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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]
George Scott Dickey (May 21, 1884 – November 6, 1953) was a farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Colchester County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1939 to 1945 as a Progressive Conservative member. He was born in Middle Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, the son of John Dickey and Amelia Fleck.
Legacy.com is a United States–based website founded in 1998, [2] the world's largest commercial provider of online memorials. [3] The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5]
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.
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