| Kings County, Nova Scotia | |||
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| Country |  Canada |
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| Province |  Nova Scotia |
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| Towns | Berwick, Kentville, Wolfville | ||
| Incorporated | April 17, 1879 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Warden | Fred Whalen | ||
| - Governing Body | Kings County Municipal Council | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 2,122. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's Berwick (2006 population 2454 is a Canadian town in Kings County, Nova Scotia. History Kentville owed its location to the Cornwallis River which downstream from Kentville becomes a large tidal river Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 21 km² (819. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 4 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 60,035 | ||
| - Density | 27. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 7/km² (71. 7/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) | ||
| Area code(s) | 902 | ||
| Median Earnings* | $38,222 | ||
*Median household income, 2000 ($) (all households)
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| Website: http://www.county.kings.ns.ca | |||
Kings County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The Atlantic Standard Time Zone (AST is a geographical region that keeps time by subtracting four hours from either Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time ( UTC−4 is the Time offset used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada in winter and the North American Eastern Time Zone during A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Area code 902 is the Telephone Area code in the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, encompassing the whole This is a list of communities in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, as designated by the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second largest country in total area. Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's
Kings County is located in central Nova Scotia on the shore of the Bay of Fundy with its northeastern part also forming the western shore of the Minas Basin. Tides Folklore in the Mi'kmaq First Nation claims that the tides in the Bay of Fundy are caused by a giant whale splashing in the water The Minas Basin is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy and a sub-basin of the Fundy Basin located in Nova Scotia, Canada.
The part of the county residing in the Annapolis Valley comprises the agricultural heartland of the province and boasts over 600 farms; the area is famous for its fruit crops, primarily apples. The Annapolis Valley is a valley in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. A farm is an area of land including various structures devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food ( Produce, Grains, or Livestock The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context and the term is not synonymous in Food preparation and Biology. The apple is the pomaceous Fruit of the apple tree Species Malus domestica in the Rose family Rosaceae. As with most coastal parts of the Maritimes, Kings County's shoreline was home to a productive shipbuilding industry during the 1800s. See also Shipbuilding (song. Shipbuilding is the construction of Ships It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a
Wolfville houses the highly ranked Acadia University. Acadia University is a non-denominational predominantly undergraduate University located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada with some graduate Cape Blomidon and the North Mountain preside over the Annapolis Valley, whereas the South Mountain and interior forests to the southern part of the county support a variety of lakes and recreational cottaging areas. A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak A forest is an area with a high density of Trees There are many definitions of a forest based on various criteria A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the
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History
The first inhabitants of the coast, valley and interior of Kings County were the Mi'kmaq. The Míkmaq or Mi'kmaq (miːgmax sometimes spelled Micmac in English and formerly Mìgmaq ( Mi'gmaq) in Míkmaw) are a Archaeological evidence from sites in the area indicate Mi'kmaq habitation dates back thousands of years. The Mi'kmaq were a semi-nomadic people who followed seasonal food sources. Their lives would be forever changed with the arrival of the Europeans.
The colonization of “Les Mines” and Grand Pre began in the 1680s when a few families relocated from French settlement at Port Royal. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Port Royal, Jamaica was the centre of Shipping Commerce in the Islands of the Greater Antilles which make up the northeastern These “Acadians” settlers were named after the French name for the land “Acadie” meaning “land of plenty”. The Association for Computer Aided Design In Architecture ( ACADIA) is a Non-profit organization active in the area of Computer-aided architectural design These farmers were accustomed to farming on dyked lands, and did so here as well. LeveeEmbankmentDitch A dike (or dyke) levee, levée, embankment, floodbank or stopbank is a natural or artificial This took place on the normally salty but fertile marshes that were found on the banks of the Minas Basin, through the use of dykes and aboiteaux that allowed the fresh water out but kept out the salt water tide. The Minas Basin is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy and a sub-basin of the Fundy Basin located in Nova Scotia, Canada. The Acadians farmers prospered in Kings County, and lived harmoniously with the Mi'kmaq.
