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| − | Mount Uniacke was named in 1830 after the large country estate of Richard John Uniacke located nearby. | + | Mount Uniacke was named in 1830 after the large country estate of Richard John Uniacke located nearby. Construction of the Nova Scotia Railway ame to the area in 1857. The first train arrived on June 3, 1858.<ref>Sadie Siroy, ''Doorsteps and Crossroads: Stories from Mount Uniacke, Lakelands, Hillsvale and South Rawdon'' (1993), p.3</ref> A small depot was built that year to serve as the [[Mount Uniacke Station]]. Gold was discovered nearby in 1862, triggering a gold rush which led to stores and hotels clustering around the station. A new station was built in 1884 and served until 1963. The last train passed through in 2010 when the Windsor and Hantsport Railway who had taken over the DAR's tracks ceased operations. |
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Revision as of 17:13, 4 January 2020
Mount Uniacke, Nova Scotia
Mile 12.8 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision (Mile 28.51 from Halifax)
- Next Station East: South Uniacke
- Next Station West: Stillwater Lake
Facilities & Features
- Mount Uniacke Station
- Mount Uniacke Water Tower
- Passing Track 1738 feet in length
Commerce & Industry
Description & History
Mount Uniacke was named in 1830 after the large country estate of Richard John Uniacke located nearby. Construction of the Nova Scotia Railway ame to the area in 1857. The first train arrived on June 3, 1858.[4] A small depot was built that year to serve as the Mount Uniacke Station. Gold was discovered nearby in 1862, triggering a gold rush which led to stores and hotels clustering around the station. A new station was built in 1884 and served until 1963. The last train passed through in 2010 when the Windsor and Hantsport Railway who had taken over the DAR's tracks ceased operations.
Gallery
Passenger train stopped at Mount Uniacke Water Tower on November 8, 1919.
Dayliner No. 9059 at Mount Uniacke, August 9, 1957.
Topographic map from Stillwater to Windsor Junction circa 1956.
Wayfreight from Windsor Junction to Kentville passes Mount Uniacke Water Tower on July 31, 1958.
Mount Uniacke Water Tower and westbound tracks, photographed by Harold Jenkins, December 4, 1960.
Mount Uniacke Station, photographed by Harold Jenkins, June 20, 1960.
Mount Uniacke station in 1961.
References & Footnotes
- 1969 Memorandum of General Information
- C. Bruce Fergusson, "Beaver Bank", Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Archives (1967), p. 47.
- ↑ Historic Map of Gold Mining areas.
- ↑ The British Colonist - Aug 14, 1869.
- ↑ Alpha Gold Mining Company Prospectus.
- ↑ Sadie Siroy, Doorsteps and Crossroads: Stories from Mount Uniacke, Lakelands, Hillsvale and South Rawdon (1993), p.3
