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The Halifax Common was originally a lightly forested swampy area which formed the source of Freshwater Brook, which flowed into Halifax Harbour near the site of today's Pier 21. The Common was designated by surveyors following the settling of Halifax in 1749. It was created to serve three purposes.
Team Valley is a trading estate located in Gateshead. It is home to the Retail World retail park, with many large, international companies based in the area's trading estate. In 2017, there were approximately 700 companies on the estate, employing approximately 20,000 people. [1] The residential area known as the Teams is adjacent to Dunston. [2]
Most communities of the Halifax Regional Municipality are marked with Welcome to our Community signs . Halifax Regional Municipality has many different communities that vary from rural to urban . With a land area of 5,475.57 km 2 (2,114.13 sq mi), [ 1 ] there are more-than 200 communities-and-neighbourhoods within its boundaries.
The town of Dover was incorporated in 1869 and George Richards was elected its first mayor. [4] That same year, he built a large commercial building on Blackwell Street. [5] It was a J. J. Newberry store in the 1940s. [6] The red brick Dover station was built in 1901 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. [7]
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Indian Harbour was founded in the early 18th century. [citation needed] The first recorded person to live in Indian Harbour was John Ormsby in 1784.[citation needed] The first and the oldest house in Indian Harbour is still standing today at the age of over 250 years.
Porters Lake (2011 population: 3,202) [1] is a rural community in the Eastern Shore region of the Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, between Trunk 7 and Route 207, 27.8 km from Halifax The residents mainly commute to jobs in Dartmouth , Burnside Industrial Park or in Downtown Halifax .
Moran Street, a typical North End residential side street. Prior to European colonization, the Mi'kmaq inhabited the land throughout Atlantic Canada and Northern Maine.. The North End of Halifax began as an agricultural expansion north from central Halifax as African American and German Foreign Protestant settlers arrived in the province.