After the final defeat of and expulsion of the Acadians, British control of the land was secured by repopulating the former French lands with settlers from the New England States. This article is about the Acadian people and culture The Acadians (Acadiens are the descendants of the seventeenth-century French History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the Between 1760 and 1768 some 8000 New Englanders came to “plant” a new colony. History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the Kings County comprised three agricultural townships: Horton, Cornwallis, and Aylesford. Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture A township (or Municipality) is a settlement which has the status and powers of a unit of local government Cornwallis is the name of a former Canadian rural community in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia that existed after the 1946 closure of HMCS Cornwallis Aylesford is a Farming community in the county of Kings in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, Canada The legacy of the New England Planters is still a tangible part of the life in Kings County, and had an imortant influence on Nova Scotian ideas on democratic government, freedom of religion and equality of education. The New England Planters were settlers from the New England colonies who responded to invitations by the Lieutenant governor and subsequently Governor of Democracy is a form of government in which the supreme power is held completely by the people under a free electoral system Freedom of religion is the freedom of an individual or community in public or private to manifest religion or belief in teaching practice worship and observance The Planters were followed in the 1780s by further settlers from the United Empire Loyalists as well as significant numbers of Irish immigrants. The name United Empire Loyalists is a honorific name which has been given after the fact to those American Loyalists who resettled in British North America and other The roots of Black Heritage in Kings County began almost 250 years ago when the New England Planters were accompanied by slaves and freed Blacks to settle in Horton and Cornwallis Townships. Black is the Color of objects that do not emit or Reflect Light in any part of the Visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of This initial African population would swell with larger migrations following the American Revolution and especially the War of 1812. In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" The War of 1812 was fought between the United States of America and the British Empire, particularly Great Britain and her North American colonies Further waves of immigration followed in the following two centuries increasing and adding to the population and diversity of Kings County.
The County's agricultural industry blossomed in the 19th century, especially after the arrival of the Dominion Atlantic Railway which led to a major expansion of exports, especially the apple industry. The Dominion Atlantic Railway (DAR was a historic Canadian railway which ran in the northwestern part of Nova Scotia, primarily through an agricultural The apple is the pomaceous Fruit of the apple tree Species Malus domestica in the Rose family Rosaceae. Kings County was also a major wooden shipbuilding area in the 19th Century, including a four-masted barque built in Kingsport named Kings County which was one of the largest ever built in Canada. See also Shipbuilding (song. Shipbuilding is the construction of Ships It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel History of the term The word barc appears to have come from Celtic languages
The county's history is preserved and interpreted at the Kings County Museum in Kentville. The Kings County Museum is a Museum located in Kentville Nova Scotia exploring the history of Kings County Nova Scotia. History Kentville owed its location to the Cornwallis River which downstream from Kentville becomes a large tidal river
Other communities
Towns in Kings County include Berwick, Kentville and Wolfville. Berwick (2006 population 2454 is a Canadian town in Kings County, Nova Scotia. History Kentville owed its location to the Cornwallis River which downstream from Kentville becomes a large tidal river Incorporated villages include New Minas, Greenwood, Coldbrook, Kingston, Aylesford, Canning, Port Williams and Cornwallis Square. New Minas is a village located in the eastern part of Kings County in Nova Scotia 's Annapolis Valley. Greenwood (2001 pop 4500 is a Village located in the western part of Kings County in Nova Scotia 's Kingston is a Village in Kings County on the north bank of the Annapolis River in the Annapolis Aylesford is a Farming community in the county of Kings in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, Canada Canning, Nova Scotia (2006 pop 859 is a village in northeastern Kings County located at the crossroads of Route
Indian Reserves in Kings County include Cambridge and Horton.
See also
External links
- Photographs of historic monuments in Kings County
- Kings County Museum
- Parks Canada New England Planters Exhibit