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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 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]
Upper Stewiacke is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Colchester County. [1] Upper Stewiacke can be reached by road via Route 289. Upper Stewiacke was founded in 1783 by Matthew Johnson, son of James Johnson, a Grantee of Truro, Nova Scotia. Johnson's supplies had come from Truro, some 20 miles away.
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.
When a snowslide engulfed a freight train 6.8 km (4.2 mi) east of Albert Canyon, a work gang began snow removal, but the rescued tender under tow broke loose and ran back down the track. Two occupants jumped safely, but a third jumped to his death. The speeding tender plowed into the work gang causing devastation. [28] Louiseville truck/train crash
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.
Jerome (also spelled Jérôme) (c. 1830s – April 15, 1912) was the name given to an unidentified man discovered on the beach of Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, on September 8, 1863. [1] He was found with both legs cut off to stumps, and when questioned by locals he said very little, suggesting he did not speak English or French.
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.