Communities

Industrial Parks – Truro Industrial Park

The Truro Industrial Park employs more than 2-thousand people. A 500-acre expansion is currently underway to facilitate growth from the area’s key location along Canada’s Atlantic Gateway.

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Truro is home to key cultural facilities, a large library, museum, shopping malls, a lively downtown and several performing arts venues, including the Marigold Cultural Centre. The town is located at the geographic crossroads of Nova Scotia and is served by Via Rail passenger and CN freight service. Truro is growing steadily and the choice of housing ranges from brand new homes, condos and apartments, to lovely Victorian homes in established tree-lined neighbourhoods or mid-priced bungalows and one-of-a-kind designs.

Recreational attractions include the town’s Victoria Park, which boasts almost 1,000 acres of hiking trails and waterfalls, combined with a new outdoor swimming pool which was built in 2005.  There are also fine beaches and tidal river rafting within a 45-minute drive of the downtown core.

Stewiacke is a service and support centre for local agricultural communities (West St Andrews, Wittenberg, Alton and Brentwood) and is also a major service exit on Highway 102. Stewiacke’s new industrial park borders this key highway, which is Atlantic Canada’s busiest commercial corridor.

Stewiacke has two prized attractions. The Mastodon Ridge Development, featuring a replica of an ancient Mastodon discovered nearby. It attracts many visitors to its gift shop, mini golf, museum and restaurants. Stewiacke’s claim of being located on the 45th parallel, placing it halfway between the equator and North Pole draws in many curious visitors, as does its scenic river valley location.

A number of gardens and Victorian-era houses are located in and around Great Village. The community is home to several antique shops, stately churches, bed and breakfasts and a large flower and vegetable gardening retailer. Most Great Villagers either work in the local area, or commute to jobs in nearby Debert and Truro. In her youth, Pulitzer Prize winning author Elizabeth Bishop lived with her grandparents in Great Village. She based many of her stories on life in a fictional village of the same name. A series of interpretive panels celebrating her life are located adjacent to the Great Village River, which divides the village in half.
VISIT >> http://greatvillage.cobequid.net/

Debert is only 10 minutes from Truro, and has an interesting and varied economic mix, composed of farming, industrial parks and tourism. Its cultural development is centred around military history and the Mi’kmawey Debert initiative. Plans are underway to develop the Debert Paleo Indian National Historic site of Canada. This location provides evidence of the earliest human occupation in eastern Canada dating to between 11,000 and 13,000 calendar years ago.

• http://www.debertmilitarymuseum.org
• http://www.debertmilitarymuseum.org/

Festivals – Numerous events on the NSAC campus which spread into the community as well as the Annual Canada Day Parade, one of the most impressive in the area.

Bible Hill is primarily a residential community and is located just across the Salmon River from Truro. Together, the two communities form central Nova Scotia’s urban core. The Nova Scotia Agricultural College, one of Canada’s leaders in scientific research in agricultural field occupies a large area of land in the Village of Bible Hill. The community is exposed to a unique mix of rural and urban living. AgriTECH Park – Atlantic Canada’s “Bio-economy Village” is located on a 65 hectare rural property, just minutes from the NSAC. The Park acts as the commercialization wing of NSAC, concentrating on growing and developing products, services & technologies within the agri-food, marine environmental sciences.

Relevant Links:
www.biblehill.ca

There are several small businesses and a few larger ones, which combine to create jobs for 350 employees. Brookfield Lumber Co., Marwood Inc. and Lafarge Canada Inc are all situated in Brookfield, employing men and women from Brookfield and the neighbouring communities of Hilden, Middle and Upper Stewiacke. Brookfield has a long tradition of producing strong hockey and baseball teams. The Don Henderson Spotsplex facility and adjacent Elk Baseball Park are popular attractions for not only Brookfielders but for the surrounding area.

Relevant Links :http://www.brookfieldnovascotia.ca

Upper Stewiacke is a deep rural, primary resource-based community relying on agricultural and lumber industries. Upper Stewiacke’s population of 1200 supports an elementary school, a co-op Grocery and hardware store, a Credit Union, a Funeral Co-operative, and a small sawmill. The community remains very active in the upkeep of the Stewiacke Valley Museum and several popular annual events including: the Maple Syrup Festival, Scottish Dancing Festival. A Pumpkin festival and the Antique Tractor Pull competition.
Relevant Links: http://www.upperstewiacke.com/index.htm

Economy is a scenic tourism-based community with a few small businesses, some recreational farms and tourism destination services, specializing in trail development activities. The community is located between two geological faults: one in the Cobequid Mountain Range; the other on the Bay of Fundy. Economy is situated across Cobequid Bay from Burntcoat, where the World’s Highest Tides were recorded. The spectacular view of the ebb and flow of the tides at Carr’s Brook and the panoramic view of the Minas Basin Look-Off and nearby waterfalls attract many visitors to this coastal community. The Cobequid Interpretive Centre, operated by high-spirited volunteers from the Economy area is very a popular stop along the Glooscap Trail, designated as a scenic coastal route for vehicles, motorcycles and bicycles.

Millbrook, one of 13 First Nation’s communities in Nova Scotia. The Economic Development staff of Millbrook First Nation is committed to the ongoing development of business opportunity. In 2000, the community started development of the Power Centre complex and since then has been hosting a number of successful retail businesses, such as a Super 8 Hotel, the Nova Scotia Arctic Char (Aquaculture Facility) Tim Horton’s, Leon’s Furniture and Empire Cinemas. ….. The Glooscap Heritage Centre, located in the Power Centre is dedicated to the celebration of Mi’kmaq heritage. The facility also has a modern Visitor Information Centre and a gift shop with an Aboriginal focus. www.millbrookfirstnation.net