Sweets Corner, Nova Scotia

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Sweets Corner is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in West Hants Regional Municipality. [1] [2]

The area was first settled by families named Dill, Cochran, Hunter and Sweet. One Sweet had a grocery store here at one time, about 1840. The place was named after him. [3]

Construction of the New Westminster United Church in Sweets Corner began in 1936; the church was dedicated on 3 April 1938. [4]

References

  1. "Sweets Corner". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  2. "Sweets Corner". Nova Scotia GeoNAMES Explorer. Province of Nova Scotia. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  3. Brown, Thomas J. (1922). Place-Names of the Province of Nova Scotia  . Halifax, N.S.: Royal Print & Litho. p. 140 via Wikisource.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. Fergusson, C. Bruce (1967). Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 657. Retrieved 14 July 2025.

44°58′56.23″N64°2′50.55″W / 44.9822861°N 64.0473750°W / 44.9822861; -64.0473750 (Sweet's Corner, Nova Scotia)