Queensland, Nova Scotia | |
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Coordinates: 44°38′10.3″N 64°1′30.4″W / 44.636194°N 64.025111°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Nova Scotia |
Municipality | Halifax Regional Municipality |
Government | |
• Type | Regional Municipality |
Time zone | UTC−04:00 ( AST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−03:00 (ADT) |
Postal code | |
Area code(s) | 902, 782 |
Queensland is a community of the Halifax Regional Municipality in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
About 46 kilometres (29 mi) west of Halifax, the area is on the north-western side of Saint Margaret's Bay, between Black Point to the north-east, and the nearby Hubbards community to the north-west. The area was used by the Miꞌkmaq First Nations people.
The Rug Hooking Museum of North America is to the west of the community.
The Saint Margaret's Bay Area Rails-to-Trails follows the Nova Scotia Trunk 3 highway, part of a 33-kilometre (21 mi) multi-use recreational trail from Hubley southward to Hubbards. [1] It reused the route of the CN Rail line.
Queensland has three of Nova Scotia's South Shore Region Parks in the vicinity:
Dorey House, 15 Dorey Lane, was recognized in 1991 as a historic place as a one-and-a-half storey, mid-nineteenth century, single-dwelling, Gothic Revival house. [5] Built in 1848, it was part of the Saint Margaret's Bay settlement of Foreign Protestants of Lunenburg. Set on farming land, the owners also engaged in fishing for several generations. It remained in the family until sold in 1984.
The community has two cemeteries:
Queensland, Nova Scotia | |
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Coordinates: 44°38′10.3″N 64°1′30.4″W / 44.636194°N 64.025111°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Nova Scotia |
Municipality | Halifax Regional Municipality |
Government | |
• Type | Regional Municipality |
Time zone | UTC−04:00 ( AST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−03:00 (ADT) |
Postal code | |
Area code(s) | 902, 782 |
Queensland is a community of the Halifax Regional Municipality in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
About 46 kilometres (29 mi) west of Halifax, the area is on the north-western side of Saint Margaret's Bay, between Black Point to the north-east, and the nearby Hubbards community to the north-west. The area was used by the Miꞌkmaq First Nations people.
The Rug Hooking Museum of North America is to the west of the community.
The Saint Margaret's Bay Area Rails-to-Trails follows the Nova Scotia Trunk 3 highway, part of a 33-kilometre (21 mi) multi-use recreational trail from Hubley southward to Hubbards. [1] It reused the route of the CN Rail line.
Queensland has three of Nova Scotia's South Shore Region Parks in the vicinity:
Dorey House, 15 Dorey Lane, was recognized in 1991 as a historic place as a one-and-a-half storey, mid-nineteenth century, single-dwelling, Gothic Revival house. [5] Built in 1848, it was part of the Saint Margaret's Bay settlement of Foreign Protestants of Lunenburg. Set on farming land, the owners also engaged in fishing for several generations. It remained in the family until sold in 1984.
The community has two cemeteries: