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Kentville is home to one of the largest agricultural research facilities in Nova Scotia founded in 1911, known to the locals as The Research Station. The site now employs over 200 people and sits on 473 acres (1.91 km 2 ) of the land at the east end of the town.
Belleisle is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Annapolis County. It is on Nova Scotia Trunk 1, on the north side of the Annapolis River. [1] Its name most likely comes from Le Sieur de Belleisle who took control of Annapolis following the 1667 Treaty of Breda. It was first settled by the French around 1680 and ...
Originally inhabited by the Mi'kmaq, it was called "Bapkoktek". [4] In 1766, after his service in the French and Indian Wars, Lt. Ranald MacKinnon was given a land grant of 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2).
A replica of the original chapel was built to commemorate the early settlement. The parish of Sainte-Anne is the oldest Acadian parish in Nova Scotia. [2] Four families are considered to be the first settlers here, who leased 1,193 acres (483 ha) from a Rev. Breyton in 1773. [3]
Kings County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. With a population of 62,914 in the 2021 Census, [citation needed] Kings County is the third most populous county in the province. It is located in central Nova Scotia on the shore of the Bay of Fundy, with its northeastern part forming the western shore of the Minas Basin.
A majority of the dwellings are cottages along Loon Lake, the lake which the community derives its name from. The community is on the St. Mary's Rd, between Route 336 and Route 374. The area has an elevation of 180 metres (590 ft) - 230 metres (750 ft), and the community has an area of 5.86 square kilometres (2.26 sq mi).
Lake Centre is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Lunenburg Municipal District in Lunenburg County 44°18′57.56″N 64°28′56.51″W / 44.3159889°N 64.4823639°W / 44.3159889; -64.4823639 ( Lake Centre, Nova