acadia University and Dalhousie University and earned Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degrees, later practicing as a physician. Stewart is also a former mayor of Stewiacke ...
The Stewiacke Via train derailment was a derailment that occurred 12 April 2001 in downtown Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada [1] resulting in 24 people being injured. The train was Via Rail 's Ocean (train #15) travelling from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Montreal, Quebec carrying 123 passengers and a crew of nine at the time of the incident.
The town is located in the Stewiacke Valley, at the confluence of the Stewiacke and Shubenacadie Rivers, and is a service and support centre for local agricultural communities as well as a service exit on Highway 102. The town is noted as being located halfway between the North Pole and the Equator (which is actually in Alton, Nova Scotia). [4]
Colchester County is located in north central Nova Scotia. The majority of the county is governed by the Municipality of the County of Colchester, the county also is home to two independent incorporated towns, Stewiacke and Truro , two village commissions in Bible Hill and Tatamagouche , and the Millbrook 27 First Nations reserve.
Stewiacke station was a railway station in Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada. It served the Intercolonial Railway , [ 1 ] Canadian National Railway and later Via Rail . In the 1970s and 1980s, it was served by Budd Rail Diesel Car passenger trains operated by CN and later Via until the end of RDC service in Nova Scotia in 1990.
Middle Stewiacke on Destination Nova Scotia 45°12′41.59″N 63°7′21.49″W / 45.2115528°N 63.1226361°W / 45.2115528; -63.1226361 ( Middle Stewiacke, Nova This Colchester County, Nova Scotia location article is a stub .
Delmore “Buddy” Daye was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia in 1928. [1] Daye moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia as a young boy and grew up on Creighton Street. [ 2 ] He worked as a merchant mariner for a short period.
The Stewiacke Valley is a Canadian rural region in central Nova Scotia running from western Pictou County through southern Colchester County to the Shubenacadie River. The Stewiacke River flows through the length of the valley. The economy is primarily farming and lumbering. Nova Scotia Route 289 is the primary road running through the valley.