Centreville, Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Centreville
Community
Location of Centreville, Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 43°28′32″N65°36′08″W / 43.475556°N 65.602222°W / 43.475556; -65.602222 [1]
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
County	Shelburne
Municipal district	Barrington
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code	902
Access Routes	Route 330

Centreville is a small community on Cape Sable Island in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, ^[2] located in the Municipality of the District of Barrington of Shelburne County. ^[3]

Centreville was, in the early 1820s, the site of the first Free Will Baptist church in Nova Scotia, founded by Rev. Asa McGray. ^[4]

The Archelaus Smith Museum (1896) in Centreville is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. ^[5]

See also

• List of communities in Nova Scotia
• Archelaus Smith

References

1. Nova Scotia Geographical Names: Centreville ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. Fergusson, C. Bruce (1967). Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Halifax, N.S.: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. pp. 118–119. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
3. Government of Nova Scotia website: Community Counts
4. New Englanders in Nova Scotia Manuscript. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.)
5. "HistoricPlaces.ca - Recherche". Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2009-01-06. Canadian Register of Historic Places

External links

• Centreville on Destination Nova Scotia

43°28′32″N65°36′08″W / 43.47556°N 65.60222°W / 43.47556; -65.60222 (Centreville, Nova Scotia)