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| Country |  Canada |
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| Province |  Nova Scotia |
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| Municipality | Halifax Regional Municipality | ||
| District | 18 | ||
| Founded | 1755 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Type | Regional Council | ||
| - Governing Council | Halifax Regional Council | ||
| - Community Council | Chebucto Community Council | ||
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| - Total | 7. 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 See also Halifax Nova Scotia See also Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election 2008 Halifax Regional Municipality is the capital Year 1755 ( MDCCLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or See also Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election 2008 Halifax Regional Council is the governing body for the Halifax Regional Municipality in Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 7 km² (3 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 0-31 m (-102 ft) | ||
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) | ||
| Canadian Postal code | B3V | ||
| Telephone Exchange | 902 868 | ||
| GNBC Code | CBHBV | ||
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| Website: http://www.sambro.ca/ | |||
Sambro is a rural fishing community on the Chebucto Peninsula in the Halifax Regional Municipality. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit 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 Daylight saving time ( DST Areas using UTC−3 Single zone countries without DST Suriname Single zone countries with DST Nova Scotia - 77 FSAs B7* and B8* codes are not used Area code 902 is the Telephone Area code in the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, encompassing the whole Geographical Names Board of Canada is a national committee of the Canadian Government Department of National Resources which authorizes the names used on official This is a list of communities in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, as designated by the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities For the computer security term see Phishing. Fishing is the activity of catching Fish. The Chebucto Peninsula is a Canadian Peninsula located in central Nova Scotia entirely within the Halifax Regional Municipality on the See also Halifax Nova Scotia See also Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election 2008 Halifax Regional Municipality is the capital
Located on the Atlantic Ocean at the head of Sambro Harbour, the community is immediately west of the southeastern entrance to Halifax Harbour. Halifax Harbour is a large natural Harbour on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. Sambro is located at the end of Route 306. Route 306 is a collector road in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Sambro Island is located southeast of the community and is home to the Sambro Island Lighthouse the oldest operational lighthouse in the Americas (since 1758). Sambro Island Lighthouse is landfall Lighthouse located at the entrance to Halifax, Nova Scotia, near the community of Sambro. A lighthouse is a Tower, building or framework designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or in older times from a fire and used as an The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common It stands 62 feet on the top of the rocky island. An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant The original lens from the lighthouse is on display at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax. The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a Canadian Maritime museum located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. Metropolitan Halifax (2006 pop 282924) often referred to as Metro Halifax, or inaccurately Halifax, is the urban part of the Halifax Regional Municipality
Sambro Harbour also has a small pepperpot style lighthouse located at the harbour entrance. A pepperpot is a type of small Lighthouse unique to Canada. Pepperpots are generally harbor lighthouses and are fairly small towers
History
Three years after the founding of Halifax in 1752, 26 families settled and worked on Sambro Island after Governor Edward Cornwallis saw the need to populate the area with British settlers to prevent a French attack by sea. Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Edward Cornwallis, ( c 1713 &ndash 14 January 1776) was a British military officer known as “the Founder of Halifax ” The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a State in northwest Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1800 This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. This article is about the body of water For other uses see SEA and Seas. The community has evolved into a fishing and tourist community over the centuries, although many residents currently commute into Halifax for employment.
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