Hardwood Lands, Nova Scotia

Hardwood Lands
Hardwood Lands Location in Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 45°2′30″N63°29′46″W / 45.04167°N 63.49611°W / 45.04167; -63.49611
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
County	Hants County
Municipality	East Hants Municipality
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Canadian Postal Code	B0N
Area code	902
Telephone Exchange	883
NTS Map	011E04
GNBC Code	CAPOM

Hardwood Lands is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in East Hants Municipality in Hants County. ^{[1] [2]}

Hardwood Lands is home to a large sand pit, opened by Nova Scotia Sand & Gravel in 1954. Nova Scotia Sand & Gravel and the sand pit were purchased by Shaw Resources in 1966, ^[3] and today supplies all sand for the runway of the Halifax Stanfield International Airport. The Hardwood Lands sand deposit is five kilometers in length and formed during the last ice age roughly 20,000 years ago. ^[4]

References

1. "Canadian Geographical Names Database". geonames.nrcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
2. "Nova Scotia GeoNAMES". NovaScotia.ca. Nova Scotia Government. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
3. "Company History". shawresources.ca. Shaw Resources. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
4. "Hardwood Lands". notyourgrandfathersmining.ca. Not Your Grandfather's Mining Industry. Archived from the original on 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2025-01-28.

45°2′30″N63°29′46″W / 45.04167°N 63.49611°W / 45.04167; -63.49611 (Hardwood Lands, Nova Scotia)