Northfield, Queens, Nova Scotia

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Northfield in Nova Scotia

Northfield is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, [1] located in the Region of Queens Municipality. [2]

Northfield was the birthplace in 1883 of noted shipbuilder James Havelock Harding.

Northfield was also home to the Luxton family who operated a sawmill on Luxton Lake in Kejimkujik National Park until the mill was forced to move to Mill Lake near Northfield in 1969 when the Park was created. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Fergusson, C. Bruce (1967). Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 492. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  2. ↑ Julia, Savas. "Northfield,_Queens,_Nova_Scotia". www.destination-ns.com. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  3. ↑ Michael Haynes, Hiking Trails of Nova Scotia, Goose Lane Editions, Halifax (1995) p. 304

44°27′22.79″N65°7′53.72″W / 44.4563306°N 65.1315889°W / 44.4563306; -65.1315889 (Northfield, Nova Scotia)


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