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==Description & History== | ==Description & History== | ||
| + | Originally known as Pineo Village, it wad renamed "Waterville" in 1871 shortly after the arrival of the [[Windsor & Annapolis Railway]] in 1869.<ref>*[https://novascotia.ca/archives/places/page.asp?ID=711 "Waterville", ''Places and Placenames of Nova Scotia'', Nova Scotia Archives, p. 711.]</ref> It was an early centre of agriculture and received one of the larger stations along the Windsor & Annapolis. | ||
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Revision as of 16:22, 4 May 2019
Waterville, Nova Scotia
Subdivision Kentville, Mile 9.3
Facilities & Features
Commerce & Industry
- Annapolis Valley Canners Limited: canning factory, apples and small fruits
- Four apple warehouses
Description & History
Originally known as Pineo Village, it wad renamed "Waterville" in 1871 shortly after the arrival of the Windsor & Annapolis Railway in 1869.[1] It was an early centre of agriculture and received one of the larger stations along the Windsor & Annapolis.
Gallery
Topographic map from Berwick to Kentville circa 1956.
The Waterville Station looking west, August 1958.
VIA Rail shelter at Waterville. April 1986.
References & Footnotes
- Alexander MacNab, Windsor and Annapolis Railway, Report of Alexander MacNab Nov 1, 1873
- 1969 Memorandum of General Information
