Queensland, Nova Scotia

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Queensland, Nova Scotia
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Locality sign south of the area (2022)
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Queensland, Nova Scotia
Location of Queensland in Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 44°38′10.3″N64°1′30.4″W / 44.636194°N 64.025111°W / 44.636194; -64.025111
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.

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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.

Places of interest

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.

Parks

Queensland has three of Nova Scotia's South Shore Region Parks in the vicinity:

Historical places

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The sacking of Lunenburg, by Suzanne Conrad, Rug Hooking Museum of North America
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Dorey House (2022).

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:

Notable persons

See also

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References

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